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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1956
Page
3
Thomas J. Pearsall of Rocky Mount leads a controversial plan to maintain segregated public schools through a state constitutional amendment. The Pearsall advisory committee oversees reforms tied to private school tuition grants and local school closures, with Hodges backing and Pearsall denying sole authorship.
Gov. Hodges arrives in Asheville with a week of radio and TV talks and personal appearances to swing North Carolina voters toward the Pearsall plan next Saturday. He argues the plan offers a peaceful path to handle integration amid recent flare ups in Tennessee and Texas and will be carried out with a moderate, state led approach. He schedules TV appearances in Charlotte on Monday and in Asheboro and Greenville on Tuesday, followed by statewide radio and TV broadcasts Friday with an 8 to 8:15 p.m. TV program and a 15 minute radio slot.
World Methodist Conference opens at Lake Junaluska with Eisenhower message urging Christian sacrifice to preserve peace. Speakers stress applying Christian principles to combat atheistic communism and urge service as the test of faith. Governor Hodges adds remarks on growth through selfless service.
Paul Hardrock Simpson, Burlington mail carrier, completed a 52 mile birthday run in 9 hours 45 minutes amid 94 degree heat. Starting at 7 am he finished at 4:45 pm, passing through Alamance County towns and Elon College where the team paused to wish him well. He plans another annual run and will compete in a 15 mile walking race at Tabor City in October.
Miss North Carolina Joan Melton of Albemarle will stop in Wilmington for a one night visit with hostess Mrs. Hanna Block before departing by train to Atlantic City for the Miss America pageant. The finals are scheduled for Saturday night with Melton's mother planning to join in Atlantic City next week.
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