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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1960
Page
2
An essay describing how newsletters and small newspapers emerged to share inside stories and market tips, alongside hate sheets and blackmail rags. It notes their profit from sensationalism, defamation, and rumor, likening the practice to ancient journalism and payola, preying on public curiosity and credulity.
A devotional reflection cites Genesis 12 3 about Abraham and the promise that all nations would be blessed through Israel. It urges Americans to remain humble amid abundance and recognize an obligation to aid the unfortunate both at home and abroad.
The Enterprise salutes Benny Braica Jr for steering the Christmas Cheer Fund with minimal help. It notes two problems hindering volunteers and defends the current distribution system while urging broader support for 1960. Braica, our Young Man of the Year in 1958, is thanked for a big 1959 effort.
A Thomasville self appointed committee aims to raise 13500 dollars in a week to match federal funds for the local school system. If successful the 27000 dollar package funds science, vocational training, math, languages, and guidance. Dean Pruette notes a similar situation in High Point and urges local effort.
Editorial notes Washington reopen talks with Khrushchev over the Soviet lend-lease debt in a renewed push to settle the 15 year old account. Bohlen leads U S delegation with Menshikov heading the Soviet side in a test of Moscow’s sincerity and willingness to ease East West tensions.
Lynn Nisbet assesses conflicting statistics on industrial job creation in North Carolina. Governor Hodges touts 36 331 new manufacturing jobs in 1959, up 67 percent from 1958, while Labor Department data show smaller gains and a broader shift to service industries. The piece analyzes per cent gains, payroll totals, and the evolving balance between manufacturing and non agricultural employment as the state moves from agriculture to industry.
Postmaster-General Arthur Summerfield urges public action against a five million to ten million dollar per year mail order obscenity trade targeting children. He outlines steps to preserve and submit evidence, seek criminal action in local courts under a new law, and asks clerics educators and parents to cooperate to curb the distribution and end the “barons of obscenity.”
President Eisenhower delivered a restrained State of the Union stressing peace and prosperity as core themes for 1960. The address avoided bold specifics, sparking questions about Congress actions, tax and spending plans, and disarmament. He cited a peacetime budget record while urging restraint and gradual progress.
The speaker argues that North Carolina has shifted from a solely agricultural base to an industrial economy with progress and net growth. He notes about 58,000 new jobs in two years, but warns many old jobs disappeared as the workforce rose slowly. Growth has lagged national averages over the decade, casting doubt on leading the South in population or development. He stresses an honest assessment of the present to chart the way forward.
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