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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1953
Page
4
Fight For Decency led by High Point's League of Women Voters joins civic groups in opposing slums. Dr. Loren Wallin calls bad housing a major drag on community health and welfare, warning of costs to investors and residents. The campaign aims to blast apathy and win housing reform support from both sexes.
Dr. Milton S Eisenhower reports from a South American tour that Latin America is on the march toward prosperity. He urges U S support to help the region grow economically and become a deterrent to aggression. He cites vast vitality and potential, warning against neglect that could foster radicalism.
An editorial critiques anti communism excesses arguing seeds of dissension backfire, notes past subversives like Alger Hiss and William Remington, and urges cautious action. It urges replacing talk with concrete steps to purge subversives from public payrolls while preserving democratic freedoms.
The Globe-Democrat argues against excessive global inferiority bias and smug self-criticism. It contends Americans have erred but not spiraled into a wretched mess, praising basic intelligence and sanity while warning against overconfidence and chronic self-doubt among critics, statesmen, and commentators.
The piece argues that religious belief and morality shape treatment of prisoners of war, condemning godless regimes. It cites the Geneva Conventions and Red Cross oversight, noting Soviet Russia China and North Korea reject these rules and risk unchecked abuse in camps and talks.
The 1952 58 biennial North Carolina Library Commission report shows 2,494,998 books across public libraries excluding state and academic holdings, with 10,723,834 total circulations and about four readers per book. It notes nearly $500,000 spent on books and periodicals and over $1 million on personnel, plus $350,000 state aid and county and local appropriations totaling millions.
Around Capitol Square notes municipal and private library support reaching 1 894 325 dollars for 4 061 929 North Carolinians counted in the 1950 census. It highlights 90 bookmobiles serving 91 of 100 counties, 33 university libraries with 3 110 388 volumes, 20 junior colleges with 239 598 volumes, and totals of 6 073 112 books across public, college and special libraries.
A column discusses fog and smog effects in London and American cities, with health notes and cautions. It covers weather superstition versus scientific forecasting, public health measures in Britain, and a Tulsa World report on police action against drunk driving without accidents.
The piece links handball to spies like Harry Dexter White and companions, cites a DC champion Erwin Ornstein, and notes a growing national handball scene with a US Handball Association led by Bob Kendler. It ends with a satirical dig at Pentagon soldering in bulbs.
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