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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1955
Page
4
The Pentagon proposes targeted pay raises for experienced service members rather than across the board increases. The plan, costing about 750 million dollars annually, rewards rank advancement while leaving some with less time in service out, and expects budget relief from reduced rosters due to automation and atomic-era needs.
The Miami Herald clipping argues that labeling others quarantine serves to silence dissent. It cites Oliver Pilat on Westbrook Pegler, Ford Foundation funding, and a Black List in Hollywood. It questions conformity tactics and the rush to label anti or pro Communist figures as isolationist or unfit.
The street department must raise 48000 more this fiscal year to honor commitments for street improvements. Over per front foot owner costs and higher participation surged costs. City officials fear curtailment but urge tighter planning and timetables for annual street allocations to control expenses and resist recurring pressure for special projects.
In a year end spoof the Couture Group of the New York Dress Institute announced the 1954 ten best dressed women but 13 were named due to ties. Grace Kelly Queen Frederica Duchess of Windsor Princess Margaret and other fashion figures appeared amid claims better dressed locals wore post holiday bargains.
A Chicago reporter visits Algona Iowa and finds a town of 12 churches a quiet main street and little crime. Local officials boast of a peaceful community while the outsider notes residents talk continually and the town shows little sign of moving forward. The piece ends claiming the Algona editor’s view of Chicago was more convincing than Chicago’s take on Algona.
Reports from money markets show holders of county and district school building bonds in states weighing privatization are anxious. In North Carolina the $75 million school bond issue remains pledged by state assets, with investors wary of regional politics and segregation debates affecting demand.
Officials protest demotions and power transfers as agencies duplicate functions. Governor Hodges urges cooperation with the Department of Conservation and Development to boost industry while resisting jealousy. Despite rivalries, relations with chambers, railroads and power firms remain cordial as North Carolina pursues unified growth.
France's General de Gaulle says it is France before anyone else that must start negotiations with Russia as Western fear grows over Reich rearmament and a reunited Germany. Eisenhower faces debate over a potential second term while Sen. Aiken weighs in. Sobeloff argues U.S. must balance Arab and Israeli relations.
A 1955 calendar note lists desk calendars from Lee F. Schaner and Mendenhall Moore and a wall calendar from D. W. Hunter. Milestones mark four events in a week: birth anniversaries, New Year, and forty seventh wedding anniversary. Reflections on peace, humanity, and a call to genuine public virtue follow.
Washington humorist recalls George H. Bender's shift from Ohio congressman to senator and mocks Perle Mesta Elsa Maxwell and a host of dignitaries at a Washington shindig. A grim Moscow joke ends with Rudolf the Red knowing rain, a punchy jab at Cold War chatter.
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