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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1959
Page
2
New York stocks rose with gains across many sectors as Ford led favorites higher. Chemicals electronics and steels strengthened while oils and airlines lagged. optimism grew on anticipated steel output and a potential rail strike settlement. The Dow Jones-Industrial average rose about 80 cents at noon with broad support.
Local stations WBTV Charlotte and WSOC TV Charlotte announce joint sports focus covering high school leagues, prep standings, and regional matchups with dedicated segments and game updates throughout the week.
Augustus Elmore Buckner aged 71 greeted his sister Clara Heffron after 61 years apart. They were separated when parents died in 1898 and were reunited in Alexander North Carolina with help from Walnut postmaster Clyde H. McClure who found Clara through a 10 letter trail and a long-lost boarding school connection. The siblings had a brother and four sisters who all died later.
J. B. Carl 33, of Concord, escaped November 10 from Huntersville prison camp. He was arrested near Concord at Floyd Motley Jr. home. Carl said he had been to Florida and returned recently, amassing 51 months of state sentences in 1958 for speeding and license revocation, plus 18 months on federal white liquor charges.
Walter W. Williams, a Confederate veteran and reportedly Civil War's last survivor, remains in critical condition with pneumonia in Houston. Doctors reported slight improvement Sunday night but warned his condition stayed fragile as he fights the illness first detected December 6.
A puzzle page lists clues across and down for a broad set of terms. Entries include items from art materials to plants, beverages, and sports terms. The compilation blends everyday objects with obscure references to engage readers in wordplay.
In the Capitol, a 22 by 36 inch section of the speaker's desk rises on an elevator to ease reading heavy documents. The mechanism raises the section up to 18 inches or returns it flush. Historic ovens and bread production for Union troops are noted, with Civil War era arrangements on display nearby.
Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine says farmers will vote Tuesday on three referenda affecting cotton and peanut marketing quotas and price support. A two thirds vote would extend quotas for cotton one year and peanuts three years while promoting cotton would run three years. Polling places open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in each county. Belgian Congo note appears unrelated to the topic.
East Germany orders local Communist party leaders in the Red regime to press men aged 25 to 35 to volunteer for reserve training. Information Bureau West, a private West Berlin intelligence agency, reports the program aims to bolster military readiness.
Three fugitives remain at large after a mass prison break at Ivy Bluff Prison Camp. The escape involved ringleader Charles W. Stewart of Wilmington and 17 of 20 men recaptured across Virginia Ohio Kentucky and North Carolina. One captive in North Carolina is Charles Edwards of Gastonia. others face charges for car theft and break-ins.
The Associated Press reports at least 15 people died from violence over the weekend, mostly in auto crashes on North Carolina roads. A head on collision on the U S 52 bypass near Mount Airy killed three in one car, including Winford Cummings and Troy Haynes and Mrs Haynes. Others slain in crashes included Herman Brooks Jessie Dillar George McNeill Jimmie McKinney John Christian Marie Harriston Albert Roseville James Martin William Currin Mary Barnes Calvin Learoyd and Sidney Proctor and a related shooting in Rocky Mount. Lawrence Williams was detained.
Jacksonville patrolmen describe Newell E. Foreman as a man who doesn’t get upset easily. Foreman reportedly lost control of his car, crossed the highway, struck a dome and was pulled from the wreck by C. M. Hopkins and D. A. McLeod.
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