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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1957
Page
5
SAM DAWSON reports that the steel industry, after a mild production slump, sees orders picking up and expects higher coach orders from auto makers. Companies report first half earnings up slightly versus 1956, though several lagged. labor costs and price rises loom as key questions for the second half amid a July 1 price increase.
A powerful earthquake hit Mexico City at 2 40 am causing fires and darkness. Acapulco bore the brunt with damaged streets while Chilpancingo suffered half its homes damaged. President Ruiz Cortines ordered emergency relief as authorities reassessed casualties.
New York trading sees sharp declines across steel and chemical sectors led by US Steel and Du Pont with losses around two points. Big names like Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler and Anaconda slide while Goodyear Standard Oil and American Airlines post gains amid uneven activity.
Negro residents are to be escorted by police through southeast Chicago amid a 12 hour emergency operation to curb violence. The effort follows widespread attacks and unrest. many residents work in local steel mills and plants.
Growers expect heavy volume and solid prices at the launch of flue cured tobacco markets in South Carolina and North Carolina. An average price of 56 to 58 dollars per hundred pounds is forecast for day one, with last year’s season average at 53.70. Eight NC and 11 SC markets open, including Chadbourn Clarkton Fair Bluff Fairmont Fayetteville Lumberton Tabor City Whiteville Mullins Dillon Darlington Hemingway Kingstree Lamar and Pomplico.
Fayetteville Cumberland County investigators link a death by own action pact to the killings of Fort Bragg sergeant and Hazel Sell Mincenan. Alph Clark says both were found shot in a Cumberland Mills trailer. The woman was nude in the bathroom and shot through the left breast, with a .38 pistol nearby and only two shots fired. Ross, with six children, was connected to Fort Bragg unit and a wife in Augusta, Georgia, though Augusta records were inconclusive.
Rioting sparked by integration into the white section of Chicago's Trumbull Park housing project prompted a large police presence and several hundred officers. A 15 year old white girl sustained a gunshot wound to the ankle while a Black motorcycle officer sustained facial injuries after being struck by a brick during clashes.
Makupson 30 of Franklin Street and Tate charged with whisky sale after police found a gallon and a half of white liquor in a woods location. Crissman 30 of Route 2 Claudville Va held on hit and run. Myers 56 of High Point jailed for drunken driving and license violations. Sowers 31 of Brewer Street charged with domestic assault. bond set for Aug 9.
North Carolina hospitals and roads record a violent weekend with at least twenty fatalities. The incidents include head on collisions near Greensboro and Shallotte, a hit by car near Washington, a motorcycle crash near Hildebran, and multiple urban crashes in Charlotte and Raleigh. Police detained several witnesses as investigations continue.
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U S A is composed of ninety separate denominations representing a broad ecumenical coalition across Christian traditions. The body coordinates interfaith dialogue and social action initiatives among member churches and affiliated organizations.
In Camden North Carolina Russell Vinson of Norfolk and Fred Howard Allen of Virginia Beach appealed to Superior Court. William Thomas Vann of Portsmouth received a six month sentence and 150 dollar fine plus costs for reckless driving. Three patrolmen testified they waited for a 2.45 am start on US Highway 17 and Vann’s car allegedly sped away at 105 mph and forced a patrol car off the highway.
Paul Goss, 32, of Hoover Street, charged with assault with a deadly weapon after a Cedar Street woman Beatrice Hayes alleged he hit her. Hayes reportedly suffered a broken rib. bond set at 200 dollars with municipal court hearing August 2.
Dr. William M. Peck of the State Board of Health wrote to shoe dealers warning that all reradiation from fluoroscopes and X-ray equipment is harmful. He noted that control of all forms of radiation by legal means is a topic under discussion and near the corner.
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