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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1954
Page
2
Raleigh. The Utilities Commission broadened commercial zones around cities and towns for unload and pickup. Truck lines had asked for larger zones as many industries now lie outside corporate limits. Zones will vary by city and owner. A commercial zone lets a trucker operate without extra rights within the town area.
Raleigh editors report the State Board of Education will discuss tomorrow a preliminary course for state action after the Supreme Court ban on school segregation. The Building Committee meets tonight to review the 50 million dollar building program and potential halting of expenditures until the court's decision is implemented, with Attorney General Harry McMullan attending.
Delegates to the 41st annual International Association of Personnel in Employment Security held workshops panels and study meetings today in Asheville. Scenic trips to the Smokies and Mrs. Mitchell were enjoyed this afternoon. Officers will be named ay. Undersecretary of Labor Arthur Larson was the featured speaker yesterday.
Wilmington drivers practiced for the first eliminations of North Carolina s 15th annual truck road-e-o sponsored by the North Carolina Motor Carriers Assn. About 40 competitors gathered as finals set for Saturday with four drivers in each of three classifications. Defending champs Collins Massey Morgan Jr. are auto into finals and chase their third state title.
Hearings were scheduled in Greensboro on a CIO textile union request to conduct union representation elections at six Cone Mill Corp plants. The NLRB regional office in Winston-Salem presided. An AFL union presently holds bargaining rights at the Edna Granite Minneola Proximity Print Works and White Oak plants.
The 4th Circuit deliberated Keith M. Beaty of Charlotte's appeal from a tax evasion conviction. Beaty received three concurrent two year terms and a $20,000 fine in December in Charlotte. Lawyers included John W. Muskoff and Lewellyn A. Luce for Beaty. James M. Baley Jr. for the government. No decision date announced.
Never Say Die a Kentucky bred colt owned by Robert Sterling Clark of Upperville Virginia won the 175th Epsom Derby at 33 to 1. Arabian Night finished second in a photo finish with Darius. Canadian owned Blue Sail finished 10th and Landau eight.
Five year old Janet Barnes accompanied by sisters visited a neighborhood playground in Ecorse Township. While her sisters watched a baseball game she ran near home plate where ten year old Ronnie de Smet was taking practice swings. An accidental swing struck Janet in the face and she died at Wyanodotte General Hospital.
President withheld comment on the Oppenheimer security clearance appeal while praising his work. He defended the farm program against price volatility and warned against compromising principles. He said he has not decided on Southeast Asia action and noted talks on an international atomic pool.
Chattanooga Tennessee heard private utility spokesmen as the Hoover Commission power and water resources task force questioned officials about TVA operation and private power rates. Democratic nominee James E. Folsom urged preserving TVA, while Adm. Moreell defended the panel and a November preliminary report and a 1955 final.
The hearings probe whether transcripts and memos related to McCarthy and Army officials should be released. Army counsel Welch vows to produce all monitored calls not barred by presidential order while McCarthy demands sworn testimony. Mary Driscoll testifies about memo handling and filing.
In New London Connecticut Julian Drew a part time junkman moved an old refrigerator to his back yard and left to attend to chores with his wife. Six hours later Mrs. Drew opened the unit and found two dead children cousins Lary Murphy three and Paul Murphy four inside. Medical examiner said the boys climbed in while unsupervised and suffocated.
Mrs Marion Harrell of Columbus aged 30 was indicted for first degree murder in the May 6 strangling of her 3 month old son Philip Maurice. Police say she confessed to choking the infant to collect $490 in insurance due to heavy debt. The Harrells have seven other children. Arraignment set for June.
Experts at a Washington conference of the Atomic Industrial Forum outlined five reactor projects and optimism about peacetime uses of atomic power. More than 400 company officials from utilities aluminum steel and chemical firms discussed economic production and financing, with private industry increasingly funding research. The plan would let private plants operate under AEC license while the government retains fuel ownership and purchases produced fissionable by products.
Robert G. Forbes aged 69 testified in a divorce hearing that he played drunk to fool his bride Mildred Forbes 55 after six weeks of marriage. He said she struck him near the eye with a whisky bottle during the incident.
Mrs Bea trice Barnes stretched an arm into a cupboard and sneezed breaking a rib in Phoenix. The report notes the household accident occurred yesterday and required medical attention.
The forecast sets tonight low at 68 and tomorrow high at 82. Today's high reached 84 with a low of 64 overnight. Sunset is 7:32 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 5:04 a.m.
Testimony was scheduled to begin in the murder trial of Mrs. Bessie Best 60 charged with killing her husband Marvin S. Best 59 with a pistol at their home February 19 He died two days later A 12 member jury was selected from a pool of 200 with one woman juror Mrs Kennie B Holmes a Gratham Township homemaker and mother of four among the jurors and eleven farmers plus one merchant were chosen
The AEC board considered reinstating J. Robert Oppenheimer but cited four controlling factors: possible security risk, susceptibility to influence, problematic conduct on the H bomb program, and lack of candor during hearings. A 24 charge FBI investigation included alleged Communist ties and opposition to the H bomb. The Atomic Scientists of Chicago called the board’s recommendation unfortunate and disturbing.
Admin announces qualification as administrator for Earl A Whitesell of Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must file verified claims within one year or lose recovery. He requests all related parties to settle promptly. Notice dated April 28 1954 by Arthur L Ellison High Point NC.
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