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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1957
Page
2
President Eisenhower urged marshaling brain power and national unity with free world nations to meet the scientific age's challenges. Committee chairman Bevis warned Americans underestimate recent technological progress and the new phase in human progress and social evolution.
A historical note explains waterspouts may lift sea water from areas near their base, suggesting that the swirling columns pull moisture from surface waters as they form over seas and coastal skies.
Anderson elected NASD Governor of District Committee No. 11 covering North Carolina Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Raleigh-Durham Bond Club past president and founder of Securities Dealers of the Carolinas, he is a Duke University alum and holds multiple corporate and civic roles in North Carolina.
The excerpt notes Edmund Ruffin, an agriculturist, is said to have fired the first shot at Fort Sumter, initiating the Civil War siege, after which he killed himself rather than surrender to Union forces.
The High Point YMCA hosts an international group this weekend with natives of Norway France Germany and Hungary rooming in. Knut Anderson from Stavanger Norway studies furniture production in the United States hoping to find work locally. Jean Claude Billion from Lyon France visits plants and aims to improve his English leaving tomorrow. Otto Firmbach from Frankfurt Germany has been in High Point three weeks and will stay several months with Patent Corp. Andrew Farkas, born in Budapest, sought refuge after the Hungarian revolt and now works at the Hillcrest plant of Burlington Industries in High Point.
Syrian delegate Farid Zeineddine urged the United States to reassess its stance on Algeria. He proposed the UN General Assembly back direct negotiations between Algeria and France based on independence with French interests protected. He said France and the FLN could speak for Algeria and negotiate.
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority will stage its eighth Jabberwock on Monday at William Penn High School with a rehearsal from 4 to 6 pm. The Queen’s contest closes at 4 pm and reports will be made then. Les Soeurs and Y-Teena Club will perform This Is Your Life and The Little Rascal respectively.
In Bogota on Nov 30 Colombians prepare to vote on a power sharing plan after a decade of conflict that has claimed more than 200000 lives. The accord requires equal Conservative and Liberal representation in all top bodies and cabinet parity. Women gain equal political rights and a July 1958 presidential election is set.
Greensboro artist Gerald Coble presents 23 paintings in ink oil pen and ink mixed media at the High Point Public Library Audio Visual Room. The show runs through December 14 with a free public opening today from 2 to 4 p.m.
Members of the Numa F. Reid Masonic Lodge plan to attend the evening service at Em erywood Baptist Church in a group tonight. Lodge master Charles H. Wiley says they will meet at 7 15 p m at the Tomlinson School auditorium on Chestnut Street and enter together. Rev Thomas Haggai extended the invitation and the lodge agreed as part of its group church attendance program.
Officers from three counties converged on the secluded Farm after a new skeleton was found in a garbage pit raising fears of more killings. Authorities tied the remains to the admitted killer described as a lurking ghoul, with records listing nine graves and possible more bodies in his home collection.
Raymond C. Richardson a 33 year old resident of Basinger Street was arrested on an old driving while intoxicated charge. He was arraigned in Superior Court where the prior warrant was voided by Judge Walter Crissman for having been signed by a police officer rather than a court official. A new warrant was issued and Richardson was served at home Sunday. trial in Recorders Court is set for December 6.
Memorial services for High Point Elks Lodge members who died this year are set for 3 p.m. at the Elks Home. Exalted ruler Knox Walker announced the public ceremony to honor Dr. W. L. Jackson David W. Stanley A G Bingham Winford J Little E A Wright and Harold E. Ryan.
A 1946 model car overturned on Highway 109 between Thomasville and Fair Grove, demolishing the vehicle. Carmel Wishon, 18, of Moon Street, the driver and sole passenger, escaped with minor injuries after the car flipped and settled bottom side up in a creek. He was reportedly attempting to pass another vehicle. no arrest was made.
The article notes the moon’s diameter is over a quarter of Earth's, stating 2,160 miles versus a little under 8,000 miles for Earth. It presents a concise measurement comparison to illustrate lunar size.
Simone Silva, a British actress known for a 1954 publicity stunt with Robert Mitchum, was found dead in her London apartment at age 29. Police reported no foul play. The incident followed a famous festival picnic where she had staged topless publicity, saying her sex appeal kept her box office draw.
Rain and snow covered much of the East on Saturday stretching from Florida to New England. Snow mixed with rain in eastern New York and upstate Vermont as winds sharpened and a cold front advanced. Fort Myers received two-thirds of an inch of rain in an hour while western regions enjoyed fair weather and northern Midwest cities saw lows around minus five to two degrees.
The acerola or Puerto Rican cherry contains over 85 times the vitamin C of fresh orange juice, noted as semi wild in the Caribbean.
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