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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1955
Page
4
The article argues whether a Sunday East Berlin gunpoint incident involving two congressmen and a congressman's wife should be treated as an incident or an issue. Maj. Gen. Dasher and five advisors draft a protest, urging restraint until policy is clarified.
In Washington at the FBI Academy commencement the speaker reflects on professional policing. He cites J Edgar Hoover and Stephen Kennedy, urges restraint of political influence, and stresses policing by facts aided by the FBI’s 137 million fingerprint records. Kennedy is noted as a beat cop who is also a lawyer, illustrating the fact driven nature of modern policing.
The president calls for strict ethical conduct across all government levels amid a Republican administration controversy over business ties. The move coincides with Leon Hall’s remarks on his possible candidacy, suggesting the stance could support a 1952 bid if he remains able.
The city saw three traffic deaths this year with pedestrians struck by cars. The writer condemns drivers for disregarding pedestrian rights and calls for police and courts to stress motorists' responsibility to protect pedestrians. A dangerous crossing climate and calls for vigorous action are urged.
A citizen accuses a driver who nearly hit a tricycle rider, urging him to consider the child’s parents and the risk to a boy who may grow up to be a useful man. The writer emphasizes that children precede automobiles and asks what excuse could justify harming a child or their family.
The document lists editorial and advertising staff for the High Point Enterprise including President Mrs. R. B. Terry Secretary-Treasurer Holt McPherson Editor W. Patterson and Business Manager B. Loflin. It notes AP news rights and postal details for the paper.
A Greensboro area feature notes Ava and Dolly as leading North Carolina contenders in a bygone beauty contest. The piece traces publicity prompts from California, names Dolly as favored, and sparks spelling debates about Dolly Madison’s name amid references to encyclopedias and historic figures.
Dorothy Payne, later known as Dolly, was born May 12 1768 to John Payne a Quaker of Guilford County. The Payne family moved to Virginia where her father freed his slaves before Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Dolly later became a social figure after marrying John Todd in her early twenties.
Dolly Madison served as official White House hostess for eight years under Jefferson and eight more under Madison, longer than any woman in history. She shaped national affairs, saved Washington’s portrait of George Washington, edited Madison’s Constitutional Convention papers, and influenced early U.S. policy while living at Montpelier and later in Washington.
W A Bivins is critically ill at High Point Memorial Hospital after a fourth heart attack. The Enterprise staff fills in with a feature, praising his spirit and influence, while prayers rise for his swift recovery and return to writing.
Washington column notes 102 poems in The Congressional Anthology with 98 by non-legislative writers. Vice President Nixon selects Whitman. other senators favor Kipling and Tennyson. Writer jokes at lawmakers’ poetry while urging truth over verse and laments the political mood.
Clarence Randall of Inland Steel condemns sabotage of free enterprise while Daniel Reisner notes Republican views on Eisenhower and Johnson. Senator Mansfield questions GOP calculations on presidential prospects and Nixon is not mentioned.
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