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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1956
Page
4
National Hospital Week from May 6 to 12 honors hospitals for service to the community. The piece extols hospital advances, education roles, research, and support from health insurance programs, commending North Carolina facilities and the local health care staff for their enduring service to community and humanity.
The piece links a Maryland school shooting and a Winston Salem teachers strike to the film Blackboard Jungle’s critique of discipline. It argues discipline and respect, rooted in education, are essential for orderly growth and warns that without parental and official recognition of the crisis, such incidents will rise.
Editorial notes Pierre Poujade as France's small shopkeeper champion and questions his influence. It reports his May 2 national congress backing a boycott of the National Assembly and outlines plans for six new unions and a grand States General to bypass Parliament, echoing 1789 precedents.
A fragment from the High Point Enterprise presents a Sunday morning reference to the publication's history and establishment in 1864, noting the legacy of the long running city newspaper.
The piece compares Poujade's tax resistance, begun by Pierre Poujade, to early 20th century fascist clubs and Mussolini's rise. It notes his 1955 expansion, 800,000 shopkeeper union members, and indictments for tax resistance, while pondering whether his movement could lead a Parisian march or fade as a minor demagogue.
In Washington a Senate fall leads to a broken arm for Russell Long as he wins a key vote. Banquet honors Dr. Robert Williams with royal fare prompts gulped dishes and quips from officials including George Larrick. Meanwhile San Francisco hosts the GOP convention, ivy Priest secures a hotel, and Ike’s influence shapes the scene.
In Paris, a columnist relays claimed high level NATO shifts toward economic policies and reduced military role under Gruenther, with Dulles visiting and plans for German unification and eased Russian trade. The piece weaves in tipping customs in Paris, a Ben Bradlee incident, and a Women’s National Press Club stunt for Eisenhower.
The article portrays Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as tireless, logging a 24th transatlantic flight in three years for NATO in Paris. It details his regimented routine, packing, swimming, late dinners, early rising, and methodical approach to briefs, staff conferences, and decision making.
In Minneapolis Honeywell’s chief materials engineer leads the Aero Division in a three axis reference guidance system for Project Vanguard. The system will guide the Vanguard rocket to orbit and relay data from the upper atmosphere as part of the U S scientific program for the International Geophysical Year. The speaker praises the growth of young talent moving into vital defense work.
A collection of remarks highlights priorities in science education and national leadership. Notable lines include calls for doubling engineers and scientists, critiques of political divisions, and reflections from Eisenhower Nixon Kerr and Graham on diplomacy and journalism.
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