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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1959
Page
4
The proposed expansion of prison industries in North Carolina gains House approval and moves toward Senate review. Proponents praise rehabilitation and self funding while critics warn of government competition with private business and potential taxpayer risk.
The Senate approves a 389 million dollar jobs measure by 49 to 46, prompting a fight with President Eisenhower over budget balance. The bill expands federal grants and loans for unemployment areas and clashes with House spending, airport and housing bills, risking vetoes and deeper deficits. Ike seeks restraint, but a Democratic Congress pursues higher revenues and spending.
Khrushchev signals a second summit conference as May 11 talks may lead to a preparatory foreign ministers meeting. The piece traces moves from 1957 through 1958 including Bulganin, Eisenhower, Macmillan, and Berlin talks toward an eventual summit and early ministerial talks.
The High Point Enterprise proclaims itself an independent newspaper serving High Point and vicinity with an afternoon and morning edition. The statement appears from Sutamise Inc located on North Main Street in High Point North Carolina.
The piece argues unions have grown powerful since 1935, but lack statesmanship. It links high prices to unemployment, especially in Detroit, and notes the need for jobs over speeches. It cites Walter Reuther and urges political attention to unemployables over age 50.
Capitol Square hosts major events including a joint session address by Preston J. Moore American Legion leader, a lunch talk by Maurice H. Stans budget director, and Crawford H. Greenewalt banquet address. Senator Edmund Muskie headlines the Jefferson-Jackson dinner with Easter concerns for attendance.
Charles Pearson notes the proposed North Carolina bill by Sen. John Jordan to tax only the portions of church and school property used for noneducational or nonreligious purposes. He questions where the line lies on mixed uses like office floors in church buildings and parking lots, warning the measure could force taxes on other building areas. He compares past tax rules and asks if exemptions for hospitals or liberal arts colleges imply broader tax shifts, concluding Pandora’s box claim may be overstated.
The column offers humor about divorces and wedding vows. It notes six new autos destroyed in a garage fire in Indiana. It ends with a Tennessee man changing his will ten times as a morality lesson for relatives.
Rose File contributed a hundred dollars to open the YWCA building campaign and helped prepare the luncheon at Hillcrest Burlington plant. The obituary recalls W. L. Wheeless who served 30 years in law enforcement ending with Guilford Sheriff, and a guard of honor at his funeral. Ogden Nash among Executives Club speakers for 1959 60 season. A reader shares a reflective blessing about aging and wisdom.
James Marlow notes contrasts between Dulles and Khrushchev in potential summit diplomacy. He portrays Dulles as a traditionalist who could push policy abroad, while Khrushchev’s style hinges on bold words and tactics, with caution toward Soviet expansion yet a readiness to press Western gains.
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