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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1959
Page
4
A short devotional urges justice to roll like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. It emphasizes that in every relation life, justice and righteousness must be the guiding passion, or else we enslave ourselves.
State lawmakers are urged to promptly consider a local annexation bill affecting High Point. Representative Kemp backs the measure with Senator Kirkman’s support to prepare and send the bill to Raleigh, aiming to coordinate municipal services as area joins a larger municipality.
The piece notes State Secretary John Foster Dulles faces cancer and may be limited to part time work. It argues his absence tests the unity of U S foreign policy and alarms the Kremlin, while lawmakers push for more cancer research funding. The column emphasizes Dulles remains indispensable at the European conference and laments his inability to lead at a pivotal juncture.
A dispute over U S built versus foreign heavy electrical equipment bids follows a Tennessee Valley Authority turbine award to Parsons of Britain. OCDM and trade acts frame Buy American considerations, with public and press reaction from Washington to London.
The fragmentary OCR shows a masthead snippet with Associated Press byline and subscription rates, listing By Mail $15 By Carrier $18 per year and noting Ward Griffith Company as national advertising representatives.
Portrait of John Foster Dulles tracing his lineage to John W. Foster and Robert Lansing, his education, and career from The Hague in 1907 to Secretary of State under Eisenhower. He studied Marxism and Soviet psychology, navigated the Cold War, faced opposition, and pressed allied loyalty while preserving American dignity until retirement.
Lynn Nisbet reports that the proposed 1959 61 budget borrows against state capital assets worth about 1.18 billion dollars, while two year spending tops 1.21 billion. The audit condemns outdated valuations and notes real estate and highway investments exceed recorded asset values. It highlights stock holdings in North Carolina railroads and notes to railroad lessees, plus kickback and local bill dynamics shaping governance.
Governor Luther Hodges delivered a straight from the heart talk at the Pinehurst Rotary meeting to defend his program and attack sensational reporting. He urged constructive action and warned against an international conspiracy over the North Carolina kissing case. He inspired attendees with a Lincolnlike resolve and vision for the state’s future.
An Indian economics professor notes poverty and unseen burdens during a visit to Red China. A UN delegate from Ghana criticizes foreign films portrayal of Africa with stereotyped dancing and exoticized whites. Gen. Henry L. Hodes remarks on plans for everything except lunar missions.
In humorous observations Hal Cochran notes old fashioned proposals on bended knee and the heart’s ups and downs like a child’s nap. He jokes that soon untold wealth may not help if it remains untold on your income tax report.
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