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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1959
Page
8
Andrew Bird, 70, aimed to watch planes when he drove onto a 6000 foot runway at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. A four engine Air Force C130A clipped six gashes on his car roof inches from his head as Bird reversed and exited. He was uninjured.
A federal court in Virginia ordered Alexandria to admit nine Negro children to white public schools next Tuesday. The decision raises total integrated students to 30 as Arlington and Norfolk report no disorder. The Alexandria school board plans to appeal and seek a stay.
Khrushchev expresses confidence in peaceful Soviet economic competition and outlines a plan for a separate demilitarized West Berlin under UN auspices. He pledges to guarantee Berlin's corridors, a firmer stance than earlier promises of supplies, amid threats to hand lifelines to East Germany if Berlin settlement fails by May.
Davidson County's new jail thwarted an escape bid as inmates sawed at bars in two cells. Hack saw blades were found in a commode and under a mattress in a cell holding Ray Holt Lanier Jr., William Bartlett, and Coy Creakman Jr. None spoke, Sheriff Homer Lee Cox said.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles pressed Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan for information on missing U S airmen during his visit. Mikoyan reportedly denied the plane was shot down, according to department documents.
Documentation shows Deputy Under Secretary Robert Murphy attempted to play a recording of Soviet airmen’s conversation for Soviet Ambassador Menshikov. Menshikov refused to listen, and Murphy provided a transcript of the recording. The disclosures mark a first public appearance of these documents.
British Prime Minister Macmillan and Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd conferred on Berlin strategy as Dulles aims for a Big Four foreign ministers conference before May 27. Khrushchev pressed West Germany with talks on elections while Adenauer rejects negotiations with East Germany.
Edward J. Jobb led county police on a two mile chase after running a stop light. His car failed to negotiate a curve, struck two poles and a bridge, and burst into flames. He was pulled from the wreck and died at Memorial Hospital.
Recent census estimates show men aged 66 to 70 largely work, with two thirds in full time jobs. by 75 only about one sixth remain employed. Farm workers stay active longest, more than other occupations.
Joseph Whitne discusses deception in marital love and self confidence as a cause for troubled relationships. Amram Scheinfeld warns that emotionally unstable individuals are prone to alcoholism under stress and cites heredity as a factor, though he cautions that transmission in families may reflect environment.
A U S Superfortress weather plane with 12 crew members is missing and presumed down in rough Atlantic conditions about 300 miles northwest of Bermuda. A Japanese freighter reported seeing a burning single engine craft in the area, while the four engine B50 Hurricane Hunter was en route to collect weather data. Coast Guard planes and a cutter raced to the scene as the Tarawa and six destroyers were ordered to assist in the search.
President Eisenhower speaks on the rule of law and equal protection, stressing progress toward full equality and the need for practical measures. He notes upcoming legislation should build on years of advancement and mentions a late proposal to allow federal intervention in school integration suits.
In heavy fog a car pulled from a side road and hit a milk delivery truck on the Gastonia Bessemer City highway. Killed was 78 year old Elizabeth Croft of Bessemer City. Six people injured include five members of her family and truck driver Robert G. Duncan. The 18 year old driver Max Croft was critically hurt. Local relatives injured include Bessie Croft Avallee Owens Lessie Wiggins and Jerry Croft. The dairy truck is owned by M A Rhyne and Sons Dairy.
Eric Viland 12 runs in with a pet skunk. His mother Mrs Ernest J Viland hurries him and the animal to the yard and calls police. Officers shoot the skunk through the head to prevent damage.
Governor Hodges outlined a broad program for reorganizing state government and improving tax and unemployment measures. He urged changes to the ABC Board and Utilities Commission, urged tougher liquor enforcement, and backed a water resources department to protect the Outer Banks. He urged pre admission tests for all state institutions and called for emergency extension of unemployment benefits.
The birthplace of Gilbert Stuart, famed painter of George Washington portraits, sits near Wickford Rhode Island. A waterpowered snuff mill still operates on the building’s lower floor beside the ancient hen house.
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