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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1957
Page
3
A cold front sweeps into the eastern third of the nation with cooler air filling the north plains and Rockies. Meanwhile the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley warm to start a new trend, according to AP wire photo notes.
Mrs Lucretia Galbraith a 50 year old bookkeeper from San Francisco had her scalp torn free from her head when long hair became caught in a propeller shaft at a boat harbor in San Pablo California. Deputy Sheriff Lester Clark retrieved the scalp and surgeons at Brookside hospital stitched it back in place hoping for a successful recovery.
In Huntington West Virginia a holiday celebration ended with a firecracker tossed at a parked 1957 convertible. The blast ripped a six inch hole in the top, Peyton estimated replacement at 145 dollars. The assailant fled and was not identified.
Mrs. Galbraith was freed from a 30-foot cruiser after T. R. Henry of San Francisco backed the boat and heard her scream. He stopped the engine and ferried her to a dock where an ambulance was summoned. She asked to have her eyes covered and later was reported in satisfactory condition at the hospital.
Refreshing cool air spread southeastward across the Midwest as gusty northwest winds swept the region. The Associated Press reports a dip in humidity and cooler temperatures following a spell of sultry weather.
The forecast mentions a low tonight of 65 and a high tomorrow. The high today was listed as 9 percent and the low last night as 70. Sunset is 7 40 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow at 5 09 a.m.
A four car crash near Greenwood South Carolina last night killed 47 year old Clinton textile worker William H Campbell and injured at least eight others. Campbell died on arrival at a local hospital. Injured were Mary Tassses 42 Jack Justi 25 and his passenger Ray Those in the Campbell and Tay fourth car involved Edward Willis and others. State trooper Frank Allen said Justi's 1957 Ford traveling toward Greenwood passed a vehicle then nearly head on into Comets 08 and sen.
North Carolina and South Carolina forecast partly cloudy and warm with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and evening. Highs mid 80s to 90s, cooler nights. Extended outlook through Wednesday with normal to near normal temperatures and light rainfall, cooler Saturday, warmer Monday, near coast Sunday.
Hugh Cullen aged 76, famed Houston oilman and philanthropist, died after three months of illness. He donated an estimated 160 million to education medical research and charities, with major gifts to the University of Houston and Hermann Hospital. Funeral set for River Oaks home. burial in Forest Park Cemetery. His widow and four daughters survive. a son died in 1996 in a South Texas oil field accident.
An advertisement touts T4L for athletes foot promising quick relief and skin regeneration. It touts availability at Cecil's Drug Store and Mann Drug Store with emphasis on returning customers.
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