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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
5
Evangelist Billy Graham says his first book The Secret of Happiness will be a discourse on the Beatitudes. He arrived from Washington and will stay in Montreal until Aug 27. He recently finished a five month European tour and plans to complete the manuscript by Sept 1. He has three speaking engagements at the Montreal Bible Conference this month.
The North Carolina Sheriffs Association opened a three day annual meeting in Carolina Beach with representation from about 100 counties. The first business session occurred this afternoon. Superior Court Judge Hubert Olive of Lexington is slated to speak tomorrow. Demonstrations and lectures will be given by FBI SBI and Highway Patrol representatives. Basil S. Sherrill of the Institute of Government will lecture on new state laws.
Gov Hodges and the Council of State approved annual pensions of 3000 for widows of former North Carolina governors Merley Umstead Alice Broughton and Matilda Ehringhaus. Ed Rankin said most gubernatorial widows will qualify, though Mrs Max Gardner has not applied. The Legislature previously ended need tests for pension eligibility.
In Winston Salem Greensboro and Burlington more than 3500 Western Electric workers face a strike if contract talks fail by midnight Saturday. John V. Walker Greensboro CWA international rep says 12 to 1 vote authorized the bargaining committee to call a strike as negotiations continue and four points of agreement have been reached.
The annual summer conference of North Carolina school superintendents opened in Marshill with Assistant Attorney General Claude Love set to speak on Wednesday about the new school law. About 450 attendees are expected over the four day event.
Newsmen in Korea published the names of 10 soldiers killed in a truck accident before next of kin were notified. The Pentagon will investigate the breach of Army policy while the 8th Army in Seoul identifies the casualties from the 24th Division near Kimpo Air Base. The leak prompted questions from grieving families and a review of notification procedures.
Experts from Argonne Laboratories report on a 5000 kilowatt boiling water reactor prototype due by late 1956, promising cheaper, simpler small plants for remote areas. Soviet scientists outline plans for 100000 kilowatt capacity plants and note higher costs tied to small reactor economics.
Valdosta Georgia Florida tobacco prices began this week the last of curtailed daily selling up fractionally from last weekend. The U S Department of Agriculture reported yesterday's gross sales at 7 459 958 pounds for 3 682 190 an average of 49 36 a hundred 5 cents higher than Friday. But the daily average dipped 58 cents under the corresponding day of last season. The full 5S hour schedule will resume Monday enabling buyers to handle 2 200 baskets daily instead of 1 400.
A sharp market downturn pulled prices down across sectors led by motors and autos with Chrysler and General Motors at the core. Losses ran 1 to 4 points as traders cited tightening credit and higher broker loan costs, while a broad list of major industries including steels railroads oils copper and rubber joined the decline. volume neared 1.32 million shares by 1 p.m. and the ticker lagged by minutes during the drop.
A hurricane tracked toward Cape Hatteras with center near 30.3 N 74.0 W about 450 miles east of Jacksonville and 340 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras. Winds near 135 mph center, hurricane winds extend 120 miles N and E, 50 miles SW. Gales reach 300 miles N and E, 150 miles SW. The storm shifts north-northwest toward the coast, with hurricane warnings likely reaching the Carolinas and Virginia coast as the center nears.
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