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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1955
Page
4
Eastern lawmakers weekend talks reportedly scrap major excise tax plans in favor of broad sales tax expansion. North Carolina advisors favored lowering to 2.5 percent on food medicines and most goods, drawing outcry over lobbying influence and potential political mischief.
General Manager Roy G. Bachman says more than seven and a quarter million dollars have been paid out for Hurricane Hazel damage in North Carolina, matching a decade of prior extended coverage losses. He notes 89 percent of 35 000 filed claims are settled, with Holden's Beach area particularly affected.
February marked Freedom Month with the Crusade of Freedom urging support for Radio Free Europe. Gen Walter Bedell Smith endorsed the effort calling Radio Free Europe a practical weapon in the Cold War and urged readers to donate Truth Dollars through their postmasters to oppose Soviet expansion.
Predictions say the 1955 General Assembly will do nothing on reapportioning legislative representation, as in 1951 1953 and earlier sessions. Observers expect action in 1961 after the 1960 census unless shifts in congressional seats force a full district overhaul. County boundaries and natural lines complicate artificial districting, with North Carolina possibly losing a congressman.
North Carolina faces reapportionment questions amid county population disparities. The piece argues for a balanced plan considering population and other factors, noting little chance of change this year. It then discusses municipal elections, noting nonpartisan mayors, two thirds of voters in odd years, and frequent voting opportunities for Tarheel residents.
Pierce Harris recalls a solitary morning routine of breakfast alone in a busy city, reading the paper from cover to cover, and savoring quietude while wandering a strange urban landscape. The piece extols slipping away, wearing a blue shirt, and enjoying slow service as a reset to start the day with calm.
George Sokolsky critiques a planned extended Murrow Oppenheimer telecast in the United Kingdom. He questions the use of tax free funds from the Fund for the Republic for one sided propaganda and urges balanced, objective presentation with competing data from the Atomic Energy Commission. He warns against press agents and fiscal subsidies shaping public opinion.
Scans show a miscellany from Scanning the News Relics Mountains and the Sea. Items touch on Valentine messages and toast, atomic tests in Nevada, trials of Arch Ferrell and Albert Fuller in Phenix City, tenth anniversary of B'nai Israel, Hoover Commission, Indian relics on roads, mountain wisdom, and a political quip about the Capitol rotunda.
Washington February 14 Health Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby fought through a difficult press conference while in poor health. The session aimed to outline President Eisenhower’s health proposals as critics pressed questions about virus defense and policy amidst her weakness. She canceled a New York trip for an award from Save the Children Federation.
The column notes Mrs. Hobby's frequent briefings on the seven billion dollar Federal State Aid Plan for school construction. It describes her use of charts to explain points and recounts a two and a half hour session, with questions spanning local to national concerns.
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