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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1958
Page
2
Gov. Hodges plans a radio TV address and a Caribbean ocean cruise next week. The WUNC TV program will air on six or seven stations as Hodges and his wife depart Wilmington to board the Arosa Sky on Thursday. He returns to Raleigh January 21 after a Miami speech.
Flat Rock dispatch notes Carl Sandburg predicting he will live to 88 and possibly celebrate his 80th birthday this coming Monday. He told Asheboro Citizen reporter that death is inevitable and fate has it written, reflecting concern over Russian scientific advances.
Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin, chief of Army research and development, has asked to retire effective March 30 after 30 years of active service. A Defense Department spokesman announced the request was submitted in the normal course and approved.
Sadie Warner Hussey 71 died in an Oakview rest home after two years of declining health. Widow of Claude Hussey, former local health officer, she was born October 9 1886 in Davidson County. Surviving children include Warren of Cincinnati and C B of Franklin. daughters Agnes Rumple Helen Ross Mary Dorsett. siblings B Jordan and G Warner. Funeral at Harold C Davis Chapel tomorrow at 2 p.m. with Jehovahs Witness ministers J E Jones and Jack Welborn officiating. interment Spring Hill Friends Meeting Cemetery.
CHARLOTTE, Jan 4. Jerry Ball, 53, played a seven hour set atop a piano suspended 100 feet above Independence Square despite 19 degree cold. He closed by playing Dixie hanging by his heels, raising about 1580 for polio victims. Ball has collected for the drive since 1950 and plans to continue next year if able.
The Associated Press reports extreme cold across the East with daytime temps in the 30s in Georgia down to below zero in Vermont and Maine. New York State endures its coldest day in a year as Old Forge hits -24 and Albany records zero while Milwaukee sees -1 and Madison -6. A new wet pattern forms in the Southwest with snow in the Rockies and Arizona and rain in Texas as Pacific Northwest sprinkles appear.
The Democratic Digest claims Nixon McCarthy and others fueled a security mania that demoralized scientists and slowed programs. It cites Oppenheimer and Condon cases and Ft Monmouth research center demoralization as harming the nation’s science and development efforts.
Milan crowds defend Callas as she retreats to a Rome hotel claiming bronchitis. Rome Opera replaces her with Anita Cerquetti for Norma while Lucille Udovich rehearses, amid plans by Tl Messaggero to sue the singer for breach of contract.
In Laon France on New Year’s night Dr Pierre Padovini raced to aid Mrs Genevieve Haimery in labor. His light car overturned in Chivres but he refused ambulance then rushed to Machecourt. He saved the mother’s life with immediate care but the newborn died despite his efforts.
Six year old Sheryl Ann Machado was snatched from her bed in San Francisco early today. Her father John Machado rushed to the scene and found the kidnapper kneeling beside the child in a adjoining yard. The man leaped a fence and escaped as the father shouted for help.
Generally fair weather will prevail over the remainder of the nation with clear to partly cloudy skies across the southern plains and western Gulf coast region.
Winds push airliners eastward setting new transatlantic records. Trans World Airways Super Constellation Boston to Shannon in 6h59m, Air France Concorde New York to Paris in 8h53m. BOAC Douglas jets Glasgow to Montreal and New York to Prestwick surpass eight hours. Two US Air Force C133 transports fly Dover to Chateau 3500 miles with 70 tons, nonstop.
Washington reports Vanguard planners expect heavy Cape Canaveral activity with four preliminary tests before a March major launch. Dr John P Hagen confirms a 21 pound baby moon could fly in March as Vanguard works toward multiple satellite launches under the IGY by next December.
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