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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1954
Page
4
In Alamance County the dry side won by nearly two to one against establishing ABC liquor stores in a Saturday referendum. The vote, the first since 1937, suggests smarter dry campaigns but shows illicit traffic and city rural split hinder broad support for legal stores.
A city faces a youth pressure group seeking a recreation center for 500 teens while urging balance with broader community needs. The piece cautions against funding focus on current youth demand at the expense of long term, comprehensive recreation planning for all residents. It emphasizes planning a shared community center and broader facilities as conditions allow.
A critic argues that many drunken driving cases escape conviction due to jury verdicts and appeals. He urges jurors to honor their duty, apply the law firmly, and convict guilty drunken drivers to protect road safety and the integrity of the justice system.
In a playful Tribune letter to the editor readers react to Hickman High school planning to install a jukebox for student use. Students would choose location for listening or dancing while physics teacher Paul McDonald oversees arrangements. The note satirically imagines a dramatic nuclear twist as a humorous aside.
George Sokolsky notes the Senate voted 85 to 1 to fund Senator McCarthy's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Democrats returned to the panel after concessions, including minority counsel and a voice in staff hiring, enabling bipartisan oversight amid ongoing probes into Major Irving Peress and past espionage cases. The column argues against cover ups and urges open hearings to expose treachery.
Chairman Everett Jordan urged county Democratic committees to meet by Feb 15 and nominate three candidates for county boards of elections with filings due by March 4. Nominations influence state board appointments, with practice often filling vacancies if counties fail to nominate.
An essay discusses how great leaders like Jefferson Jackson Lincoln and Washington shaped history beyond military glory. It notes observances for Lincoln Day Jefferson Jackson Day, and reflects on what makes a true statesman focused on public duty, balance and national unity. It praises Eisenhower as moving toward statesmanship, cites Meany and McCarthy debates, and ends with a microcosm quote about a man “up in himself.”
Washington column notes a Capitol worker mistaking new North Carolina Senator Alton Lennon as someone who actually works there. The piece also critiques Interparliamentary Union spending, highlighting a $150,000 bill with only minor expenditures reported and odd items like ink for pens and postcards for kits.
A reader praises courteous driving at a sharp Allred and Chestnut corner where two cars paused to let the other proceed. Anne S Burton notes a sheriff’s emblem car showed politeness, urging courtesy to spread through streets and highways.
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