Shaping Presidential Sweepstakes Stir Questions
The 1960 presidential race begins to take shape with Nixon and Rockefeller as leading Republican contenders while Democrats Kennedy Humphrey Symington Johnson compete for national backing. Adlai Stevenson remains a lingering influential figure as candidates tour Wisconsin Alaska New York and California amid farm and civil rights debates.
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Sen. Kennedy
Wisconsin
Sen. Symington
Fairbanks
Alaska
New York
Kennedy
Humphrey
Symington
Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
The Divine Dynamic Power in the Christian Life
A sermon on the moral and spiritual power given through Christ. The preacher links dynamis to vow, purity, and unity, contrasting worldly doubt with early church triumphs and urging total commitment to Christ for world victory. The piece emphasizes faith as active strength and collective devotion.
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Christ
Paul
St. Francis
Simon
Rome
Hell
Church
Jesus Christ
Cer
Power Of Merchandising Lifts High Point Shopping Center
A recent launch of High Point's first large scale shopping center draws dollars to the city and boosts downtown activity. The development demonstrates merchandising power as a trade stimulant, prompts modernization of storefronts and interiors, and encourages broader promotion of the traditional shopping district.
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High Point
College Village
High School Teacher Uses Rigged Quiz To Teach Ethics
Melvin C. Willett a Freehold New Jersey history teacher devised a lesson by writing answers on the board as he posed a current events quiz. Three students watched the answers and all scored 100 while the class average was 25 to 40. The demonstration aimed to show the immorality of fixing quizzes and TV shows.
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Melvin C. Willett
Freehold
N. J
Willett
Mitchell Misses Hat Bet as Labor Figures Shift
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell failed to meet his own forecast for October 1, with 3,272,000 unemployed and 66,831,000 employed. He honored the bet by eating a hat fashioned as cake, then sent slices to steel industry negotiators R. Conrad Cooper and David J. McDonald as a reminder of the wager.
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Labor
James P. Mitchell
Mitchell
Labor Department
R. Conrad Cooper
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers
Science Not Afraid Of Explosive Population Rise
An article cites Prof Colin Clark and Dr Everett E Hagen arguing that land and tech progress could support far larger populations. Clark says Earth could sustain ten times current if cultivated with present knowledge, Hagen notes no inevitable universal starvation and stresses projecting future tech growth.
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Colin Clark
Oxford Agricultural Economics Research Institute
Everett E. Hagen
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Nts
Atlantic
High Point Enterprise Publication Details
Independent afternoon and Sunday morning newspaper published by High Point Enterprise, Inc. at 305-307 North Main Street, High Point, North Carolina.
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
Drama swap eyed for Roanoke and Appalachian sites
Roanoke Island and Appalachian Historical Associations consider exchanging outdoor drama venues in 1960 to cut costs, boost publicity, and reach new audiences. The plan, proposed by Hugh Morton, hinges on moving The Lost Colony and Horn in the West between Boone and Manteo while preserving Cherokee offerings at Oconaluftee.
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Roanoke Island Historical Association
Appalachian Historical Association
Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Manteo
Appalachian
Horn
Boone
Cherokee Historical Assn
Blue Ridge Parkway
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Oconaluftee
Hugh Morton
Grandfather Mountain
North Carolina
Board of Conservation and Development
Roanoke Island Association
Travel Council of
Blue Ridge Parkway Association
C&e Fund
Morton
Dare
New World
Atlantic Ocean
Friday the 13th stir of superstition in modern life
The column notes lingering superstitions around Friday the 13th. It surveys astrology, moon lore, bees and birds omens, planting calendars, and beliefs from Amish and regional traditions, concluding that even a jaded society may still fear the fateful date.
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National Society of Thirteen
Hollywood
Pennsylvania
New England
Ozarks
South
Louisiana
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