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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1961
Page
4
A devotional note quotes Isaiah 26 16 on seeking the Lord in distress and a reflection by Philipp Melanchthon that trouble and perplexity drive one to prayer and prayer dispels both.
President Kennedy defends a highway funding plan relying on heavier trucks and diesel fuel users to fund express road construction. He opposes raising the general gasoline tax and suggests truckers should cover more of the cost, aiming to complete 41,000 miles of express roads without tapping general funds.
New York State Supreme Court Judge Samuel H. Hofstadter dismissed Beverly Radiand's $5 million claim against Errol Flynn's estate for breach of promise and seduction. He noted these claims are outlawed since 1935 and urged reflection on entertainment industry influence and moral standards.
Editorial outlines auto insurance trends with safe-driver discounts, penalties for bad risk, and a January to March rollout. New York and Florida join 33 states by March 1, with Connecticut slated for spring adoption. The piece notes rising overall rates, with 10 percent safe-driver reductions for accident-free drivers, and harsher penalties for high-risk drivers. It cites a 1959-60 loss trend, injury/death statistics, and a 10 percent discount for late-model compacts across 43 states, excluding high horsepower sports cars.
Joshua Benanay a Czech refugee turned home manufacturer argues for progress automation and education in the home building industry He urges modern methods year round production better style via hybrid prefab and traditional masonry and notes slums worsen as costs outpace wages His Seaboard Homes unit tests new designs in open market sales and stresses cost cutting without quality loss.
A Department of Revenue analysis shows travel related commerce drives NC growth with hotel tax up 15.36 percent and restaurant taxes rising 5.82 percent for the year ending January 31 1961. Auto parts and batteries tax up 9.61 percent, filling stations 4.47 percent, and funeral taxes up 15.38 percent. The five travel categories total nearly $21 million of a statewide 89.55 million tax take.
A resident boasts that winter snow plowing brought in more money than ten years of farming, highlighting a shift in work and earnings amid seasonal demand.
Carmine de Sapio vows ongoing effort against Tammany Hall defamation. Billy Graham mocks the idea of hell while noting public derision. Adlai Stevenson describes the U N as the roughest sanctuary after a riot interrupts his Security Council speech.
The General Assembly met in Guilford for the first time, honoring Joe Hunt as the first Guilford-born speaker in state history. Governor Terry Sanford briefly attended uninvited, strengthening ties with lawmakers. The event spotlighted Greensboro and High Point cooperation and included a Heritage Series launch on North Carolina’s 1790 census.
A Nashville Banner era writer quips on March as a month of mood swings from gentle sun to brutal deep freeze. The piece recalls last March’s 32 inches of snow and warns that springlike weather does not erase the lion like storms or the lamb like calm that can define the month.
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