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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1954
Page
4
The notice lists publication details for Holt McPherson as editor C. W. Patterson Jr the advertising director and circulation manager under the 1878 act, indicating second class mailing status at High Point N Y.
The London talks center on shaping a Western alliance with West Germany and curbing Soviet influence. President Eisenhower eyes a rebound in U S Western cohesion as Dulles seeks stronger ties and a firmer defense posture in Europe.
Novelist and former Baptist minister James Street died in Chapel Hill after collapsing at a North Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters meeting. A hardy, globe trotting writer, Street authored The Gauntlet Tap Roots and Goodbye My Lady drawing on a career as reporter hobo and publicity man for Bilbo AP and Hearst. His zestful life included million dollar earnings and a restless spirit that amused and inspired friends.
Construction delays threaten postponement of opening at Wake Forest College in Winston Salem. Trustees meet to review progress on 17 buildings, with four units behind schedule. Eastern Seminary operates on campus while congestion grows, and officials hope a feasible plan restores the transfer on the planned timetable.
Cleveland faces a hotel room shortage as Play Cleveland nears its opening. The Convention Bureau asks residents to offer rooms. over 4,000 offers have been made including couches. Prices range from 3 to 5 dollars per person per night with some high asks, and a few locals provide rooms free as a civic duty.
A Plainview Herald reflection praises a telegrapher who rose to mail and express traffic chief, crediting drive, reliability, and curiosity. It contrasts industrious youths with slovenly, inattentive workers and urges continuous improvement, citing moves from Lubbock to Chicago and calls for school recitations on Excelsior.
George Sokolsky argues juvenile crime has reached unignorable size with 385,000 youths facing courts for grave offenses. He cites a 29 percent rise from 1948 to 1952, notes gender patterns, urban effects, and calls for a religious moral framework to curb the trend.
North Carolina congressman Charlies B. Deane spoke to Raleigh bankers at the 1954 conference closing session, urging individuals to change themselves to improve world conditions. He warned against Marxist influence and promoted a Christian moral counterrevolution through economic leaders.
This column reviews Dr. Edward L. R. Elson's America's Spiritual Recovery noting fears about divorce rates and the decline of respect for parents alongside hopeful signs in church growth and revival. It also covers Wise Construction insights from a tour of a furniture exposition addition and remarks on McCarthy era censure and the News and Observer stance on force and coexistence.
The White House quietly revises Ike’s success rate in Congress from .830 to .513. The breakdown shows 59 measures passed and 56 failed, excluding appropriations, with notes on missing bills and potential political impact for a future Democratic Congress.
A collection of remarks from figures including Giants manager Durocher praising a Giants player, Adlai Stevenson on Maine politics, Adlai Stevenson's critique of U.S. diplomacy, New York Mayor Wagner on Secretary of State activity, Emanuel Celler calling the Dixon-Yates contract a mystery, Gen John E Hull on South Korean forces, and Gene Tunney praising Jack Dempsey.
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