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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1958
Page
1
Air Force pilot Capt Iven C Kincheloe, shown in a 1952 photo, is named to pilot the United States first rocket plane into space. The Grand Rapids Herald reports the claim as the launching force plans the X-15 experimental flight.
General James M. Gavin's retirement was approved by Secretary of the Army Brucker after a final push to keep him in uniform. Gavin, chief of Army research and development, will retire March 31 after 30 years of service, despite Senate questions and ongoing defense funding debates.
FBI fingerprint expert connected Frank Edward Wetzel to the automobile used in the slaying of North Carolina highway patrolman W L Reece near Ellerbe. The testimony identified prints on a license plate and razor adapter found in the car, as Wetzel faces murder charges.
Washington reports that Rep. Paul H. Fino asserts a government run lottery would boost annual income by at least 10 billion dollars without new taxes once authorized. He cites military and science funding pressure and public sentiment shifts such as New York voters approving bingo. The plan envisions a federal commission and tickets issued through the Bureau of Engraving.
International Falls Minnesota authorities and hundreds of volunteers searched for five year old Dannie Lamon missing since yesterday after leaving home for a play near his county road residence. Fort Frances Ontario volunteers joined the effort with sheriff Ed Anderson noting the child may have been picked up by a car and questioning how he could travel far in heavy country.
Oral arguments before the Fourth Circuit weigh Virginia's Pupil Placement Act shifting pupil assignment to a state board. Arlington County challenges an order to admit Negro students to four white schools as officials argue possible harm from enforced integration pending higher court decisions. Virginia joins the appeal with the county.
Florida faced freezing temperatures with lows near 20s to 30s across the state threatening the citrus crop. Groves burned fires to protect trees as frost damaged December orange yields, with 47 percent of fruit deemed unfit for sale and salvage efforts shifting to juice and concentrate.
Lindsay C. Warren, longtime North Carolina figure and former U.S. congressman, declares his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the State Senate from the Second District. He cites health improvement and past service as he aims to return to politics after retirement.
The U S Court of Appeals orders the government to pursue additional proceedings in the seven year effort to force the Communist party to register as a Moscow tool. It requires the Subversive Activities Control Board to share Mary Stalcup Markward reports with the party or reconsider witnesses.
President Eisenhower outlines defense reorganization to reduce interservice rivalries and rally the nation. In a joint session address aired nationwide, he warns that without wise swift action the U S could lose its capacity to defend and deter a Soviet attack while stressing the danger of an economic onslaught and space era advances. He urges Soviet union engagement for world peace and disarmament.
New York report says women hat makers across the country joined a major strike the first in 25 years. The action targets merchandising practices and retail syndicates rather than employers, halting production due to milliner absences. Alex Rose leads the United Hatters Cap and Millinery Workers.
An American mother in Shanghai reunited with her son, Hugh Redmond, a 38 year old former businessman jailed for life by Chinese authorities on espionage charges. The visit followed his 1951 detention and 1954 life sentence. relatives of other prisoners, including John Downey and Richard Fecteau, also met family members in Peiping as their visas allowed brief prison visits.
Elmer Trigger Burke, a 39 year old professional gunman, faces the electric chair tonight at Sing Sing for the murder of a pal in a Manhattan barroom brawl. Burke, famed for escapes and alleged ties to the Brink's case, has been in the death house for two years amid appeals and publicity.
The second coldest onset of cold weather this winter hit North Carolina and the East Coast. Temperatures fell to near or below zero in Mt. Mitchell and the Piedmont, with teens inland and 20s along the coast. A winter storm moved into eastern Canada, blamed for 38 deaths as people shoveled snow and faced heart seizures.
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