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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1958
Page
4
President Eisenhower’s 1959 budget sets 427.86 per person and 30.67 for missiles, the largest peacetime total aimed at space and defense. The plan raises military aid and atomic research while urging caution on inflation and taxes amid Soviet advances and a broadened national security strategy.
O V Woosley died at 76 after a lifetime of public service in education and the church. As head of the Methodist Children’s Home at Winston Salem since 1930 he guided expansion to more than a dozen buildings and an enrollment around 415 with property worth over three million. Known as Pop Woosley, his work began with North Carolina’s first tax supported consolidated school in Pleasant Garden in 1905, then Asheboro, Lexington, and Western North Carolina Conference Sunday School leadership.
Walter Reuther argues for a post tax profit split between automakers and customers affecting workers, buyers, and profits. Ford, GM leaders denounce the plan as unrealistically radical, warning it ignores losses and undercuts the economic system.
Editorial recalls a demonstration on subliminal projection advertising to FCC members and Congress via Washington TV facilities. It explains the technique briefly and notes a New Jersey theater test where a subliminal slogan supposedly boosted popcorn purchases.
Reports from Bangor Maine to Washington reveal a subliminal 11 second loop experiment by WTWO TV to boost mail volume. FCC and FTC reviews follow with lawmakers urging inquiry while networks refuse to participate. Experts warn subliminal effects require engaging content to stay effective.
The High Point Enterprise is published every afternoon in High Point North Carolina. D A Rawley serves as president and Mrs R B Terry as secretary-treasury for the Enterprise, Inc.
Air Force extends use of a passengerized jet tanker to U S government officials for domestic and foreign trips. Flights above 40 000 feet require spleen checks, with.passenger safety tied to physical condition.
The scene notes Heidi the dog interrupting commerce papers and the Capitol switch to the CA area code with new extensions for officials. Names include Vice President Nixon 2121, Sen John Kennedy 4543, Sen Estes Kefauver 4944, and Speaker Sam Rayburn 2796.
A digest notes a United Republican Dinner at Winston-Salem next Monday with closed circuit TV to hear President Eisenhower in Chicago. Tickets cost $100 each with a $10 option for a second ticket. The piece also mentions carpet changes and office moves at Capitol Square including outward-opening doors.
Notes reflect a Sanford scene with a woman raising bullfrogs for breeding stock and exploring frog leg markets. Also recapped is a life insurance settlement for Mrs. James T. Brown after Patrolman Brown's 1957 death, including policy timing and delivery of a $10,000 check by Roy Sowers and J. S. Babb.
Shelby Star founder Lee Weathers is celebrated for building a journalism school within the paper. His long list of notable alumni spans W. J. Cash Senator Clyde Hoey Cameron Shipp and many others who carried star training to national roles in newspapers and public life.
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