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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1954
Page
4
The High Point City Council unanimously adopts an ordinance to regulate old and new housing to curb slum conditions. Enforcement will require steady, balanced action, with diplomacy for compliant owners and firmness for violators, as realtors and officials commend the step.
Hill reporters note President Eisenhower champions peace and patience in private talks with Russia. He backs faster arms cuts and opposes China blockade while seeking peaceful avenues through the United Nations. The aim is a lasting place in history as a restraint first leader with military heft.
Superior Court Judge Allen H. Gwyn sentenced two young men to prison after ruling alcohol fueled their reckless driving in separate manslaughter cases. He warned the public to deter drinking drivers and cited North Carolina wreck statistics of about a thousand annual deaths and five thousand disabling injuries. The judge’s remarks stressed court duty to protect citizens and remind drivers of highway rights.
In Beaufort County W B Rodman Jr. urged finding 25 million more dollars to keep the state school system at current levels next year. Teachers fear salary reductions, noting current scales of 2490 to 5420 and demanding higher pay as a minimum. The Daily News opposes overpayment and doubts any salary cuts will occur, warning of a public fight if cuts are attempted.
A reader writes from an unnamed town urging the formation of an AA group as a path out of drinking. He recalls a life shattered by alcohol, the Christmas season, and personal losses in Michigan and North Carolina, ending with a sober plea for help.
George Sokolski argues Californians see the state as central to government while New York and Washington feel distant. He notes the Tenth Amendment waning amid focus on roads, water, prisons, and smog, with local media and politics becoming increasingly parochial. He praises Nixon and Knowland as Californians who made it east, while criticizing war-monger labels.
A festive column of greetings extends to readers, street musicians, televiewers, servicemen, and many others. It notes high newspaper circulation, honors potluck parties, a wreath made of toys for a child’s grave, and calls for peace and goodwill.
A hobo in worn shoes stands outside a window on Christmas morning and vows to help a child with an empty stocking the speaker would rather be a hobo with shoes than see such poverty. The note recalls a Christmas gift of unspoken greetings and deeds.
George Dixon lampoons post office rules on parcel weight and size in a Washington column. He cites Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield and American Retail Federation head Rowland Jones Jr. to mock complex parcel post regulations and jokes about his own mail failures.
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