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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1957
Page
4
A devotional note urges readers to consider fine deeds today. It emphasizes freedom and opportunity, contrasts it with many who lack such chances, and suggests that good actions are contagious and imitated by others.
Editorial urges High Point Guilford County and Oak View voters to approve a 25 to 40 cent school levy or bond issue. It argues funding is necessary to keep pace with peers and attract teachers, stressing civic duty and the impact on future education.
The New York Times Magazine reported on Justice Reed's resignation as chairman of the Civil Rights Commission, noting his aim to ameliorate rather than inflame. The piece argues leadership is needed to guide civil rights reforms with time, realism, and cooperation rather than haste and violence.
Editorial notes a calmer Christmas merchandise boom with modest employment gains. December 1954 showed higher raw employment but a 6 000 relative drop after seasonal adjustment, while retailers faced cautious expectations for 1956 holiday spending with a majority planning to spend less or about the same as last year.
U S Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Ewan Clague cautions holiday cheer may mask slower prosperity. Third quarter personal income hit 303 billion dollars annual rate versus 289 billion in 1956, while Christmas club savings rose to 1.225 billion.
A reflection on how public figures are said to be made by PR counselors and others. The piece notes Roosevelt, Howe, and Farley as examples, discusses doctors, money in promotion, and the practice of creating turmoil to sell expertise. It questions who truly earns a rise to prominence and who merely takes credit.
Publisher details list subscription options with prices for mail and carrier delivery. Mentions Associated Press membership, second class postal status, and independent contractor carriers. Includes contact note about rates and a national advertising representative reference.
North Carolina faces a double squeeze as roadbuilding slows and textile plants cut hours. The state’s textile sector, over half of industrial employment, suffers from weak demand and inventories. highways policy shifts add to contractor and labor uncertainty after World War II. The piece traces highway program evolution from the 1920s through postwar years.
Notes on The News recount the shift from secondary road emphasis to primary highways in North Carolina during the 1950s. By New Year Day 1957 the state managed about 70 000 miles of public roads with a third primary and 12 000 miles secondary, paving much of the former and stabilizing much of the latter.
A harsh critique targets government secrecy led by Vanguard and its so called imp. The piece cites Rep. Moss and abuses by the Air Force Navy and Justice Department. Examples include declassification stunts and secret weather reports and peanut butter procurements.
The Enterprise urges voters to back the $7 million school bond issue and supplemental levies to improve education. Readers note strong donor support for hospital financing with gifts from several local families, while reflecting on local ties and the community’s development.
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