17 Jul 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1957
Page
1
A Prague meeting produced a declaration of mutual confidence and a call for Communists to unite and oppose factionalism as a sacred duty, agreed by the Soviet and Czechoslovak parties.
A lie detector expert from California heads to Deland to test Donald Wedler under a plan linked to crimes resembling the Cleveland Mrs. Sheppard case. Wedler described a July home intrusion and assault. authorities compare the details with Sheppard’s killing while awaiting test results. Police in Oklahoma City confiscated a hot water bottle claimed as a pain killer containing corn whisky and fined Anna Marie Davis for whisky possession and vagrancy.
A reflection on recognizing individual differences in stamps and people. The piece compares stamp variations to human uniqueness, urging use of our full selves in service to God, on the job, at home, and in the community.
Federal prosecutors call Rev Paul Turner as key witness in Clinton desegregation case. Turner's testimony recounts escorting Black students to Clinton High School on December 4. Jury of 15, including John Kasper, faces 14 Tennesseans and one woman accused of acting to prevent integration.
The House Public Works Committee approved a bill authorizing future water projects totaling 1.456 billion with cuts from Senate measures. Key items include Hartwell Reservoir in the Savannah River basin and flood control efforts in North Carolina Georgia and Tennessee alongside several erosion projects.
Three members of the Senate Armed Services Committee call for a closer look at a Pentagon 100000-man force reduction plan to 2,800,000. The House Appropriations panel leaders Cannon and Mahon back the cut saying it saves money without harming defense.
Washington lawmakers begin voting on a foreign aid bill with Eisenhower allies confident in defeating deeper cuts. The Foreign Affairs Committee backs a 3.242 billion ceiling, about 600 million below the president’s request and 375 million under the Senate’s FY figure. The panel also supports a three year loan fund for overseas development permitting 500 million annually, while some lawmakers push for shorter terms or separate actions.
President Eisenhower cites fundamental changes in the Soviet government after World War II and notes no specific talks with Zhukov or another meeting planned. He defends NATO as aiding allies and urges not to recess London disarmament talks despite fatigue, while highlighting possible consultative pauses.
Valley Forge Pa reports on the fourth National Boy Scout Jamboree where veterans of the event recall intimate camp moments. Tales include a Wyoming camper trading a pup named Venus, Texans sneaking fireworks and a boa constrictor mascot drawing crowds, plus improvisational musical instruments made from odd materials.
Hoffa takes the stand denying talk of hiring John Dye Cheasty as cocounsel. He says Cheasty proposed a $2,000 retainer plus monthly pay, which Hoffa countered with a lower retainer and daily rate. Cheasty testifies he received cash from a union fund, while Hoffa notes no secrecy about the meeting and introduces Cheasty to other union officials.
President Eisenhower said he cannot imagine circumstances to send federal troops to enforce school integration and opened a path to bar the attorney general from acting alone on desegregation. He favored a civil rights bill with enforcement but without a broad unilateral federal mandate, urging a careful, compromise approach as Senate fights proceed.
GOLDSBORO North Carolina State Highway Patrolman J F Allsbrook reported that a radar speed checker he left intact to speed up motorists while he repaired a broken cable had all its cables stolen the next day when he returned to the scene.
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