18 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1959
Page
1
Dr Chan Drasekhar outlines China's chronic food shortage prior to 1949 and the Communist solution. He notes famine, wars, and imports, then credits the 1949 1958 agrarian reforms with moving China toward universal grain access while acknowledging limited meat fruit for the common man.
In Raleigh AP doctors and health officials support a compulsory polio vaccine law for children ages two months to six years. One opponent, W S Suggs of Fayetteville, urged against compulsion amid wartime. Senate Health Committee delayed action to consider an amendment raising the age to ten. a health subcommittee, comprising Dr Cabarrus and others, was named. Administration would cost counties about 108000 with no state appropriation.
London AP reported Greek Cypriot leaders urged Archbishop Makarios to demand a plebiscite on the proposed Cyprus constitution as talks on independence paused after Turkish Premier Menderes survived a plane crash. Makarios faced pressure to delay approval pending a plebiscite while Menderes recovered from bruises and shock.
Premier Khrushchev warned that any Western attempt to force its way to West Berlin would trigger war with the Soviet Union. He spoke at Tula and said no encroachments on East German territory or its waterways would be tolerated. The Tass release noted Britain France and the United States favor a Four Power meeting but offered no clear action plan. The Soviet leader also signaled readiness to sign a peace treaty with East Germany or both German states to formalize control of occupation powers.
In Henderson North Carolina an explosion at 1 a.m. damaged Elmer Jenks home near Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills. Jenks is a mill worker and part of the Textile Workers Union on strike. No injuries reported. Police unsure of explosive type and the scene remained calm with roughly half the workforce returning to work.
Twenty two Negro children enrolled at Warren County High School in Front Royal Virginia as the school reopened after five months of closure. No white students appeared for enrollment today. The incident reflects segregation era tensions during desegregation efforts. The school year resumes under local authorities amid ongoing enrollment disputes.
Senator S Bunn Frink of Brunswick introduces legislation to let the state match federal funds for aid to dependent children and old age programs, aiming to end inequities between rich and poor counties with a projected 80 million dollars state cost. Separate bill by Rep John T Henly would curb utility rate hikes before the Utilities Commission acts, citing past bond-backed increases by Carolina Telephone.
Gen. Marshall, World War II army chief of staff, suffered a mild stroke January 15 at Pinehurst and was moved to Fort Bragg Army hospital. The new stroke was more severe, though he remained conscious with stable vital signs and no paralysis, but with vision and swallowing difficulties. Doctors from Fayetteville and Duke University confirmed the diagnosis and treatment plan.
RALEIGH AP A study commission recommended the Legislature give the governor a voice in selecting trustees for the Consolidated University of North Carolina and consider reducing the 100 member board. Trustees are elected at a joint House Senate meeting. the panel urged a significant reduction and review of board size.
Former Chief Justice William A. Devin of the North Carolina Supreme Court died of a heart attack at his Oxford home. He was 87, retired since 1954 after a 40 plus year career as judge and justice. Born 1871 in Granville County, he served as mayor of Oxford, state legislator, Superior Court judge, and Supreme Court justice, with Ehringhaus appointing him in 1935 and reelected in 1944. He favored defendants and retired while maintaining vigor. Funeral plans awaited his son W. A. Devin Jr. and a sister survive. His wife died last year.
President Eisenhower told reporters that any shooting over West Berlin would be started by the Soviet Union and not by the Western Allies. He said the Allies have no intention of initiating a shooting war and defended Dulles while addressing rumors about resigning. He also noted talks with Mexico's Lopez Mateos in Acapulco and anticipated discussions of common interests.
NASA reports Vanguard II aboard the 21% pound satellite is functioning, flashing hourly weather data from orbit. The craft, launched from Cape Canaveral, completes an earth orbit every 125.9 minutes and may last for years while weather data processing ramps up over two weeks. President Eisenhower praised the successful launch amid the Vanguard program’s prior failures.
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