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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1959
Page
3
Nationwide weather update notes showers likely tonight along the middle and south Atlantic coast states and the Gulf coast states. Rain chances vary by locality with cooler conditions inland.
The Associated Press notes at least 17 violent deaths in North Carolina over the weekend. Drownings include Marvin Haney and Willie Mae Robinson of Canton in Lake Glenville. Highway crashes claim multiple victims across several towns and ages.
Chicago police report a gangster style shooting left Joseph Bronge 50 Melrose Park near death. Bronge, linked to beer distribution, was wounded in the head as two masked gunmen opened fire and fled with a third driver. He had earlier been indicted by a federal grand jury on perjury charges.
The forecast notes today will end with sunset at 7 34 p m and tomorrow begins with sunrise at 5 19 a m, outlining daily light changes for residents.
An Associated Press poll shows half the nation’s governors unwilling to name a favorite candidate for president as conventions loom. Nixon draws three supports from Montana’s Aronson, North Dakota’s Davis, Indiana’s Handley. Kennedy earns backing from Connecticut’s Ribicoff, Massachusetts’ Furcolo, Wyoming’s Hickey. Most governors refrain, including key Democratic and Republican leaders, signaling a cautious early stance.
In Quaker Missouri a 19 year old, identified as John Crump, faces a first degree murder warrant for the killings of former Washington County judge Leonard Barr and 17 year old Bobbie Lou Shipp. Crump accomplice John Edward Davis, 14, may face delinquency charges. Crump and Davis allegedly attacked Barr at his store and shot Barr’s wife Yallie and daughter Ella Jo.
Forecasts predict cloudy warm and humid conditions across the region with scattered afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms. North Carolina highs reach 80s to 90s, lows 60s. Georgia highs mid 80s to low 90s, overnight lows around 68 to 74. South Carolina expects variable cloudiness with thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, coastal lows near 75, interior near 70.
Barbara Ann Bray of Hollywood, 21, was selected as Miss Ideal Business Girl by Alpha Iota, a 43,000-member international business sorority, at its annual convention in Los Angeles. Bray describes her aims as accurate, stable and well groomed and notes her rapid typing and dictation skills.
In San Diego Charles Coval reports a 20 by 20 foot patch of rain from 6 a.m. Sunday with no visible clouds, prompting doubt from the Weather Bureau while a San Diego Union reporter observed what he believes to be rain.
Lightning struck a tree at Orchard Beach amid a scorching crowded day, killing Carmen Colon 21, Antonio Moya 28, Pedro Rivera 20, and Paul Joannides 57, and injuring four others near the Bronx Zoo. The bolt sliced bark from the tree as families sought shelter.
An inquest is set for Wednesday into the death of Evelyn Ettress Easley near Gaffney. William Dayberry of Shelby was held for investigation after her body was found off highway 18 near the Broad River. A physician said she was seven months pregnant with fatal neck and skull injuries. Dayberry claimed she jumped from his car after leaving nightspots.
Dr. C L Dunham of the AEC says a hunch the last of about 400 dogs used since 1951 may live to 15 years from birth if kept in a long term radiation study. Beagles at Utah and foxhounds at Davis receive small amounts of radium plutonium strontium 90 and thorium in a carefully managed diet as researchers seek permissible human body burdens.
An old advertisement claims FPASTEETH powder for false teeth, to be sprinkled on upper or lower plates. It asserts the product keeps teeth from sliding or slipping, provides a gummy feel, is alkaline and non acidic, and helps control plate odor and breath. Available at drug counters nationwide.
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