Costs Of Running Hospitals Rise In Coming Years
Ray E. Brown of the American Hospital Association warns hospital costs will grow about five percent annually. Using 1946 to 1954 data he cites per patient costs rising from 9.39 to 21.76 dollars and notes high Point Memorial Hospital’s day rate of 14.28 dollars. He explains labor costs, female labor force shares, and personnel recruitment as drivers and urges public understanding and judicious use of services to keep care affordable.
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Ray E. Brown
American Hospital Association
U. S
Brown
Journal of the Association
High Point Memorial Hospital
Carolinas
Church Building Boom Reaches 70 000 New Churches
The American Iron and Steel Institute notes church construction has surged to ten times levels of a decade ago. Over the next ten years, about 70,000 new churches are expected at a cost of seven billion dollars. Growth driven by suburban decentralization, population rise, and renewed religious interest. Iron and steel use rises, boosting costs, yet many modern edifices symbolize religious achievement.
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Quaker Lane
Central Friends
American Iron and Steel Institute
The
Institute
Good Sense on Factories and Cooperation in Tough Times
A machinery ad argues that when business is good workers with modern machines earn high wages, while poor machines or old methods reduce productivity. It urges cooperation between workers and management to invest in new machinery, lower costs, and preserve jobs and wages through cycles.
Middle East tensions test U.N. mediation and Western commitments
The article reviews U N Secretary General Hammarskjold's Middle East talks and the fragility of a permanent Palestine settlement. It notes arms from Communist Czechoslovakia fueling Arab ambitions, Soviet-Western tensions, and enduring security pacts led by the United States Britain and France including Baghdad Pact and NATO links.
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U. N
Hammarskjold
Israel
Palestine
Security Council
United Nations
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Middle East
West
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Kremlin
United States
Great Britain
France
Greece
Turkey
Mediterranean
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
North Africa
Nasser
Arab League
Syria
Yemen
Jordan
Moscow
Bulganin
Khrushchev
London
High Point Enterprise Advertisement and Staff Listing
Readable OCR shows a 19th century style masthead for the High Point Enterprise with names including A. Prawlet as president and R. B. Terry as secretary treasurer. It lists advertising director and circulation manager positions and hints at pricing by mail and by carrier per year.
Professionals, patronage, and power in postwar politics
The piece discusses how professionals use patronage to keep party unity, with a focus on Texas power dynamics between Allan Shivers and Lyndon Johnson. It weighs the influence of Dewey, Eisenhower, Javits, and Lehman in shaping nominations and the role of unprofessional voters in supporting or resisting patronage in both parties.
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Allan Shivers
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Democrats Gather for Visionary Capitol Convention
Lynn Nisbet notes a rare Democratic state convention in a gubernatorial year with no clear primary fight. Factions blur as six districts run hot, and Kerr Scott’s liberal camp backs Alton Lennon in a Seventh District challenge to Ertel Carlyle. Old loyalties waver amid revamping of party machinery ahead of 4-year control.
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United States
Democratic Party
Senate
Bailey, Umstead
Broughton
Graham
Smith
Lennon
Congress
Sen
Kerr Scott
Hubert Olive
Scott
Democrats Face Party Power Struggles Ahead of Caucuses
Notes on the News analyzes North Carolina Democratic maneuvering as factions aim to control the party organization before Thursday’s district caucuses. It predicts Hodges as governor, Ervin and Kerr Scott as U S Senators to 1960, with potential overhauls to party leadership amid precinct upsets and coalition possibilities.
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Luther Hodges
Sam Ervin
Kerr Scott
North Carolina
Hodges
George Dixon the GI in Ike Washington
A column observes General Eisenhower at White House press briefings blending soldierly habit with civilian demeanor. He recalls orders given, asserts military pride in Navy and air power, and shifts to NATO and warplane topics with calm authority. The piece notes his image as a sartorial, disciplined veteran trying to appear civilian while maintaining soldierly rigor.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Alfred Gruenther
NATO
Texas
Johnson
Gov
Shivers
Ike Eisenhower
England
Ike
D. Eisenhower
Regional Traffic Safety Conference Urges Citizen Action
Leaders from across the South gather in Miami Beach for a regional conference on traffic safety. Governor Hodges of North Carolina and GM President Harlow Curtice emphasize citizen organizations, year round programs, and state community cooperation to cut deaths and injuries as vehicle use grows.
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Miami Beach
South
North Carolina
Hodges
Ed Scheidt
Harlow H. Curtice
General Motors
Eisenhower
High Point
Nho
Quotes From Public Figures Stir Global and Domestic Debate
A collection of quirky and serious quotes ranges from political revolt and Midwestern farm policy to oil rivalry in the Middle East. Notable remarks include Senator Estes Kefauver reacting to a Minnesota primary upset, British Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd on foreign policy, and Treasuries on practical issues from weather to military mess halls.
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Midwest
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
D-Tonn
Minnesota
Middle East
Selwyn Lloyd
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Thomas E
Dewey
Jacob K. Javits
Herbert Lehman
Tom Dewey
New York
Averell Harriman
Repub
Nixon Arives
wLey
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Charles Pearson
George Dixon
Weil
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Mister Eisenhower
Tke
Holt McPherson
Expres
Arte
Norval Packwood
A. L. Marshall
Quartermaster Market Center
Mess Hall
Claire Ann Kelly
Keens
Ted Aliams
Boston Red Sox
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