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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1953
Page
4
A columnist questions the role of party labels in High Point's municipal operations arguing that the city needs non partisan or bipartisan leadership. The piece notes rising valuations and calls for honest scrutiny of the municipal structure, citing Amos R. Kearns and pressures within party lines.
An extended critique argues that the Republican push to purge pro-Roosevelt figures from the State Department lags behind pledges, citing the Bohlen affair and Acheson influence as central faults. It notes Senate advise and consent risks and partisan rifts, with broader debate on standards in nursing, medicine, and education.
The all Negro Christian Street YMCA team from Philadelphia defeated High Point in the final to claim the national YMCA basketball title. The finale drew a mixed crowd as players exhibited sportsmanship amid strong play and a message that race was not a consideration in the competition. High Point’s hosts showed hospitality, and the visitors felt vindicated by the victory and conduct.
A collection of quips on success vanity courtship and finance. The speaker jokes that success puffs heads while courtship runs between lipstick and broomstick and notes Americans rarely own an elephant until offered at a dollar down and a dollar a week. A bachelor clings to the idea of perpetual beauty.
In a Holy Week meditation, Dr. Ralph W. Lockman portrays Jesus as the ruler who redeems not by power alone but by service. He contrasts earthly rulers with Christ who empowers disciples from Simon Peter to Zacchaeus and the Samaritan woman, renewing lives and eternal influence.
A column blends reflections on reading and art with brief notices. Dulles’ Stalin book read and a student poem prompt thoughts on censorship and taste. The Haunted Ship poem is printed, plus profiles of Albert W. Klemme and New Age cinema signs, and a humorous Wright Building anecdote.
New York columnist notes Mr. John Howard pleads guilty to transporting a young woman for illicit liaisons and refuses to name specific clubs. He defends the saloons as the guardians of names while likening modern marriages to gin mill gossip and divorce. The piece mocks society’s codes and the era’s cafe society flirtations.
A collection of statements on world hunger, global conflict, hostages, Formosa, and foreign policy. Figures include Irenee Du Pont, Andrei Vishinsky, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Admiral Fechtler, Joseph D Angelo, and Georgi Malenkov. The quotes reflect wartime aims, humanitarian concerns, and diplomatic stances.
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