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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1956
Page
20
Forecast notes north and south states with highs in the 80s and 90s and modest cooling at night. North Carolina expected near normal temperatures with daily changes and scattered thundershowers Friday through Sunday. rainfall about 0.44 inch. South Carolina slightly above normal temperatures with light, widely scattered afternoon showers Saturday to Monday.
Charlotte writer artist Helen Martin Williams pleaded no defense to attempted arson in Superior Court. Judge Frank Juskins continued judgment for three years on conditions including psychiatric treatment and custody by her mother in New Orleans. Williams admitted setting scrap paper by Raymond Anderson’s house. a shingle melted but did not burn.
In Valdosta Georgia the flue cured tobacco market shows heavy volume and strong demand. Prices mostly steady with small shifts around two dollars per hundred. several lower grades slipped slightly. Monday sales reached 10,145,950 pounds for 5,143,01 dollars with an average of 40.69 a record for the season.
The nation's weather showed little change today with more showers from the Rockies eastward across the Central and northern plains to the Mississippi. Fair conditions prevailed in most of the eastern third and from the western Rockies to the Pacific. Stormy weather was reported in one plainy state, with 40 to 50 mph winds along the Missouri River and funnel clouds in southern South Dakota and western Iowa.
Low temperature tonight is to be at and the high tomorrow 97. High today was to be 89 and low last night was 65. The sun will set today at 7 18 p m and rise tomorrow at 5 33 a m.
Official Weather Bureau data show temperature and rainfall for the Charlotte area over the 24 hours ending at 7 30 a.m. Readings indicate a measurable rainfall and a temperature variation consistent with recent conditions, with figures unavailable in full here.
Governor Fred Hall suffered a decisive GOP primary defeat in Kansas as State Rep. Warren W. Shaw surged to 107,767 votes to Hall’s 84,370 from 2,379 precincts. Democratic challenger Harry Woodring edged George Docking as the fight for governor highlighted party splits. Senator Frank Carlson won renomination easily. Labor groups backed Hall over his right to work stance.
Secretary of Defense Wilson said the Suez Canal situation is a minor upset with no expected impact on U S defense planning. He stressed diplomacy to settle the matter, while Eisenhower and Dulles warned of broader repercussions and potential force, with aid talks in abeyance at about 25 million dollars.
Mrs Eliza beth Saunders Parker 25 faces a first degree murder trial in Catawba Superior Court for killing her husband on July 9 and her 17 year old stepsister Kathleen Rudisill after driving to Lincoln County. Judge Dan K Moore ordered a 50 citizen venire. Parker fainted en route to hearing.
President Eisenhower signed 13 bills including a flood insurance plan and measures to continue federal housing operations. The flood program allows up to 5 billion in direct insurance and 2.5 billion in loans with subsidies for three years. Individual insurance caps are set at 250 000 and 10 000 per dwelling.
Coffee trees begin to bear fruit when they are three years old and generally continue producing for about 20 to 50 years.
In Boston the Brink's Boston headquarters robbery trial of eight men drags into day three with no juror chosen. A pool of 100 was screened. 46 remained after pretrial cuts, with 20 dismissed by defense challenges, nine by prosecution, and 18 excused by the court. The state seeks a 12 juror panel with two alternates from a list of 2,000, examined at 100 per day. The defendants appeared in court aged 41 to 52, escorted by officers amid heavy guard as spectators watched, including two defendants' wives.
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