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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1959
Page
10
In Montevideo Uruguay a spoof republic called Parva Domus Magna Quies draws prominent locals to forget politics. The self styled nation bans women and limits citizens to 250, led by a president cabinet and a priest as the sought after post.
A Parva elite circle in Uruguay hosts a grand banquet with 250 members and foreign ambassadors. The government named Placido Dean to advise on luxurious living as they celebrate in a republic where the moon rocket explodes and the president speaks of sabotage.
Washington AP reports thousands of bills flood the House since session began, including recognition bills for Ute Indians as Indian Wars veterans, a proposal to make former presidents guest members, and measures protecting wild horses from capture, plus naming the next cruiser Brooklyn and declaring Whitehall, New York as the Navy’s birthplace.
Dr. Jacques Hardie of the University of North Carolina Department of Romance Languages was elected vice president of the American Association of Teachers of French. He will begin a two year term in September 1959 and has served on the AATF executive council since 1949 as regional representative for the Southeast.
William Boyd Gilliam 45, who served nearly 17 years for a triple killing, escaped from a work detail near the Baltimore penitentiary Wednesday. He was sentenced to 38 years for the gun and knife slayings of two women and a man in January 1942 in Baltimore County, contending the victims tried to rob him. Warden Vernon L. Pepersack said Gilliam, a trusty since May 1956, would have been up for parole in October.
The Modern Humanities Research Association, the Modern Language Association, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and the Association des Professeurs Francais en Amerique are named in the text as organizations connected to the subject discussed.
Dr Harry R Brashear junior of University of North Carolina will present a paper and exhibit on Epiphyseal Fractures A Study of the Healing Process at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons meeting in Chicago January 25 29 Brashear assistant professor of orthopedic surgery UNC School of Medicine authored the accompanying drawings and photographs prepared by the Medical Illustrations Department UNC School of Medicine.
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