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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1959
Page
2
AP reports Mexico introduces frijol al minuto instant beans sold at 16 cents a pound in Mexico City. The granulated ready mix, cooked with spices, makes refried beans, bean soup, and other dishes by simply adding hot milk and fat then heating briefly.
Stocks rise selectively with gains in U S Steel Ford and Republic Steel while GM slips slightly. The Associated Press average for 60 stocks is up 40 cents at noon as trading stays moderately active and a wide range of issues shows mixed results.
Summerton South Carolina AP report notes 15 Negro pupils applied for reassignment to white schools in Clarendon County. Board has not acted yet. meeting date unset. District faces five to one colored to white ratio. state law threatens funding cuts for schools or pupils under court orders. White schools open Thursday. Negro schools reopen September 14.
The Senate House Committee on Atomic Energy analyzed hearings on biological and environmental effects of a hypothetical nuclear attack. It assumed 263 weapons over population centers, with 50 million deaths and 20 million serious injuries, plus radiation disrupting food and water supplies.
President Eisenhower toured London in an open car with Prime Minister Macmillan. Thousands gathered near St Pauls Cathedral to honor 28 000 Americans who died in World War II. He planned talks with Khrushchev and an informal TV report on future West Soviet relations.
Chheng, a student who transferred among Albion College, the University of Michigan and a church program, hid for years under the church rafters to avoid exposure after leaving campus. He slept on a pew cushion under a paper tent with a radio for light and used blankets from a church clothing drive to endure the seasons. He eventually left the shelter after confessing and aiming to reenter school if immigration issues and entrance requirements were met.
The Federal State Market News Service reports South Carolina Border North Carolina Belt sales last week set record high prices with 53,526,711 pounds sold at an average $63.81, up $1.58. Eastern North Carolina Belt moved 49,786,442 pounds at $57.09, up $1.04. About 5 percent of Border Belt and 2 percent of Eastern Belt sales went to the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corp under price support. Hedrick says Middle Belt crop is not fancy but will be well accepted, as it is fully ripened. Last season Middle Belt sold 124,300 pounds at $57.86 per hundredweight.
Black walnut stands out as a shock resistant wood for gun stocks due to its ability to resist impact keep shape and resist swelling with metal fittings and overall durability.
Francis J. duPont & Co. researchers present portfolios delivering dividend checks every week and every month, aiming around 4 percent yield with a mix of stocks like Marshall Field, Standard Oil Indiana, Quaker Oats, and Union Pacific. The plan shows diversified weekly timing initials JAJO and MJSD to distribute income.
The Board of Trustees at East Carolina College fills vacancies with Henry Oglesby of Greenville and James Whitfield of Raleigh for eight-year terms. Elizabeth S. Bennett and Baxter Ridehour replace Luther Hamilton, I. H. O Hanlon, Arthur Tyler, and Ralph Hodges as terms expire or by request not to return. The 1959 Legislature creates advisory committees on aviation and school facilities with a slate of appointees. A Commission to Study 12 Months Use of School Buildings and Facilities is named, reflecting actions of the 1959 Legislature.
Eighteen year old Ewald Riemer and 16 year old Harold Luken were attacked in a street incident that left Riemer gravely wounded, Luken hurt, and his sister Sandy uninjured. An accompanying 15 year old girl was punched, and another 15 year old, Tony Woznikaites, was repeatedly struck. A 15 year old with the group was beaten with an umbrella.
In Wilmington North Carolina a Recorder's Court preliminary hearing for two white youths charged with the baby sitter rape of a Negro girl was postponed until Tuesday. The defendants Jimmy Fox Moseley and Vane Wentworth Jamieson, both 19, were arrested early Saturday after police learned two white youths said they needed a baby sitter and drove the girl from her home Friday to attack her outside the city.
Since its founding in 1702 Mobile Alabama has flown six flags French British Spanish United States Republic of Alabama and Confederate reflecting a long colonial and regional power struggle in the Gulf Coast town.
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