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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1957
Page
2
Leaf prices in the Georgia Florida flue cured belt held steady as volume stayed medium. USDA reported some leaf and nondescript advances of 1 to 3 per hundred, better grades of lugs primings and cutters off similarly.
A quirky note reports Atlantic mackerel swim continuously without rest. It contrasts with a definition that coal form derives from plant seeds and spores rather than wood or bark.
In a July 31, 1987 market note from High Point Enterprise several issues showed fractional gains while some declined. US Steel led modestly, Bethlehem remained firm, and GM and Chrysler posted major fractions higher. Climax Molybdenum and Raytheon moved up, with rails and Du Pont among notable movers. Royal Dutch rose on large volume.
President Eisenhower criticized a proposed school aid bill as insufficiently targeted to states and warned it would burden taxpayers. He pledged a new bill next session while defending his handling of Gluck’s Ceylon post nomination and pressing for timely funding of agencies amid civil rights debates and unresolved appropriations.
Greenville officers seek the body of a missing 19 year old girl from LaFollette Tennessee after a prisoner claimed he heard shots and saw a man run into the woods with a girl. The girl has been missing since May 7 near LaFollette and the informant served time for larceny.
Wilton Vernon Roberts, 46, the poultry farm worker who pulled Yvonne Beasley from a well Monday night, returned to duty today. He spent 1 hour 15 minutes in the shaft before reaching the 17 month old and described the moment the child laughed as the “most wonderful thing in the world.”
Ten year old Jill Land had her purse returned after being lost on a trip through the Eastern states. Her mother wrote to a Woodsville New Hampshire restaurant unknown by name describing it by its Highway 112 swirl ice cream and the Great Stone Face painting. The purse arrived by mail at the Land home yesterday.
Leopold, the 52 year old killer of Bobby Franks, 14, denied parole after 33 years in Stateville Prison. Governor Stratton and a five member board rejected his request aiming for release only after completing more of his 85 year sentence. He plans a rehearing petition for the September parole meeting.
A New Jersey school board sought guidance from Attorney General Grover C. Richman Jr. on grace before meals. Richman ruled grace itself is a religious exercise in public schools, while reading Old Testament passages is permissible as nonsectarian. Protesters citing 603 signatures pushed the debate when resumed in April, with Mrs Mildred Magowan defending grace and noting broad public support while questioning the silence period.
The record cites the flood of 1228 in Holland as the worst in history with about 100000 people said to have drowned in Friesland.
President Eisenhower voiced support for the civil rights bill as is and said personal discussions with senators are more effective than public appeals. He warned the Small Business Administration may lose 1,200 jobs if its extension fails and cited Senate inaction as delaying defense and agriculture funding.
GREENSBORO The State Farm Bureau Women’s Committee held a planning meeting with 20 members. They discussed a heart research fund, rural health and safety, talent contests, and a district meeting to come. Speakers included R. Flake Shaw and Will H. Roberts.
Greensboro hosts a five day conference with several hundred North Carolina home economics teachers attending through Friday. Miss Ann Russell of the American Institute of Baking in Chicago will discuss new trends in feeding the family. A novice is a beginner, while an amateur may be highly skilled.
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