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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1958
Page
2
Market action follows news of the United States satellite launch. Major averages drift, with many aircraft stocks down while some sectors rise. United Fruit plans a consent decree to spin off assets, lifting and retreating on the rumor.
Six useful points to check before buying a cemetery lot. The guide warns that many avoid planning and suggests evaluating location, costs, rules, accessibility, future needs, and burial options to make a informed choice.
The Dow Jones averages show figures for the Industrials and Rails at 12 noon and 1 p.m. with closing values near the day’s activity. Trading volume is listed as 2.49 million shares, with high and low readings reflected in the cited indices.
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan oversees jury selection for the Scales Smith Act case. Prospective jurors are questioned on sympathy toward the Communist party and Ku Klux Klan as eight of 86 remain, four alternates chosen, Scales once led the Communist party in the Carolinas and Tennessee.
In Raleigh the federal liquor trial of J. Percy Flowers and 13 co defendants ended without a verdict. The jury deliberated about five hours before reporting failure to agree on any counts. Judge Don Gilliam set July 8 for a new trial and ordered 75 prospective jurors drawn.
Exchange Club members heard organ music under Harold Davis supervision with John Ruth introducing Miss Patricia Hale who performed. Announcement noted encyclopedias for Mills Home funded by National Exchange Club and Education Conference highlights for Clinton. Lyles Kearns attended. marriage licenses listed for multiple couples in North Carolina and Virginia.
RALEIGH, Feb. 4 Prison doors swung open for Abe Connard 82, paroled due to age, health, and good behavior. Connard, 78 at conviction in Buncombe County for second degree murder in the shotgun death of Leonard Elder, will live in Newport, Tennessee with his wife. The board noted his long sentence reduced by gained time and that two brothers will assist.
WMIT the Charlotte FM station near Mt. Mitchell in Yancey County survived a power failure that cut off transmitter power and aircraft warning lights. Four engineers at the site atop Clingmans Peak endure heavy snow and fuel shortages while awaiting a crew to restore lines and power supplies.
Hibbs discusses a manned satellite with a heat shield to guard against meteorites. He notes heat control, a stronger shell, and plans for launch timing. The Explorer uses zirconium oxide to reflect solar radiation, keeping outer skin temperatures between minus 212 and plus 572 degrees Fahrenheit for safe operation.
A program on cerebral palsy was presented at the Furniture City A B Club meeting. Royster Tucker led the national project committee and showed the film Search. Members voted to support the project, and Cleo Venable updated on cerebral palsy pupils at the Day Center Cloverdale School. Knox Walker won the attendance.
The first semi annual meeting of the North Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina convened at Frieden's Lutheran Church in Gibsonville. New Northern Conference officers are Rev. Daniel B Summers, president. Rev. Harry D Hawthorne, vice president. Rev. Jack E. Thomasville, secretary. George S. Anderson, Greensboro, treasurer.
Denton will open bids at 2 p.m. March 4 at Town Hall for an 86 000 secondary sewage treatment system funded by municipal bonds and a federal grant about 30 percent of cost. Nine contractors have requested plans as Denton, within the Yadkin River Basin, accelerates cleanup under the 1949 law.
High Point and Thomasville each had two graduates from North Carolina State College yesterday. Worth B Bowman II and Billy Gray Bass earned bachelor of science in nuclear engineering, William Ray Kennedy earned a bachelor of arts in furniture manufacturing and management, and Garland Ray Coggins earned a bachelor of arts in industrial engineering.
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