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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1955
Page
12
A High Point Enterprise clipping discusses expert teaching for youth driving and cites a stat that only 31 percent of U S drivers are rated good or excellent. It argues parental driving habits influence children, noting step parent dynamics link to nervous symptoms in some studies.
The text explains how children in different age groups respond to a parent’s remarriage with younger kids adapting quickly while the oldest child can show greater emotional distress. It notes the issue diminishes after age 12 or 13 and discusses how emotional stress can alter weight differently among individuals due to inheritance and early training.
A U S study portrays Soviet strategy in the cold war’s second phase: hold Europe and press south into the Middle and Far East. It warns containment alone may fail and anticipates broader U S countermeasures as Russia threatens Formosa and aids Arab nations. The National Planning Assn committee calls the era perilous and urges bold policy.
A brutal cold wave, termed the season’s harshest by the Weather Bureau, covered the nation from the Rockies to the Appalachians and into the western Gulf states. Subzero readings and single digits hit Wisconsin, Minnesota, and parts of Illinois and Missouri while the East Coast stayed milder with ocean breezes.
The forecast lists tonight's temperature around 4 percent and high around 35. Low last night was 27. Sunset is expected at 7 16.
The article notes Matthew Brady as a famed Civil War photographer and photo historian. It mentions his pioneering role in battlefield coverage and his status as an early combat photographer, with a brief aside about vice presidents regarding danger and death.
Cold wave warning for North Carolina with light snow flurries and a rapid drop in temperatures. Mountains may see 10 to 15 degrees, coast near 30. South Carolina faces a hard freeze with continuing very cold conditions through Tuesday.
Two North Carolinians Bolyyy Smith and Joan Crawford won $300 scholarships at the 34th National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. North Carolina now has five national winners, joining Linda Bailey Mary Burwell Patricia Bost and Ronald Cruea. Crawford, a high school senior, won in clothing achievement. Smith, a student at North Carolina State College, earned an achievement award.
Charlotte officials opened a panel on How Can Recreation Curb Delinquency during the second annual joint conference of North and South Carolina Recreation Societies. The event, running four days, followed a speech by W C Sutherland of New York and separate business sessions. Hubert Henderson was elected North Carolina vice president Roy Ellington acted as vice president Mae Crandall secretary and Lonnie Rook treasurer for the North Carolina group. The South Carolina meeting was chaired by Matt Goyack. The conference theme is More Even for Better Living Carolinas.
Murphy becomes executive editor of the Salisbury Post in Salisbury North Carolina with telegraph editor John B. Weather gorman Statesville and Rayner resigning as managing editor to join the Raleigh News and Observer staff Rayner began at the Post in 1944 and Murphy since 1925 has led telegraph and editorial pages at the paper Window name Rayner North Carolina UNC education and career details included.
Partly returned text notes the District of Columbia area once 100 square miles carved from Maryland and Virginia with Virginia’s portion south of the Potomac. The fragment suggests a historical boundary reference and incomplete figures for the city’s extent.
The highest hereditary title in England is the dukedom, which ranks above all peers except royal princes and princesses, York Archbishop, and the Lord Chancellor. Dukes precede all other nobles in precedence except these few highest offices and royal lines.
Fort Worth Texas jury acquitted 47 year old widow Mary Clark of paying for the murder of oilman husband William P. Clark. The trial hinged on statements by ex convict Harry Higgins and testimony about a supposed payoff at the Clark home. The verdict followed two hours of deliberation.
Milford Connecticut reports the death of Charles Hickey Jr a nine year old boy who died after a match caused a fire when he lit a raw gasoline or kerosene fire. The incident occurred Friday night.
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