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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1959
Page
4
A devotional urges readers to recognize spiritual immaturity and seek God’s guidance through Scripture ministers and church attendance. It highlights Jesus as teacher and savior and notes another opportunity for growth tomorrow.
The world honors John Foster Dulles for his service as secretary of state. He led face to face diplomacy and held a firm line against communism, earning praise for his courage, brinkmanship, and role in crises from Berlin to the Middle East.
A six to eight dog pack killed a small boy near his home in North St. Louis. A neighbor discovered the body in a vacant field as the animals charged. The incident echoes a Miami case and prompts calls for preventing such attacks by strict dog control.
Speculators at home and abroad buy gold stocks on hopes the United States will raise its official gold price. The Treasury denies any change. meanwhile gold outflows fall, then surge in April, driven by an unfriendly balance of payments and weak export growth. The piece notes a half-world gold share and calls for stronger exports to stabilize markets.
The column collects jokes and incidents from Washington and embassies. Senator Symington cites a Kettering motto about thought and a Malayan ambassador hosts a culinary gala featuring mutaba and tempu ra hot horseradish. Also notes a humorous R&D gadget idea and a Kerr family incident involving Paul McBride and a kidnapped-sounding misstatement.
James Marlow reports on John Foster Dulles, who died after six years as secretary of state. He kept peace and held back communism, though he settled little, while facing a world split by two eras and advancing missiles.
Notes on the news reflect on John Foster Dulles facing new Soviet methods after 1955. The hydrogen bomb and missiles amplify Moscow's leverage in diplomacy and threat. The piece questions whether his era offered golden opportunities or signaled a limited window in a long struggle.
A short column notes that many people confuse opportunity with luck and argues hard work distinguishes success. It suggests luck helps some, but effort separates winners from others despite conversations over opportunities.
The Holt McPherson column recalls a Senior Recognition Service praising six girls and three boys graduating this week. It lists ten life rules drawn by Stephens College president James Madison Woou and notes broader remarks on inflation and a High Point alumnus teaching Russian on TV.
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