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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1955
Page
4
Denver reports a 23 year old forger admitted rigging a bomb that killed his mother and 43 others aboard a United Air Lines plane. The man sought $37500 life insurance and faces peacetime sabotage charges with up to ten years and a $10000 fine.
Albion Millis longtime High Point civic leader banker and city official died Monday at home. He served as mayor pro tem and a city council member, led the Bank of Commerce with O E Kearns, chaired High Point College trustees and aided Public Library YMCA and recreation projects. He backed Camp Uwharrie and earned the Silver Beaver in Scouting.
A Congressional press corps survey by Peter Edson shows 46 percent say yes Ike should be on the ticket, 47 percent say no, with 7 percent unsure. The poll also flags Nixon as a leading GOP possibility and suggests Stevenson will carry the Democratic banner, with decisions on primaries pending.
A Georgia Association of Mental Health committee calls for scientific treatment of sex offenses rather than harsher laws. Recommendations include determinate sentences, mental health screening centers, specialized prisons near medical centers, and parole policy limits until psychiatric consent. It urges research into child development and sex education for parents with church, school, and civic help.
The snippet presents the High Point Enterprise masthead with address at 305-307 North Main Street and listing of roles including President, Secretary-Treasurer, Editor, Advertising Director, Business Manager, Circulation Manager, indicating its status as second-class matter and post office details. No events or articles are described.
The 1955 election showed Eastern voters failing to turn out, with Taft and McCarthy factions feeling purged, leading many to stay home or join independents. Party organizers must mobilize year round to energize voters and align support with the Eisenhower era realities.
Lynn Nisbet notes apathy among farmers and tobacco growers as Grange and Farm Bureau membership in North Carolina stalls. Despite Goldsboro resolutions and slow bureau drives ahead of Raleigh, members doubt immediate action and fear possible losses. Tobacco growers have had a better year with high leaf production and rigid support prices boosting incomes.
The article warns that a bad year around Capitol Square could reduce planting by 12 to 20 percent, limiting gains from better culture. The 1956 crop would yield $825 million to $900 million less gross income if prices stay steady, against a 1955 leaf crop near $550 million with much of it tied up in loans at support prices.
Notes on the news depict a diversified yet straitened agriculture in North Carolina. Tobacco dominates income but other sectors like cotton, peanut, hogs, cattle, and poultry suffer rising costs, narrowing margins, and uncertain futures as farmers weigh whether to quit or endure. Many stay idle, waiting for others to bail them out, while some officials seek political gain.
Bizarre item mentions winter signs and a swarm of spring crickets found in a basement at 1307 Pershing St. Springfield. The piece blends oddities with brief notes on tributes to James Wood Kearns and historical echoes of 19th century events.
President Eisenhower faces heavy duties as Gerald D. Morgan outlines routine approvals from fish hatchery designs to Hawaii bonds. Delegations already shift dozens of powers to agency heads, with nearly 100 more under study, targeting ceremonial duties and internal paperwork burdens. The goal is to lighten the President without isolating him.
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