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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1957
Page
2
Secretary of State Dulles will fly to London to push disarmament negotiations and seek a concrete open skies plan for Europe. Officials say the trip aims to secure support from European allies and may influence whether the talks continue or recess.
The Urban League of Greater New York accuses the Board of Education of inaction as Superintendent William Jansen outlines a tentative master plan for city schools. The plan preserves segregated patterns and rejects bus relocation to promote integration, drawing sharp criticism from the league while praising President Charles H. Silver’s efforts.
Elmer E. Strandberg of Boone Iowa was wounded in action during the Meuse Argonne offensive in France in October 1918 and died September 1 1956. A Purple Heart medal arrived recently, thirty nine years after his death.
The article details a shrinking federal cash surplus, rising outlays, and inflation risk. It notes Social Security surpluses turning to near break-even, looming deficits, and higher cash spending totaling roughly 83.6 billion dollars for 1958. It cites internal Treasury concerns and the role of trust fund payments in the inflation equation.
Red Skelton and son Richard arrived in Paris from Barcelona to tour sights as Richard, age 9, battles leukemia. Richard asked to see the Eiffel Tower and Louvre. Maurice Chevalier also features in the family’s Paris itinerary while a doctor monitors Richard’s condition.
Miller failed to foresee big gains from his celebrated painting The Angelus. He sold it for 500 francs about $100, later another owner sold it for $150,000, marking a dramatic financial ascent for the artwork.
The Soviet Union rejected an American proposal to exchange censor-free radio and television broadcasts unless the United States removes barriers to economic cultural and scientific exchanges. The note called for a Soviet American conference to negotiate broader exchanges and blamed US fingerprinting requirements for strained relations.
Five Chinese detainees described as suspected Communists were forced aboard a plane to Formosa after police flushed them from a barricaded bathroom with tear gas. They resisted with improvised weapons before being transported to an immigration station. one warned of possible execution by a firing squad if sent to Formosa.
At Runnymede on the Thames a 5000 member American Bar Assn delegation will dedicate a Magna Carta memorial funded by thousands in ten dollar contributions. Prime Minister Macmillan cites echoes of the charter in the Bill of Rights as legal tradition links Britain and the United States.
Phenix City Alabama reports that of 33 people jailed during the three year vice cleanup after the A. L. Patterson slaying, only a few remain behind bars. Sentences ranged from 30 days to life with 49 defendants paying fines. 106 individuals faced indictments and 506 were dismissed or not pressed.
Trenton July 27 A local salvage company aims to enter an agreement with an Italian insurer to refloat the Andrea Doria from 225 feet down in the Atlantic. Armando Conti says a price is set and legal questions remain. operation could begin next March and take a year at 3 to 4 million dollars. If unsuccessful the ship may be scrapped for nine million.
In Charlotte on July 27 1959 the Patriots of North Carolina urged five Negro children and their parents to reconsider plans to attend white public schools. Kenneth Whitsett Mecklenburg County chairman criticized court decisions and asked the county school board to reject all petitions for admission to white schools. The Charlotte city board had already voted to admit the five Negro children to city schools amid ongoing resistance and calls to maintain local customs.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms provided relief to drought parched regions in the East while much of the nation stayed hot and sunny. Heaviest rain fell along the Appalachian Mountains and in the Southeast, with notable totals in western Massachusetts and Phillipsburg Pennsylvania. Massachusetts declares a state of emergency over drought losses in the millions. Des Moines Iowa received over an inch. Columbia Missouri logged 3.83 inches. Eighty degree heat persisted near rain zones. Plains states neared 160 degrees.
In Montgomery a group of state senators predicted voter registration in several Alabama counties could fail if Congress enacts civil rights legislation. They warned that court injunctions to include thousands of African Americans on voter lists might force county boards to resign to avoid damages. They cited 13 counties with Black majorities and noted Madison County would face liability if serving on the boards becomes impossible.
Maryland civil defense officials dispute a $385,000 bill from Allegany County director William G Barger for meals consumed by about 35 000 evacuees during a recent air raid alert in the Cumberland area. The letter notes visitors enjoyed local scenery and trout streams but jokes about seeking relief after 11 days.
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