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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1960
Page
3
Gov. Hodges urged all North Carolina counties to host industry appreciation days to highlight the role of local industries in economic progress. He said the event would show industry’s contribution and potential and promote a positive business climate to a national audience.
Governor Hodges urged the North Carolina associations of county commissioners accountants and assessors to sponsor efforts to attract industry. He said counties must maintain sound fiscal policies and adequate school funding to draw investment while stressing diversification in industry and agriculture as job opportunities dwindle on the farm. The note cites Paterson 1836 as the origin of the Colt revolver.
Floyd Patterson's knockout victory interrupts the Ancient Order of Druids midsummer rite at Stonehenge. About 3 000 youths gathered on Salisbury Plain as police maintained order amid drinking and public displays while radios carried blow by blow coverage of the Patterson Johansson bout.
A 125 member North Carolina group led by farm leaders bankers and businessmen left Detroit for a two day tour of Canadian agricultural areas. The caravan sponsored by Wachovia NC State College and the NC Department of Agriculture aims to boost marketing and processing facilities with stops including Ford River Rouge.
In Petersburg Alaska a father Edward Skeek and three of his four children Eleanor 15 Myrna 10 and Harlan 8 perished in an early morning fire. Mildred 14 and the mother escaped unharmed as flames spread from an oil stove explosion damaging a neighboring house.
The State Board of Elections was ordered to show cause why a court order delaying a 12th District special congressional election should not take effect. A hearing is set for Wednesday afternoon before Wake Superior Court Judge Hamilton Hobgood. Rollman and Roy Taylor were to contest the general election in November after Rollman’s name was removed from the ballot.
North Carolina county commissioners may back a 1961 reform plan to revamp the court system, remove the justices of the peace fee structure, and speed trials. The proposal also seeks broader authority over salaries, fees, and internal county government organization. The report was shared at the start of the annual session amid calls for better public communication.
A wry proverb notes that a man who believes he carries great power often proves merely ineffective. It likens such self importance to a smooth bore gun, lacking precision or impact.
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