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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1951
Page
11
A local appeal urges residents to support C Day events focusing on citizenship charity community character and children's welfare to benefit the town and its youth. Citizens are encouraged to participate and contribute to the community chest.
The State Baptist Convention's Committee of Nineteen reversed a prior recommendation to fold the Thomasville Baptist Orphanage into the Cooperative Program, delaying action to 1954 or later. Critics warned cutting $100,000 yearly would hurt orphans on the waiting list, urging fairness. The piece also notes a proposed merger of Baptist publications and contrasts newsroom versus ministry skills.
A columnist argues that 55 Republican House members should not politicize the Jessup nomination. The piece says America’s faith in Jessup matters more than party aims and suggests he withdraws if he cannot regain public trust. It condemns partisan tactics and urges cross party support for national security over politics.
A famed Paris cab driver known for erratic maneuvers and a loud horn has threatened drastic retaliation against authorities. He vows to obey traffic rules if police stop their annoyances, challenging the cumbersome Paris traffic system.
The House Senate conferees reduced a Senate added four billion to a five billion Air Force blank check. They cut the supplementary sum to one billion, arguing plans for air arm expansion lack concrete budget estimates and that future votes should be transparent within security limits.
Editorial denounces changes to Arlington gravestones citing Korea instead of World War II, calling it graveyard appeasement. It condemns Pentagon actions and urges Congress to grant full G I rights and proper markers, arguing soldiers deserve national recognition.
The piece mocks Texas Senator Tom Connally as out of touch with Texas as he faces Allan Shivers in a pivotal 1952 re election. It recalls his internationalism and recent press encounters while recounting a bumbling encounter with a Savannah FBI agent named Vik.
A fragmented clipping covers lutefisk defined as dried cod cured in lye and rinsed for cooking. It also notes bamboo control with arsenical weed killers and a claim about weight changes due to centrifugal force versus gravity using a 189 pound reference.
The Empire Theater buzzes as Audrey Christie and Vicki Cummings rehearse in Buy Me Ribbons while Maureen Ton tours with Tennessee Williams The Rose Tattoo. Reports cover Shubert’s Boston paper, Brenda Lewis at the Met, Arsenic and Old Lace, An American in Paris, and industry gossip from Uta Hagen to Veronica Lake and Barbara Meade.
Greensboro weather records peak at 94.1 degrees last Friday in October. editors discuss political and social topics from Methodism to communism. The piece quotes John T Flynn and George Counts, contrasts democracy with collectivism, and closes with a humorous San Francisco cab line about blood donation.
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