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A short reflection cites John 5 17 about work and says we owe a debt to society and humanity and should discharge it to keep a clear conscience.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1957
Page
4
A short reflection cites John 5 17 about work and says we owe a debt to society and humanity and should discharge it to keep a clear conscience.
Gov Hodges is to head a five governor committee to urge President Eisenhower to withdraw federal troops from Little Rock Arkansas. The effort aims for an orderly end to the impasse over school desegregation and a test of the law in a calmer, lawful manner.
Guilford county embraces a medico-legal examination plan as Dr. W. W. Harvey resigns the coroner post citing the new arrangement. Officials deem the move a forward step in crime detection and public protection, with potential for cost-based termination if results lag.
Editorial notes Arkansas as the Deep South state with the lowest Negro population share at 22.3 percent. It highlights rural vs urban distribution, poll tax voting, 1950 Little Rock population, native-born rates, and education gaps between White and Negro residents.
Expenditures per pupil in Arkansas are lower than all states except Mississippi. U S Commerce 1954 figures show income per capita of 979 dollars in Arkansas versus 1770 nationally, with Mississippi at 873. Little Rock’s 23 percent Negro population mirrors state levels and reflects desegregation progress in Fort Smith. University of Arkansas in Fayetteville has admitted Negroes for years.
George Sokolsky argues that taxes dictate investment decisions as tax havens grow. He notes Switzerland Canada Liberia Panama and the Bahamas profit from this, with Pakistan moving in under a treaty allowing foreign tax credits. He warns of evasive corporate strategies and potential foreign entanglements.
Lynn Nisbet reports that Paul Butler claims national party unity but Raleigh observers see a minority faction pushing to back Supreme Court decisions as law. Georgia Governor Hodges frames the Southern view as national on civil and state rights with mixed reactions from Legion crowds and Atlantic City parade sideshows. Northern editors promote states rights as a negative force in civil rights debates.
The column argues federal power overreaches, contrasts South resistance with Northern protests, traces minority policy trends from 1880 onward, and critiques party leaders for not representing common people. It cites governors Faubus, Butler, and Alcorn and discusses shifts from bankers to labor in U.S. power dynamics.
Holt McPherson profiles Georgia's Golden Isles from Ossabow to Cumberland. He highlights Sapelo's estate and education program run by Dick Reynolds, Cumberland's High Point resort history, and the shift toward upscale development threatening their historic charm.
Washington insiders recount a short lived bid to steer U S aid toward private enterprise abroad. Walter Schaefer and Carl Flesher drafted a policy favoring private loans, met swift pushback from government circles, and the plan was quietly dropped after uncertain authority and fears of aiding communists or Wall Street control.
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