03 Jun 1959
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1959
Page
1
New Haven Railroad ticket collector Ed McCarthy famous for trilling to wake sleeping commuters and soothe crying babies faced complaints after a newspaper story about his warbling. President George Alpert promised to review the issue amid passenger complaints and grief over the disruption.
President Luis Somoza mobilizes forces to meet three Cuban launched schooners reported to carry rebels. He asks the OAS to investigate the danger as Fidel Castro dismisses the charges. The regime claims to have the rebel group on the run after destroying one plane and seizing weapons.
Washington AP reports a House showdown looms over the defense bill for 1960. The Bomarc air defense program loses 162.7 million dollars with funds shifted to Nike Zeus tests. Rep. William Minshall proposes eliminating the remaining Bomarc production funds while preserving 84.6 million for tests.
In Guayaquil more than a dozen civilians fought police after 8 p m riot action. Police used carbines sabers and nightsticks while soldiers restored order. Two students were killed prompting further student strikes and a news briefing by President Ponce who warned against foreign communist influence.
President Eisenhower said there is no basis for a summit at Geneva and urged the Soviet Union to show willingness for preliminary agreement in foreign ministers talks. He pressed for clear Berlin rights commitments and cautioned about anti Semitism in Senate debates on Lewis I.
Herb Hipps, longtime Statesville High School grid mentor and athletic director, has been named head football coach at High Point High School. He succeeds Tony Simeon, who retires from coaching but remains athletic director and basketball coach. Simeon has led football since 1945 and basketball since 1937.
At Fort Madison Iowa four inmates with life terms for killings held a guard and a cellblock captain at knifepoint and sawed two bars from a window to slip from cell house 19. The escapees were Lloyd Woodson 38 Quincey Illinois Albert M 26 Kansas City Missouri Elon Girdler 23 Peoria Illinois and Robert Janes 24 Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A large improvement program will modernize pools, toilets, trees, shrubs, benches and a revolving stage in the central business district. Grand opening is scheduled for August as the first step in a long range plan to vitalize the area.
An Education Appropriations Subcommittee urged a study commission to examine operating NC schools year round. The plan would review 12 month use of buildings valued at 650 to 700 million dollars and consider a 10 month 11 year system. The panel's report goes to the House Education Committee.
West ministers convened a strategy session at U S headquarters to push for secret talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko over the Berlin crisis. They planned another round with Gromyko at Herter's villa as a potential path toward easing East West tensions and a possible summit. British and French diplomats cautioned the Kremlin may seek a way out of the deadlock and study Gromyko's remarks closely. The next 48 hours could prove decisive for a Berlin deal.
President Eisenhower publicly rejects charges that he sided with steel industry in wage talks with organized labor. He urges discipline from both sides and calls for labor reform, saying Congress should not adjourn until corrective measures pass. He warns against Marxist rhetoric and emphasizes the value of every worker.
Radio Moscow quoted Soviet scientist Zinaida Parshina as saying Mars shows evidence of much higher vegetation than previously thought. The claim rests on comparing Martian light reflections from vegetated areas with Earth plant and lichen signals.
Gen Johnson Lawton Collins presents D Day memories of the Normandy invasion 15 years later. He recounts Bayfield off Cherbourg, Task Force Utah, rough seas, and weather that shaped the assault while detailing early plans and a tense countdown to launch.
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