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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
4
A devotional note reflects on Isaiah reminding that money and labor often chase hollow goals. It recalls a memory of a large dog turning butter on a treadwheel and urges making life’s treadmill productive with meaningful deeds.
High Point voices concern over inequitable school funding as county officials control budgets. They call for a clear formula to allocate construction funds fairly, arguing local representation and timely promises have lagged behind Greensboro’s needs.
Industry and erosion threaten growth as new titanium plant investment under favorable tax laws competes with the ongoing decline in existing industry. The report notes the need to spur replacement quickly and effectively amid closures.
The piece argues the U S should ignore Soviet calls for a Big Four conference over Middle East tensions while condemning force in disputes as UN Charter policy. It notes 12 North Carolina plants liquidated since Jan 1 1956 affecting 3 190 workers and 87 Southern mills with 35 000 workers closed nationwide, urging diversification to boost income.
The House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee begins a two week series of hearings on baseball monopoly. Rep Emanuel Celler argues baseball is business when it moves franchises for profit while Rep Kenneth Keating contends Congress kept New York from losing the Giants and Dodgers by intervening.
The piece reviews how antitrust laws touch professional baseball along with football and boxing. It notes Supreme Court rulings and a 1957 decision, discusses Celler's push for tighter antitrust enforcement, and outlines proposed franchise moves and stadium financing amid Dodgers Giants and other team maneuvers.
George Sokolskiy argues the Securities Act and Exchange Act fail to curb foreign and anonymous ownership. He cites Swiss banks, nominee registrations, and broker holdings as evading disclosure. The piece warns that unidentified beneficial owners could threaten national defense and economic stability during inflation.
Lynn Nisbet surveys the 1957 General Assembly push for government organization studies and a potential permanent commission. Notable moves include separating prisons from highway control, renaming and restructuring the Highway Commission, trimming membership, and empowering a Director of Highways with broader authority. Regional meetings enable citizen input.
Charles Pearson notes major shifts in state administration under the new regime. A Department of Administration unifies Budget Bureau and contracts, with new divisions for General Services and Property Management centralizing state assets. Authority shifts from elected officers to a central director, expanding motor pool management and record keeping across agencies. Citizens will soon access public land data and a simplified building permit process.
Western North Carolina Conference approved a three million dollar project at Lake Junaluska. High Point College is slated to receive about 835 thousand dollars with potential extra 650 thousand if the eastern group adheres to its share. The funds would back a planned graduate program and broader curriculum. Pestalozzi’s view on parental joy frames the piece, underscoring faith in the college’s growth and the nation’s future being tied to home and school.
With under ten thousand dollars left to raise, chairman J Ed Millis aims to wrap the $100000 campaign for the new YMCA YWCA building by the directors meeting on Wednesday. Donations remain trickling in, and contributors are urged to send gifts tax deductible to Millis, Cooke, Gerth, or committee members to place names in a permanent Book of Golden Deeds.
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