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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1959
Page
16
Washington AP reports the 1960 start brought stopgap funding for over twenty agencies. Congress approved a month long appropriation to bridge July while budget bills remained stalled. Defense alone receives a little over three billion for one month amid ongoing spending cautions.
A U S Navy twin jet attack plane with two or three men aboard did not return to its carrier after a mission from Yokosuka Japan. The search was organized by carrier command as crews tried to locate the missing aircraft and crew in the Pacific.
A two month strike by 400 workers at the Great Lakes Carbon Co. in Morganton ends after an emergency bargaining session. Local 427 of the International Chemical Workers Union ratifies the contract by an overwhelming vote, with details unavailable. 22 strikers had returned to work, while new hires remain on the job with seniority.
At Wimbledon the United States advances three full players Barry MacKay Darlene Hard Sally Moore and half American Alex Olmedo into the semifinals while Rod Laver remains for Australia. The U S trio from Ohio California and Peru lauded the strong showing amid chatter of declining American tennis equipment sales and interest.
The Air Force seeks 20 million dollars for new construction at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base North Carolina to house a tactical fighter wing a heavy bomber squadron an aerial refueling squadron and a fighter interceptor squadron Water supply would rise to 2 million gallons daily from 900 000 with five wells rehabilitated a treatment plant a 500 000 gallon storage tank and 12 500 feet of raw water main A dormitory for 400 airmen and dining hall for 600 are planned alongside a fire control system an armament electronics shop and an aircraft engine inspection and repair facility to reduce crowding despite ongoing needs
North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, part of a group of eight state leaders touring Russia, fractured a front tooth on a cherry pit but received prompt repair. He then visited a Soviet cigarette plant near Leningrad, learning the factory produces papyrossi cigarettes at a high daily rate, and remarked that North Carolina makes several hundred billion of another product annually.
The Columbus club of the South Atlantic League will relocate to Gastonia North Carolina and begin a home series Monday night against Savannah. Buddy Lewis says Columbus officials failed to rally funds to keep the team there, and Gastonia will host 34 home games this season in a 3 000 seat park.
University of West Virginia basketball coach Fred Schaus discussed with Washington officials the vacant UW hoop mentor job. Seattle reports note Schaus arrived from Pittsburgh with plans to return. Washington had recently lost coach Tippy Dye to the University of Wichita as athletic director.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip addressed Canadians from Ottawa on Dominion Day praising Canada as Britain's first independent realm within the empire and forecasting a glorious future. The royal visit followed their attendance at Woodbine's Queen's Plate Stakes near Toronto, where crowds estimated at 19,846 greeted them.
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