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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1959
Page
1
Prime Minister Macmillan and Premier Khrushchev met in the Kremlin for about two and a half hours to discuss the disarmament deadlock between the West and Russia.
The Soviet news agency reports the arrival of Fean acu Save acmillan Fowyn Lloyd and Ambassador Sir Patrick Reilly to inaugurate the British delegation's visit and the opening of a formal conference.
Panama report says the Air Force will soon receive a new C130 transport model with a non stop range up to 4000 miles doubling the reach of current planes. The piston engines are slower than jet versions, and C124s aren’t suited for paratroopers, as the Army considers testing airborne deployment ahead of battle operations in Europe.
Federal and state attorneys clash in a first airing over anti Negro voting policies in rural Macon County. A hearing tests if a court injunction can bar Macon County registrars from destroying voter records while the suit seeks to block discrimination. The case centers on who the injunction would target as defendants and whether current registrars Livingston and Rodgers remain part of the Board.
Senate discussions in St. Louis questioned Dulles ability to run the State Department from a hospital. Nixon and aides noted his Walther Reed Army Medical Center visit with Rep. Nixon and his brother Allen followed by a 45 minute talk on the Berlin crisis. A medical bulletin reported no adverse effects from the first two radiation sessions and outlined a schedule of six days weekly treatment for three to four weeks.
Scientists led by Wernher von Braun at Rollins College predict the first U S manned space mission could land on Mars in 10 to 15 years. The plan envisions two giant ships completing a 32 month round trip with a peak opportunity on August 6, 1971.
In Nicosia crowds welcomed the release of more than 900 political prisoners by the British. Detainees from EOKA filed out of Mammari and Kokkinotrimithia camps after 3 p.m. amid Greek flags and banners.
Hodges signals support to keep the constitutional phrase for a general and uniform system of public schools. He says the provision is not sacred as governor and would oppose removing the local option clause. The Constitutional Commission led by Charles F. Carroll warned against deletion.
About 6100 workers in Thomasville and Lexington will receive wage boosts described as the largest increase in the history of the industry. Eight Davidson County furniture firms announced the raises, affecting employees across multiple companies.
President William C. Friday urged UNC officials and the Board of Trustees to back efforts to raise appropriations beyond Gov. Hodges and the Advisory Budget Commission levels. He warned that falling short would cost North Carolina higher standards of excellence as chancellors and Vice President Carmichael joined the push for vital funding. The piece also notes wage boosts announced by Thomasville Chair Co and several Lexington plants, signaling a regional payroll upturn.
Henderson NC AP reports ongoing violence at the Harriett Henderson Cotton Mills strike with stone throwing car tipping and a bombing the third such incident since reopening on February 16 union official Boyd Payton describes mill gates as an armed camp and says a federal conciliator will meet with both sides tomorrow to resolve the dispute over an arbitration clause in the contract. Police arrest Bennie G Edwards a striker.
Gen. George C. Marshall's condition deteriorated as doctors report a second stroke with pituitary involvement and pneumonia. The 78 year old Army general, hospitalized in Fort Bragg after a Jan. 15 stroke at Pinehurst, remains in serious condition.
Five people died in a head on crash between a 1956 car carrying passengers headed north and a truck near Callahan Florida. Marine John A. Marlow 22 of Camp Lejeune North Carolina was identified among the dead. The female driver apparently fell asleep causing the wrong side collision with Howard Lewis East of Cedartown Georgia hospitalized.
Havana dispatch details the brutal Batista police state with hundreds tortured or killed and more than 300 former policemen and soldiers executed by Castro led tribunals. The report argues the regime sought to crush opposition as Fidel Castro’s revolution unfolded.
Scores of volunteers join a snowbound search in the White Mountains for two missing doctors from Berlin New Hampshire. Dr Ralph E Miller and Dr Quinn disappeared Saturday during a mercy flight from Berlin to Lebanon with no distress signals detected and extensive air and ground searches conducted by Air Force National Guard Civil Air Patrol Dartmouth Outing Club and civilian volunteers.
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