11 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1957
Page
1
President Eisenhower, described as in excellent condition after a new medical exam, plans to fly to Paris Friday to bolster the Western Alliance. He remains under care for a mild stroke and retains a speech impairment, with White House doctors confirming the trip is feasible.
Two Tennessee Teamsters Union members linked to labor turbulence invoked the Fifth Amendment at a Senate Rackets Investigating Committee hearing. Perry Canaday and Robert Marston refused to disclose involvement in dynamitings beatings and truck sabotage, with prior witnesses connecting them to violence and Local 327 paying fines and legal costs in 1956.
FT BRAGG N C Four Honest John rocket launchers were airlanded at the warhead as 14 000 troops, 9000 parachuted, join 3000 aggressors in the year’s biggest mass jump. Sky Cavalry helicopters to support ground troops. Phase one triggers injuries 15 all hospitalized. Phase two to begin with attack on enemy in the war games.
Eleven American women and children arrived in Singapore from Indonesia amid a cautious evacua tion. They are relatives of Standard Vacuum Oil Co. staff, described as routine holiday movement. A European observer suggested a broader quiet withdrawal over the next two months as tensions rise.
The FBI reports a Fletcher branch of the State Trust Co. was robbed around 12 40 p m today. A man fled in a 1950 Chevrolet after stealing an undetermined amount. Roadblocks were set as FBI agents hunted the suspect in the area. It marked the state's eighth bank robbery of the year.
President Eisenhower was expected to brush aside a 3000 word letter from Soviet Premier Bulganin as propaganda. The Russians called it very important while American officials saw no new proposals, as NATO summit in Paris opened.
The Associated Press reports a brutal cold snap as Arctic air moves across the Carolinas. Expect single to subzero mountain temperatures and 15 to 25 degrees in Piedmont and coastal plains with hard freezes. Snow blankets western regions and cities like Charlotte and Greensboro report flurries as winds reach 30 mph.
Dr. Ellen Winston NC Public Welfare commissioner rejected federal tightening of welfare eligibility, saying writing new rules into federal law would be an impossible task. The two day hearing in Raleigh featured governors Luther Hodges Marvin Griffin Leroy Collins and Thomas Stanley sending statements on states rights and federal aid.
The Army releases photographs of its Jupiter C satellite assembly built at Caltech under Dr. William H. Pickering. The 300 inch long by 6 inch diameter bullet shaped satellite sits atop a three foot diameter power-tube and uses a Redstone based primary stage to reach 18000 miles per hour. It aims to measure cosmic ray activity temperatures and meteoric impacts in outer space.
New York City faces a worsened subway strike as transit officials run about one third of trains with nonstriking staff. Union leaders say the walkout is more effective than earlier days, while Mayor Wagner warns of hardship and legal penalties for striking workers.
Rep. Keating of New York urged the Supreme Court has overreached in protecting individual rights, risking public safety. He spoke to the Utica Kiwanis Club, urging Congress to soften some court rulings while defending the Court as ultimate arbiter. He cited FBI file disclosures as an example, noting gaps in lower court guidance and praising a bill he sponsored to limit disclosure to defense or drop evidence.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Army continues the push to put a baby moon into orbit after a successful last night Redstone launch Defense officials visiting Huntsville examined a 64 inch 3 1 2 pound aluminum satellite ball for the Vanguard style project The satellite will travel about 18000 miles per hour and carry automatic radio instruments to relay data to Earth
A Peerless Coal Co. No. 3 mine in the Excelsior Field near Hackett and Greenwood suffered a gas led blast early today. Four miners died instantly and two were injured. the dead are George Simmons of Greenwood and L D Sewell Gene Moore and Joe Martin of Paris. W H Lewis owner and C A Melton bookkeeper reported the details.
Nobel laureate Lester B. Pearson urged frequent East West diplomacy, focusing on frank talks between the United States and the USSR. He warned against stalemate and trench warfare dynamics, calling for sustained exchanges through diplomatic channels rather than spectacular summits.
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