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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1959
Page
4
Daily meditation cites Deuteronomy 31 8 to assure believers God goes before them and will not fail or forsake. It reflects on Israel fearing to enter the Promised Land and how Moses and Joshua were encouraged by the verse to face tasks with faith.
The piece notes Nelson Rockefeller's decision to not run and its impact on the 1960 race. It cites Humphrey, Nixon, and a host of Democratic hopefuls as a fractured field. Wayne Morse is mentioned as seeking Oregon support while Democrats maneuver for the nomination.
The piece notes a growing U S debt and future obligations totaling about 750 billion dollars including 98 billion for public works 350 billion for pensions and 80 billion in annual operating costs with built in increases. It warns a new law could add 2 5 billion next year and that debt may reach one trillion dollars.
Editorial review traces a mid century decade as Space Age birth and nuclear power rise, Cold War milestones, political shifts, labor battles, and social change. It notes Khrushchev and Eisenhower tours, Suez crisis, and race relations progress amid educational concerns.
D A Ramey is listed as President Brat with B Terry as Secretary Treasurer and Editor Teae in the derived line up of a small organizational slate.
George Sokolski examines how New Jersey voters and pressure from New York influence U S Senator Clifford Case’s leanings. The piece discusses Case’s clashes with Eisenhower policies, ADA alignment, and the impact of Nelson Rockefeller’s nomination on New Jersey and regional power balances.
Lynn Nisbet reflects on the transition from old year Fifty-Nine to new Sixty-One, arguing against the doom of endings and praising continuity. He contends the calendar change marks a passage of responsibility between two capable men and notes ongoing obligations and unfinished business carried into the new year.
A 1960 editorial celebrates the transition from Fifty-Nine to Sixty as a gateway to growth. It urges readers to view the new era as part of an ongoing lineage, with the United States and North Carolina facing pivotal political and economic opportunities in a shrinking world.
Trustees quietly fund a $50 000 endowment to preserve the High Point College presidency, hoping to deter outside offers. The piece notes the college and other local institutions held liquor shares, now being sold, and cites moves within the String and Splinter Club as leadership changes. It closes with satire on marital spending and advice from Catholic Digest.
Colonel Thomas B. Smith, who began writing about High Point's colored community as a student, returns after Air Force duty in Germany. He heads to California for a two year assignment before retirement, recalling military life and sharing a Paris anecdote about a lost interpreter and a German audience. Paris plans to train country girls in Parisienne allure to keep men on the farm, a proposal viewed with mixed memory of prior outrage and humor.
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