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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1957
Page
9
Storms are forecast in the upper Mississippi valley and central and northern Plains. Warm humid conditions persist in the Atlantic states while hot weather continues across the Plains.
Democrats in Congress condemn the Treasury plan to issue 4 percent bonds worth 24 billion dollars refinancing maturing in August and October. Critics call the move immoral and inflationary and warn it will raise financing costs for states and localities. Treasury says rates are the lowest feasible to sell the debt.
Eleven people died and many more were injured when a Riviera to Paris express derailed 25 miles north of Avignon in Bellene la Croisiere. Four were killed at once as the engine and four of the nine cars went off track. seven died later in hospitals with identities not yet known.
Bryson City North Carolina Willard Lloyd Dorsey, 23, pleaded guilty to stealing a moonshine still from the county jail. Police say he took the confiscated item as he left the building after a visit, receiving a six month suspended sentence.
Forecast predicts cloudiness in the mountains with partly cloudy conditions elsewhere and some showers in the mountains and southern fringe. Temperatures reach 80 to 85 in the mountains and 80s elsewhere, with lows in the 60s tonight. South Carolina shows warm conditions with afternoon and evening thunder showers possible. highs near 85 to 90 and lows around 68 to 74.
The low tonight is 67 and the high tomorrow 8. Today's high reached 85 with a 67 degree low last night. Sunset is 7 35 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 18 a m.
Secretary of State Dulles proposed a six month trial allowing a limited number of American reporters to visit Communist China. Senators Mansfield and Aiken backed the concept or the idea of nonrestrictive access while O Mahoney urged no government picks for reporters. The plan faces a poll to determine how many would participate and whether limits ensure a square deal for legitimate media.
A Greensboro hit and run case against Wilson Chambers Jr. was dismissed in Municipal Court when a mix up in the matter came to light. Vernon Bryant of Asheboro was the second driver. Bryant was ordered to pay costs. A separate assault case involving Walter Lee Ingram had confusion over the facts, and a third defendant, Edward Grayson Suggs, had disputed health claims. Judge MacRae ruled on the medical and witness accounts presented.
Corky Rhodes 12 of San Leandro died while walking underwater at the Vallejo Plunge. His friend Thomas Liscum 12 of Vallejo surfaced, and Corky failed to emerge from the deep end minutes later.
A thunderstorm caused two open fire alarms in High Point. At 4:17 p.m. firefighters found lightning had cracked two windows and damaged a switchbox at Mrs. B. T. Cuds 417 Gatewood Ave. No fire damage reported. A second alarm at Lumber Co. on Ward Street noted line damage but only affected a motor.
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