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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1956
Page
4
A Charlotte parents group launches a program to curb early dating dancing and formal wear among preteens. They warn that peer pressure and adult party planning push children into adult-type social life, risking boredom in later teens and eroding family values.
Grover H Jones longtime High Point churchman and city leader died Monday in a loss mourned for guiding the city through the big ditch project and tough finances He helped shape legal and financial strategies and earned honors from his church He leaves sons and a large family as survivors.
A reflective piece questions aggression and ceasefires in the Suez crisis, Hungary's Soviet invasion, and U S policy. It contrasts Israel's survival against Nasser with Soviet actions, challenging Eisenhower's stance and the logic of manifest right versus wrong. It notes Arab hesitation and calls for consistent UN applications.
Dr. Benjamin Fine notes 450 to 500 Negro teachers in the South lost jobs due to integration. The piece argues wholesale South-wide integration could displace thousands, with border cities absorbing teachers, while the North offers limited opportunity. It concludes Southern segregation remains socially objectionable but integration is not a utopia.
An OCR fragment from The High Point Enterprise shows staff roles and contacts including President and Secretary Treasurer, with titles for editor and advertising director. The readable text outlines internal credits and office location at 307 North Main Street, High Point, with partial names such as D. A. Rawley and Mrs. Kr. B. Terry.
Vacation by Rear With Company is noted in the High Point Enterprise imprint. The text lists subscription rates and carrier terms but contains many garbled words and misprints from a historical newspaper page.
Lynn Nisbet, longtime Capitol Square columnist, is convalescing at his Raleigh home after a serious back injury from a Statesville accident on October 28. He now uses a back brace and new glasses, plans a return to work soon, and continues Parkway planning duties from home.
Browning, longtime chief locating engineer for the State Highway Department, who led Blue Ridge Parkway location for 22 years, retires last Aug 1 but accepts a Federal Parkway Engineer title. He oversaw 253 miles in North Carolina with over 30,000 acres acquired, guiding route decisions with Interior Secretary Ickes to extend southward past Mount Mitchell into Great Smoky Mountains and west of Asheville to preserve NC mileage.
In West Palm Beach Florida politics and business collide as Atlantic Coast Line St Joe Paper and Southern Railway vie to operate the bankrupt Florida East Coast Railway. Attorneys dominate the protracted ICC processes whileHigh Point Oklahoma deButts political outreach seeks settlement. A separate note links the late oilman Harry F Sinclair to a Kansas story about an accident policy claim and a $70 million oil deal.
Washington diary notes Ike’s post election press conference showing a firmer, more combative tone. The writer describes Ike in a brown suit, grilling reporters, and asserting he will be the boss, while reporters fear a new era of interrogations and public officials being pressed for their views.
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