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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1957
Page
4
A devotional note reflects on sorrow and comfort from Matthew 5 4. It states mourners rise from depths and that God is in Heaven and love ensures no lasting harm to His children.
County Commissioners chair Lloyd C. Amos states seven million dollars from the bonds to be voted December 10 will be allocated to High Point Greensboro and Guilford County on a per capita basis. High Point would receive 1.4 million with 1.1 million from current revenues to meet a 2.5 million need, ensuring equitable distribution and replenishing prior deferred funds.
George Sokolsky argues that four decades of fear haunt Soviet Russia from the Revolution onward. He notes White Guards, Denikin, Kolchak, and Semenov threats, Brest-Litovsk peace, and suspected Allied plans. He recalls a 1917 kidnapping plot and foreign troops in Siberia, stressing perceived foreign manipulation and wider fear.
The Civil Aeronautics Board orders an immediate probe into whether a single airport can best serve Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem. The piece criticizes regional rivalry and calls for consolidated, adequate jet age air service to avoid being sidelined in future maps.
Editorial notes rising public demand for tranquilizers and argues they aid treatment by enabling psychotherapy and reducing ward problems. It covers drugs like chlorpromazine meprobamate and reserpine, the term psychopharmacology, and research efforts by the National Institute of Mental Health and VA facilities.
The High Point Enterprise page lists officers and board members including Mrs R B Terry as president and C W Patterson Jr as director. Secretary Treasurer Holt and other executives are named in the publication header amid address and business notes.
Publication schedule and postal details for the High Point newspaper. Rates listed for mail and carrier delivery. AP news service credit noted. Subscriptions and distribution terms explained.
The Baptist State convention demonstrates both strengths and weaknesses of democracy. Pure democracy works only in small units, with authority delegated to committees subject to majority vote. The convention shows how leadership and policy shifts occur through majority action and attendance, highlighting the tension between local majority rule and overarching budget and policy decisions.
The United States Chamber of Commerce lists odd observances for 1958 such as National Wildlife Week March 16 to 22 and Save the Pun Week in January. It notes some weeks may be theme driven while others reference commercial events, with December 25 marked as Christmas Day by choice.
Edgar Guest promotes the Y fundraising drive with a poem urging support for the YMCA and its aims. The article notes Ken Yarborough may return as physical director around February and mentions advertising outlook from Lee Ward, plus a Fortune study on Western Europe versus the USSR and Khrushchev’s policies.
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