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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1958
Page
4
The new postal rates take effect at midnight raising first class to four cents and airmail to seven. The increase aims to yield about $550 million annually but won’t end deficits, which are projected at $7 million for the fiscal year. The piece contrasts today’s rise with historic rates and notes wage costs add about $25 million more.
The piece notes Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus wins a third term amid a national test of school desegregation ruling. It highlights the political gamble, the federal troops controversy at Little Rock, and the strain on America's moral standing as Faubus becomes a defining, divisive figure.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev jokes with U S Ambassador Thompson and wife at a Moscow reception as diplomats watch Lebanon crisis. He then delivers a pointed speech warning Arabs against alignment with Marxism and predicting a threat of Russian influence.
Editorial notes censorship in Jordan as three waves of security arrests unfold after British paratroop arrival in mid July at King Hussein's request. Radio Cairo calls for Hussein's death while Nasser accuses treason and imperial influence. Hussein, 23, relies on U.S. support and British protection amid Palestinian Arab tensions and refugees within a 1.5 million population.
The report traces Abdullah and Hussein’s rise in Transjordan now Jordan, noting Bedouin support, desert economy limits, and Britain’s three decades of subsidies. It describes Glubb Pasha’s dismissal, Arab League pressure, shifts toward Egypt and Syria, and Washington stepping in with nearly $50 million while Saudi Arabia mostly funds the gap.
A local High Point NC paper lists key staff including President Mrs RK B Terry Secretary-Treasury Holt McPherson Managing Editor Joe Brown Advertising Director W ipos seneeees Business Manager Charles at orLin Circulation Manager and mail and carrier subscription rates.
A USAF memo frets over civilian military air traffic crashes and a California reader asks to ground all flights on a route. Senator Alexander Wiley mocks Senate acoustics as hindering debate while praising his own voice. Philippine diplomats celebrate Pilar Lapus at embassy parties with food jokes about phone tapping. AAF stories recount Le May era brag and a Afghan buffet bodyguard quip. Democratic Club moves to Sheraton Carleton with blue skies imagery.
Lynn Nisbet reports to the Budget Commission that coeducational colleges show more men than women enrolling. The sole all women institution, the Woman's College at Greensboro, remains static. White and colored coed schools post strong gains with men still in the majority, troubling teacher supply concerns.
The last Confederate veteran in North Carolina died in 1950. Mrs. Maude Norris heads pensions in the State Auditor’s office and 151 widows of Confederate soldiers are on her rolls plus four in the Confederate Women’s Home at Fayetteville. The Old Soldiers’ Home at Raleigh closed in 1938. last year a million-dollar motor vehicles building was erected on New Bern Avenue. Four widows at Fayetteville and 33 daughters of Confederate soldiers are housed in the home, which does not accept residents under 70. ages reach mid-90s. The old building received $35,000 for repairs, and the home’s operation costs $64,000 yearly with a staff of 13. Most cash comes from the State, with some support from the UDC and other groups. Pensions stop when residents enter the home, but social security continues if already in place, funding the operation. Real estate owned by guests is minimal and title is transferred to the home. Law changes are hoped to allow Federal pensions under a new act. ELITE: Belmont State Vocational Textile School reports a distinguished student body with a Harvard graduate enrolling and entering a top mill executive role in Gaston County, earning grades just above Tar Heel peers. JONESes: Gov Hodges advocates keeping pace with Joneses elsewhere, but in a distinct North Carolina way. He cautions that federal-style standards, like single-room dorms at $3,750 per occupant versus a $2,500 limit, and $50,000 pools at Dobbs Farm and Morrison Training School, would strain the state budget.
Ed Mendenhall envisions High Point's ten year growth with industrial expansion Main Street improvements and more off street parking. He urges civic pride and unity to tackle business and community challenges while Wilbur Jones calls for a humane society and better animal control.
A collage of statements from Father McCormack Ezra Pound Gertrude Ederle Dr. Earle Reynolds Maj Bennie Shupe and Dr George T Harding comment on communism travel loyalty legal limits and social behavior. The remarks span nationalism insanity treason surfacing in late 20th century discourse.
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