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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1952
Page
4
The state loses Clyde Erwin, longtime head of the North Carolina public school system, praised as a practical man of principle. He balanced education and economics, guiding the state superintendent role with diplomacy and realism for 18 years.
The High Point School Superintendent Charles F. Carroll is urged as the ideal successor to Clyde Erwin. The piece argues Carroll fits Raleigh needs, notes salary and headache considerations, and calls on the State Democratic Executive Committee to nominate him with broad administration support.
In 1952 the Republican nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower must translate broad public trust into a concrete domestic policy program. The article notes his clean image, the Taft contrast, and the need for a decisive, self directed campaign stance to appeal to voters amid a Democratic majority.
A Washington reel of jokes on TV influence from the Democratic and Republican Conventions. Slices of conversation quote delegates and media figures like William D. Sisson and Gene Archer. Cartoonish quips label Harriman, Barkley, Truman, and Joe Martin as space cadet, chip away on theater, and lampoon convention moments.
The piece quotes King Features Syndicate 1952 commentary by David Brinkley on Mr Archer and the 1952 Chicago conventions. It notes telecasts diminish theatrical rhetoric, the press gallery scramble, and the impact of television on candidate exposure and political procedures. It mentions Dennis Bushyhead and a jab at Senator Benton with a mocking letter from Hartford.
A collage of statements from Charles Brune and C Turner Joy about order and faith, Rosemary Clooney on heartful singing, Leo Durocher on Bobby Shantz, Gary Cooper remarks, Pierre Balmain fashion notes, and political jabs from Joseph W Martin.
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway and TV trends noting weak demand, scarce box office, and several shows underperforming while a few productions like King and I succeed. He highlights industry chatter, new acts, and media campaigns amid a lagging stage season.
W A Bivins muses on Democratic nomination odds in Chicago with Barkley and Fulbright. He surveys Moscow talks and Cold War tensions, noting press behavior and the risk of misread signals from Russia and the liberal bloc. He ends with a Perkin Warbeck anecdote about respectability.
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