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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1960
Page
2
The Chronicle Tribune editorial praises newspaper boys who deliver editions before readers rise. It argues the role teaches value, record keeping, social skills, and responsibility, noting dedication despite cold and rain and extra duties to keep papers dry and readable.
Washington. President Dwight D. Eisenhower at 70 mixes liberal and conservative strands in a steady approach. He advocates gradual change, fiscal stability, and limited government intervention, favoring private power for energy and state control of offshore oil while avoiding rapid civil rights upheaval and stern actions against dissidents. He criticized McCarthy by restraint and waited for public opinion to shift before quietly curbing his influence.
Remington Rand plans to shift non electric typewriter manufacturing to Europe, closing its Elmira New York plant and moving operations abroad. Ford Motor also to build the new compact car in Europe. The moves trigger protests from Machinists Union and United Auto Workers, with government and Congress taking note of wage and tax policies driving the trend.
A Sumter Daily Item column reflects on how modern appliances and automation changed daily chores from coffee to long distance calls. It notes less need for initiative as everything is preplanned or automatic, praising outdoor barbecues as a chance to rekindle a simple, hands on fire building experience.
A summary of a Penn State forum where Pennsylvania and New England editors and dozen journalism scholars debated how newspapers meet old freedoms and new responsibilities. The discussion mixed practical and academic views, with no firm solutions but strong agreement that newspapers are doing a better job today than in the past.
The Milwaukee Journal recalls Henry Ford as a production genius who brought the assembly line to Detroit and popularized the Model T. It notes Ford’s 1923 policy of first reducing price to boost sales, then lowering costs, suggesting a revival of that principle as compact cars regain market share and Detroit eyes a shift away from big models.
A reader blasts Harry S Truman for a Texas speech, calling him foul mouthed and a disgrace to the Democratic Party. The writer says his conduct harms America and urges Republicans and others to oppose him. The piece also notes other letters criticizing Soviet communism and a Democrat loss of a member over Truman’s remarks.
The piece highlights the 14 story Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point North Carolina home to the Furniture Market four times yearly with about 400 exhibitors from 27 states and 2300 salesmen. It notes NC leads in wood bedroom and dining room furniture production and lists the Market's size, facilities, and hospitality for industry professionals along the Furniture Highway. It also reprints an old column about good deeds and humility.
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