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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1958
Page
4
The piece argues that dispatching troops would not solve anti American demonstrations abroad. It criticizes the decline of the Good Neighbor policy and urges responsible citizenry to resist demagoguery. It invokes Eisenhower and Little Rock as lessons on handling unrest and public accountability.
A Democratic survey predicts 21 to 27 of 34 Senate seats in play this fall, with Democrats aiming to gain about eight Republican seats for a stronger 57 to 39 majority. Incumbent control stands at 49 to 47, and GOP challenges loom in Ohio and California.
President Eisenhower approves buying three jet planes at five million dollars each. He urges rapid action amid questions about use of top ranking officials and the potential cost to the public. The president emphasizes moving fast and leading by example.
A retrospective traces the 1918 Curtiss Jenny flight from Washington to New York marking air mail’s 40th anniversary. It recalls early mishaps, post office control, gradual private contracting, rate changes, and the postwar expansion of air mail and passenger services.
A garbled OCR of the High Point Enterprise masthead lists the publisher president secretary treasurer editor and business manager with numerous errors and unreadable segments, showing names like D A Rawley and R B Terry while others remain jumbled.
Publication note from The High Point Enterprise stating it prints in the afternoon and Sunday morning editions and is associated with the Associated Press. It notes carrier and distributor independence and for home delivery rates to contact local carriers and Ward-Griffith Company for advertising.
Washington notes survey quirks of politicians and diplomats. Senator Barry Goldwater sometimes leaves his wallet at home while planning trips. Baron Silvercruys shows a firm embassy post as the Belgian envoy’s wife jokes about palace halls. A Wash National Press Club race tracks prolific parenthood among members. Charley Lacey and Jack Morris each have many children. Jack Doherty counts six boys and two girls with another on the way.
May 21 marks deadline for preliminary campaign expense reports for statewide and district nominees with final reports due June 20. Raleigh handles state level filings, while home counties file local and assembly races. Local races include western judicial district contests and Wake county clerk contests drawing statewide attention.
Notes discuss campaign contributions and expenses for State Senate races in Iredell and Mecklenburg counties filed in Statesville and Charlotte courthouses. It estimates costs for reaching voters and suggests statewide campaigns require substantial budgets, citing district voting figures and the DuPont feature on relocating workers to Brevard for a silicone plant operation.
President James G. Cage of Textile Insurance Company plans a London trip next week to confer with Lloyds of London underwriters about securing more favorable reinsurance treaties. The talks follow a broker and underwriter shift in Philadelphia and aim to aid Textile’s finances as it pays a June 10 dividend on May 27 record.
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