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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1959
Page
1
The American Civil Liberties Union urges federal authority to regulate networks nationwide. It notes the FCC lacks direct supervision, only licensing individual stations that form networks. ACLU asks the agency to use existing powers to ensure a broad and balanced programming range and treatment.
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield cautioned buyers about trusting trade operators, urging vigilance in transactions and stressing reliance on good faith from American citizens.
Hollywood AP reports comedian Bob Hope accuses NBC of pulling payola references from his Friday show while NBC says it removed excess plugs not tied to comedy. Kovacs portrays a senator probing Hope as a low paid DJ owner. The dispute drew press and audience attention with unclear outcomes.
Europe endures its worst storm in 23 years as ships sink and crews are lost. A Dutch freighter collides in the Elbe estuary, British trawler Janet Helen reports damage, and rescue efforts continue for crews aboard Elfrida and Merkur as snow and gale conditions hamper operations.
President Eisenhower told the Indian Parliament that weakness invites aggression and that the United States will aid its friends. He stressed a strong, prepared posture against Red China and urged a ceaseless global search for disarmament while maintaining forces for defense.
At Edwards Air Force Base pilots learn to eat and drink in weightlessness using toothpaste tubes as aid. Capt. Donald K. Slayton and Capt. Virgil I. Grissom take part in the training week with five other spacemen awaiting sessions as NASA prepares for historic orbital flights.
Describes Belsnickel as a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas figure arriving on Christmas Eve. The piece portrays his leather livery, practical gifts, and a German band guiding a village-wide procession. He travels from city streets to country lanes with old-world charm and community reverence.
York County prison guard Frank Dagnall says he spoke with one of Ivy Bluff Prison Camp escapees while at a general store. He did not recognize the man as an escapee until TV pictures aired. A car with three or four Black men stopped seeking directions to Eutawville, then left.
Henderson North Carolina AP reports State Supreme Court denied appeals for 19 strikers. W Hight issued commitment papers. Meanwhile two Textile Workers Union locals paid $3,845.06 in fines or court costs against the strikers.
In Doylestown Pennsylvania Ernest LaPorte and his wife were jailed after their daughter Shirley 15 had 25 absences from eighth grade without a doctor’s certificate. The Falls Township School District moved the case to a justice of the peace who jailed the father 10 days and the mother 15, with fines offered as an alternative. An older son borrowed money to free his father and the mother spent nearly a day in jail.
In Albert Lea Minnesota nonunion workers arrived to jeers and occasional rocks from a picket line as about 150 demonstrators gathered. Police formed a protective cordon while the plant ran with a reduced 50 percent workforce and only foot entrants, amid a five week old dispute over overtime and a contract standoff with UPWA.
Thirteen of North Carolina's toughest convicts escaped Tuesday with an arsenal but surrendered without resistance. A major manhunt centered 20 miles west of Roanoke, Virginia, and eight of the group were recaptured in Virginia, with others taken in North Carolina and nearby states.
Steelworkers union leader David J. McDonald asked industry officials to settle terms retroactive to the expired contract and to provide a cost of living increase before Christmas. He released the letter as negotiators met with federal mediators, noting the court order kept the old contract in effect while the November cost index is calculated. A modest wage rise may be indicated depending on the upcoming figures.
The Prison Department will contact federal and local law enforcement to plan returning Ivy Bluff fugitives to North Carolina. Assistant Director R A Allen said some will return quickly while others may be held for questioning about crimes while at large. The process requires coordination with other agencies.
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