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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1951
Page
4
The piece argues that high pressure promises and threats used by State Highway Commission members against legislators are not surprising given past campaigns. It notes similar tactics in rural road bond battles and the Willis Smith Graham contest, predicting more pressure this session.
The Johnson senate preparedness committee, likened to the Truman Committee, released a fair yet hard hitting look at Lackland Air Base near San Antonio. Investigators lived among recruits finding overcrowding from 20 000 to 68 000 men and a breakdown in training while health care and food were adequate. They faulted an aggressive man power grab and a public relations officer for concealing facts, and announced plans to examine Army and Navy basic training programs as well.
Senator Kefauver warns New York is not unique as rigged games surface in other sectors. The criticism blames commercialization for fixing sports and urges removing the money lure to lessen the pressure on youths and restore moral fiber among athletes.
President A Whit ney Griswold of Yale questions the wartime hurry up in higher education and proposes cutting waste motion and non essentials. He urges shorter summer terms of eight weeks for intensive work in languages and math so a B A can be earned in three years, arguing the degrees would be more valuable. He warns against forcing too much into too little time while preserving core education. The plan stresses strengthening secondary curricula and reducing unnecessary activities to balance acceleration with a solid liberal arts base.
Washington readers react to Lait and Mortimer new volume Washington Confidential claiming the capital is a cesspool of vice and debauchery. The column notes the authors accuse 1500000 metropolitan Washington of corruption and predicts public fury when the book appears. It also recalls George Washington did not deliver his farewell address which was published in 1794.
The 1952 budget proposal totals 71.59 billion dollars, with 41.42 billion for military spending. It relies on a double budget including loan and contract authorizations, and adds to an ongoing war-era debt. Critics urge Congress to challenge the presidency and curb social programs and government-owned entities amid rising taxes and inflation.
A compilation of quotes from Charlies W. Connor and Omar B. Ketchum on coal storage and reserves, plus Harold G. Bowen advocating education methods that challenge the lowest common denominator and encourage original thinking.
A reflective piece on honesty as the core of character and how life’s lean days, work experiences, and education shape faith. The author contrasts agnosticism with belief, recounts encounters with an agnostic doctor, and argues that duty and moral choice endure beyond schooling and illness.
A sprawling collage notes Bette Davis in Payment on Demand and Shelley Winters in recent roles, mocks bribe scandals in sports, predicts glamorizing criminals, touts Westerns, and comments on Broadway and press trend pieces. It highlights John McCloy in Germany, a run of Technicolor westerns, and various reviews and cultural digests.
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