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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1958
Page
4
A weather forecast predicts cooler conditions for New England, the northern middle Atlantic states, the northern Plains and the northern Rockies with an AP Wirephoto note.
Carolinas flue cured tobacco growers expect strong opening day sales at 19 auction centers with anticipated averages around 58 to 60 dollars per hundred pounds. The late opening, caused by weather, signals a potential rise over 1957 but below 1947-56 ten year average, with 221 million pounds production and higher price supports set.
Washington AP reports two major drug manufacturers say they will contest government charges alleging conspiracy to fix prices for tetracycline antibiotics. The FTC complaints name Pfizer American Cyanamid Bristol-Myers Olin-Mathieson Bristol Laboratories Upjohn and accuse firms of monopoly and noncompetitive pricing. Executives from Bristol-Myers Up John and Cyanamid deny wrongdoing and vow a full legal challenge.
In Sacramento California an attendant shouted Jump but a fruit picker's station wagon with faulty brakes rolled off a ferry into the Sac River. Eight people died including five young children. Skindivers located the upside down car in 25 feet of water as Duke Bryant, the ferry operator, recalled the tragedy.
North Carolina fair to partly cloudy and warm this afternoon with showers mainly in the east. Tonight and Tuesday generally fair and warm with highs 80 to 90 and lows 60 to 73. South Carolina partly cloudy and hot through Tuesday with scattered coastal thundershowers this afternoon. Georgia partly cloudy and hot with scattered thundershowers in the south this afternoon.
Gary Crosby blamed an upset stomach for his overnight hospital stay in Las Vegas. He left the hospital yesterday with his brother Philip after spending a weekend there.
Minnie B Nicholas, 42, a divorcee, said she fired on Forrest Teel, 45, drug firm executive, in an apparent act of jealousy. She survived a self-inflicted overdose and explained the shooting followed a long love affair and a confrontation at Teel’s car. Teel died from three gunshot wounds. Nicholas awoke days later and sought a lawyer.
The Associated Press reports a weekend toll of at least 14 deaths across North Carolina from slayings drownings and accidents. Victims include Elizabeth Hall 52 found in Wade. Almon Hall 42 questioned. Glenn Hastings 70 in a mountain crash. Grace Hastings 65 injured. Tim Marks 14 rescued. Walter Daniel 67 shot in Forest City. Paul Mills 32 shot by wife. Riley Kuykendall 65 beaten to death. and multiple drownings and crashes across Madison County Charlotte and surrounding areas.
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