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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1958
Page
4
A devotional note cites Psalms 4 8 promising peace and safety at sleep. It urges trust in Christ's Way and asserts God guards travelers and sleepers.
High Point moves to restart its stalled street program with an assessment based financing option giving property owners five years to pay for paving and curbs. The city also frees Powell Bill funds for repairs and aims to elevate streets to match other utility systems with careful budgeting.
North Carolina welfare officials urge public understanding and new laws to curb illegitimate birth support. They note only 7 percent of out of wedlock births receive grants and propose a one to a customer plan to limit payments for additional children.
Editorial notes Norfolk vote on returning closed schools to city control for integrated operation is advisory. Contrast with Little Rock test. Norfolk faces potential loss of state funds and tuition implications. Byrd’s massive resistance stance shows signs of strain as Virginia papers shift positions.
Adlai Stevenson warned that the Soviet Union and China share a formidable unity that outsiders misjudge. The piece contrasts Mao’s ideas with Khrushchev's action, notes Russian youth value ideas, criticizes Western cynicism, and argues for spiritual belief and stronger Western economic unity to endure future conflicts.
Lynn Nisbet reports on governor led sessions where legislators asked sharp questions and citizens observed. Sessions emphasized study commissions and budgets, with panels providing factual content and strong arguments for recommendations. Western Piedmont and Kinston meetings drew large attendances as lawmakers prepare for the next General Assembly.
Charles Pearson analyzes 1959 state agency reorganization, power concentration, and legislative delegation. He notes growing resentment toward Raleigh control, questions on shortening sessions, and debates over a 10 million school funding incentive with per pupil allocations. Tax questions focus on distribution over source and aid to poorer counties.
President Eisenhower pledges to fight excessive spending in his final White House years. He outlines a 1959 budget plan with defense as the major expense, noting persistent deficits and a rising national debt from 1948 forward, despite economy calls.
A Business Week report notes the gourmet food boom driven by recession era demand. Specialty outlets doubled since 1950 to 6 000. wholesale volume rose from 39 million in 1955 to about 100 million in 1958 as General Foods launches a Gourmet Foods division selling 53 items through 1 000 stores.
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