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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1953
Page
4
At the three quarters mark the High Point United Fund nears success with 184 740 dollars to raise. Much of the remaining total rests with workers finalizing reports, urging last contributions to wind up a victorious effort. The drive has achieved a major civic advancement and now seeks a final push to conclude by week’s end.
The Supreme Court upholds the Reserve Clause, preserving baseball as a sport not a business and shielding it from antitrust prosecution. Amid league struggles, Milwaukee Braves’ success and rising minor league attendance hint at a 1954 rebound, with Trautman praising the decision to keep the game in public hands.
National Association leaders Sock Em Williamson and Reu ben Ball toured the South to report on hosiery manufacture woes. They say mills ran well but profits remain hard, urging stronger selling to lift profits and noting the industry has first class plants and products. The report deems the path to recovery as aggressive marketing and persistent efficiency improvements.
Death of the desert ruler Ibn Saud leaves a void in the Middle East where unrest grows among oil workers. Known for wealth and iron rule, he maintained stability through gradual expansion and alliances while steering oil leases that funded his regime.
A Washington anecdote tells of two efficiency experts visiting a corridor in a government building. In a room labeled Special Assistants to the Secretary one aide nails his nails while the other does a crossword. Both answer they are doing nothing for the Secretary. The experts declare duplication and suggest one must go.
Letters from readers praise Dr. D. A Stanton for planning Highvo’s water system to serve thousands, recounting his role as mayor. The piece also thanks the Mayor’s Committee for Employment of the Physically Handicapped for a recent drive and lists items collected for overseas relief. A second letter argues whipping deters juvenile crime, urging emergency lash laws for offenders under 21.
A former Miss U S A sues in Los Angeles for 2500 a month alimony and half the community property after a brief marriage to singer Guy Mitchell. The column argues alimony laws favor women, questions temporary marriages, and urges reform while noting the shift toward gender equality and women’s independence.
A collection of remarks spans a murder case involving Bobby Greenlease and foster concerns, Eisenhower's atomic threat warning, church council contrasts with totalitarianism, Rockefeller on hemispheric partnership, a plea by a phantom killer suspect, a car crash by Bing Crosby, polio doubts from Dr Van Riper, and a U S crime and delinquency problem highlighted by Richard McGee.
W A Bivins discusses newsroom ethics and public trust while editor Holt McPherson and publisher R B Terry return from health and travel. Readers weigh local reporting quality, errors, ads, and the role of the press in serving the city as a column notes today’s children behavior and parental guidance.
Lynn Nisbet reports that both Democrats and Republicans see election setbacks as voters moving off extremes toward a middle ground. Interviews with six partisans show distrust of McCarthy and Harriman era factions and a desire to focus on individual leadership over party labels. The piece notes Southern sentiment skepticism toward Young Democrats and warns against national party hardliners.
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