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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1959
Page
6
Molner discusses care choices for a mentally retarded child, urging placement in a suitable home rather than lifelong burden on a family. He emphasizes loving visitation, occasional holidays, and avoiding overburdening siblings, while highlighting the need for a humane, appropriate environment.
Lois Allen Firestone receives a $129000 cash settlement from the divorce from a Firestone Tire executive's son. The agreement includes a $29000 home near Woodside and stock in four companies.
Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge says a third party movement in the South depends on events in the next few months. He also names Stevenson Johnson and Kennedy as likely Democratic presidential candidates and criticizes civil rights bills and local control timelines. He calls Eisenhower well meaning but naive and urges a stronger Southern offensive.
The NAACP charged marked racial discrimination in employment and advancement of Negro workers in North Carolina during a Civil Rights Commission meeting. Keith Alexander of Charlotte and Dr. R A Hawkins of Charlotte cited wage gaps and denied membership in the North Carolina Dental Society due to race.
The Textile Workers Union with about 400 delegates in New York votes to seek a 10 percent wage increase for 75,000 workers across 290 mills from Delaware to New England. Contracts expire or reopen in April while talks with employers are expected soon.
An Eastern Air Lines Electra propjet suffered nose wheel collapse on a routine training flight in Miami. The accident damaged two engines and the aircraft, the same type as the American Airlines plane that crashed in New York, but no injuries occurred.
The Rev. James P. Dees, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church and president of the North Carolina Defenders of States Rights Inc., was censured by the Statesville Area Ministerial Association in a 16 to 2 vote. The motion stated his group’s principles do not reflect the ministers' view on human relations and Christian unity. Dees offered to resign but was rejected.
Okla. Mrs. Esses Inman, a rural mail carrier for 40 years, has kept the same phone number for 51 years, a personal landmark in her life and work.
Mrs. Margaret Harrison Bunnelle wife of Asheville Citizen Times publisher Robert E. Bunnelle died at her home after months of illness. She helped in civic groups including the children's welfare league and the Asheville Civic Music Association. The couple married October 26 1926 in Asheville and lived there until 1931 when he joined the AP Bureau in Atlanta.
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