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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1957
Page
8
Pittsburgh report quotes professor Cruickshank and ICEC officials saying gifted children with IQs around 135 are under served. They urge broader opportunities to train scientists doctors and leaders while cautioning against forcing career paths and noting unequal attention to exceptional students.
A University of Pennsylvania Law School study finds judges in Philadelphia and six nearby counties overburdened by heavy caseloads while many small cases linger. The Institute of Legal Research reports a pattern of time waste in jury and nonjury trials and notes 11 law firms handle 40 percent of suits, urging quicker processing of small claims to balance court calendars.
In Augusta Georgia President Eisenhower and Labor Secretary Mitchell planned talks on new antiracketeering laws to safeguard union welfare funds at the president's vacation HQ. He also met with adviser Harold Stassen about ending the atomic arms race with Russia and Stassen then traveled to London for resumed talks with the Russians on weapons inspection and control.
The Granville Presbytery voted 26 to 24 to forgo its right to operate Peace College in Raleigh, joining Wilmington and another presbytery in backing consolidation. First Presbyterian Church and Albemarle Presbytery refused to waive, while Kings Mountain waits. The 1955 synod consolidation merged Peace with Flora Maxton at Laurburg. The charter lets original owners resume control if operation ceases.
Fire crews fought remaining outbreaks of a large forest fire south of Cherry Point, burning about 600 acres on private and public lands. The flames, started near NC 101 and US 70, were thought defeated by evening, then crossed the line again late at night as federal and state forces, 500 Marines, and crews from New Bern, Havelock, and Newport joined with a ranger using aircraft to combat the fire. About 50 acres burned in Croatan National Forest, 50 acres on North Carolina Pulp and Paper Co. land, and 500 acres on private property.
North Carolina Virginia Old Belt warehousemen backed a proposal to start flue cured tobacco auctions a week earlier than the Middle Belt. The move was approved at the annual meeting and will be sent to the Bright Belt for approval. New officers include Paul Edmunds III president and George R Carter in the vice role.
In Cornwall Vermont two Cub Scouts attempting to start a fire by scraping rocks together ignited a grass blaze. Firefighters said the fire burned 18 acres before being contained. The incident underscores dangers of open flame activities by youths.
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