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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1958
Page
5
The piece notes a year of shifting sales dynamics as retailers face cautious shoppers and higher costs. Manufacturers push tighter displays, while merchants seek more sales per employee and per square foot to beat rivals.
Early trading showed gains trimmed but market stayed upward as aircraft and steel shares advanced. Missile spending news and Rockefeller funds boosted defense stocks while Congress reconvenes. Chrysler gained on Jupiter and Redstone contracts, with AP average up 40 cents at noon and 1 p.m. figures from Bache & Co.
A historical railways and brands snippet cites Norfolk and Western Railway Phillips Petroleum Pennsylvania Railway Cola Pepsi Procter and Gamble Reynolds Tobacco Republic Steel Sears Roebuck J. P. Stevens Co. American Tel and Tel The Texas Company Union Carbide and Carbon in a compact industry snapshot.
A non governmental study group urges a major rise in defense spending and a reorganization of the armed forces. The Rockefeller panel warns of dire peril from a new powerful tech and calls for civil defense, NATO cooperation, and nuclear delivery capabilities.
General Gavin faces questions over whether he was coerced as Symington and others push for disclosure of the Gaither report and critique of the Rockefeller study. Senator Kefauver notes calls to overhaul the military setup while Gavin proposes abolishing the Joint Chiefs of Staff and replacing it with a unified planning group to avoid interservice compromise.
A British proposal for a nonaggression pact draws mixed reaction from Pravda, British papers, and NATO officials. The Times notes the aim pleases Asian audiences as Macmillan prepares a 30 000 mile tour to five Commonwealth nations including India and Ceylon.
A mail in offer targets people age 50 to 80 for a $1000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. Applicants mail name address and age to Old American Insurance Company Kansas City for processing without phone contact.
The final testing stage of a missile submarine is discussed as not yet a weapon until linked to a nuclear submarine. Congress and officials debate Russia's lead in missiles and satellites with Sen Knowland claiming eventual parity and Rep Mahon noting intelligence gaps. Maj Gen Schriever predicts the U S will match Russia in intermediate missiles by 1960.
On January 21 1955 the three detained Americans and their escorts were invited to Shanghai by Communist officials. The group including Mrs Downey Mrs Redmond and Mrs Fecteau were processed in about 20 minutes and told that the United States government wanted two Chinas. The women described the scene as polite and restrained with gifts and quiet phrases exchanged.
Allison C. Neff of Middletown Ohio is cited as vice president of Armco Metal in Winston Salem. The brief notice highlights Neff’s leadership role and ties to the firm’s regional operations.
A missing mother was located in a barn near Lowesville on Friday after neighbors and a minister reported she had been despondent. The barn had previously been searched though a box sized 28 by 38 inches was found, and she wore a shirt and slacks over a house dress. Hospital staff said she spoke coherently but visitors were not allowed at that time.
Mr and Mrs Willis Reece grow concerned as a backyard hole expands from three by five feet to seven and a half feet across and thirty feet deep. Professor Frederick Whitesell of the local college is consulted for analysis.
Robert B. Watts 56 of San Diego, vice president and general counsel for Convair at General Dynamics, will be ordained by Rev. Robert Wolterstorff at James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. Watts has served as assistant since his deacon ordination last year.
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