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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1962
Page
4
Guilford County faces a looming space shortage as funds dwindle after past bonds. High Point schools run near capacity with cramping junior and senior highs and no budget for new buildings. Splits shifts and staggered calendars may emerge as parents juggle child schedules.
The House and Senate clash over who may originate and preside over money measures, delaying vital appropriations. Senator Hubert Humphrey warned Democrats that continued delays could cost them in the November elections and damage Congress’s national image.
The Peace Committee sponsored six day World Congress for General Disarmament and Peace opens in Moscow as a curtain raiser to Geneva talks. Khrushchev’s stance and potential Soviet testing loom over prospects for new disarmament steps and inspection methods.
A year after Newburgh's 13 point welfare reform drew national notice local officials defend measures as working though costs rose by over 20000 dollars. City manager Peter Petrillo Jr says applications stay high while investigations tighten eligibility. Citizens mix praise and concern as empty storefronts and unemployment persist.
Frederic Morton's best seller profiles Georges Lurcy once in the United States as a key Rothschild broker. The French financier, born in Strasbourg and educated at UNC Chapel Hill and Columbia, helped build Rothschild presence in America after World War II.
The Shires Capitol Square Chatter notes beauty pageants rise statewide with Miss America alumna Maria Fletcher cited. A Roanoke Rapids figure, Susan Kay Woodall, clashes with the state committee after skipping a local crown ceremony to enter a Florida pageant, leaving no current Miss North Carolina. The Jaycee state pageant will crown a successor this weekend.
Toni Holfhouser of Salisbury shares tips for contestants at this year's state pageant in Charlotte. She explains staying confident, poised and smiling, recalls nervous butterflies before Miss North Carolina, and notes her own gownmaking, stage nerves, and future study in home economics at Tennessee.
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