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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1956
Page
1
Secretary Dulles urged the Senate to boost foreign military and economic aid by up to 400 million dollars. He stressed the need for funding approved by the House to strengthen U S alliances and global security efforts.
The Louisiana Legislature wraps a tumultuous session led by Gov Earl Long. Tax bills fail but spending hits records. right to work is repealed then agricultural workers rights restored. teachers win large pay raises amid a feud with Wade Martin Jr. and his father. Long defends actions before a joint session and vows a broad stump tour.
The piece argues that service defines American life with public officials and workers alike acting as servants to others. It stresses that true service should stem from ideals, not payment or popularity, and cites Jesus as a model of servant leadership guiding daily conduct.
In Gibsonville North Carolina officials of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers fear a special session July 23 may undo Gov Aycock era school reforms. A Raleigh letter urged members to attend hearings and pressure legislators to oppose abolishing compulsory attendance even if schools close. The governor noted compulsory attendance remains controversial amid integration objections.
Pittsburgh hosts the first negotiating session between three top basic steel producers and United Steelworkers with government mediators from Washington in attendance amid mounting unemployment in allied industries. The 650000 striking USW members and 72770 furloughed workers, railroads and coal hardest hit, while officials call the sitdown agreeable yet still serious as steel production remains cut by about 90 percent.
Secretary of State Dulles signals desire to ease U S India tensions during a news conference. He hints slight disagreement with Vice President Nixon and meets with John Sherman Cooper to push for decisions on long term economic aid for India. Cooper aims for substantive aid before his retirement, while Kefauver criticizes Republican policy in the region.
Governor Hodges announced two Saturday news conferences to unveil new school desegregation bills. The Capitol Raleigh event starts at 11 a.m. with officials including Pau lton and Bob Giles. Asheville session features Tom Ball, Hodges aides, and Atty. Gen. Rodman Jr. and Ralph Howland.
A Charlotte News survey of House and Senate members shows overwhelming support for Gov Hodges and his education advisory committee in the upcoming General Assembly special session beginning July 23. Lawmakers back two measures local option and tuition grants, plus a protest resolution to the Supreme Court desegregation ruling.
The U S Court of Appeals ruled Japan may try three Marines for crimes in Japan, affirming U S jurisdiction only when the foreign country cedes it. The decision upholds a habeas corpus dismissal for Marines Reice Cozart Mack Makarenko and Gerald Garman amid treaty and international law considerations.
Senator Byrd of Virginia remains opposed to two House-passed Social Security provisions for new benefits to disabled persons over 50 and to women 62 to 65. He expects close votes as Senate debates begin, while Democrats push revisions to satisfy the Eisenhower administration. Kerr proposes 62 retirement with reduced benefits, Georgia’s George offers 75 to 80 percent of 65 benefits with gradual increases, claiming no tax rise.
Methodist delegates in Lake Junaluska North Carolina began the quadrennial process to name two new bishops for the Southeastern region. Harmon led first balloting with 103 votes, among 75 nominees. 229 of 382 votes were needed for election. Continued ballots and regional unity debates followed as the council expanded to 103 members.
William Black president of Chock Full O Nuts Coffee Corp. urged Americans to boycott coffee as the only way to curb rising prices. He said housewives are a key market and noted vacuum cans now cost about 1.10 to 1.19 per pound, up from 7 cents last year. South American producers are withholding supplies, while the USDA pegs 1956 crop over 50 million bags.
Gov. Averell Harriman of New York said he is the only candidate for president who cannot be accused of being soft on communism. He criticized Eisenhower for naivety in 1945 and accused current policies of boosting Communist victories worldwide while recalling his own anti Communist record since 1933.
GOP Chairman Leonard Hall forecast a vigorous presidential bid with Eisenhower traveling by air to key regions and delivering five or six major speeches by television and radio. He outlined renomination plans, Nixon’s pivotal role, and a budgeted seven million for the campaign with aims to regain House and Senate control.
Gov Hodges announced that State Democratic Chairman John D Larkins Jr will attend a two day meeting in Atlanta to discuss Southern solidarity at the Democratic convention He had earlier said he could not attend due to a North Carolina mountains trip and said NC Democrat National Committeeman B Everett Jordan and SC Governor George Bell Timmerman approved a representative attendance
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