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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1956
Page
5
A Raleigh poll of 72 North Carolina delegates shows at least 2 percent of the 36 votes will go to Adlai Stevenson if his bid falters. Gov. Hodges leads the delegation as a Stevenson backer while the state convention’s endorsement is nonbinding.
Washington report from the Internal Service notes more active moonshine operation this year with 1,253 stills seized so far, up from 964 in early 1940. Arrests pale beside past figures, and Southeastern states account for about 1,120 of 1,353 total seizures nationwide.
Senator Herbert H. Lehman told a Harlem gathering that the civil rights problem has sharpened into a national crisis and that Harlem illustrates a northern as well as southern struggle. He urged residential integration and criticized public housing policies while praising the Urban League and Charles Abrams for anti discrimination work.
Graham opened a month long crusade at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds drawing 15 239 in the open air. He urged the audience to seek God for lasting peace noting that the soul seeks rest until it knows God. Forty five persons accepted his invitation to make decisions for Christ.
Charles P Ballenger of Greenville South Carolina and Edwin L Jones of Charlotte were elected to top alumni posts at Duke University Saturday Ballenger became president of the General Alumni Assn Jones took chairmanship of the National Council the alumni executive body The report notes an additional line about J A Jones Construction Co but details are unclear
The Associated Press reports rain clouds threaten more flooding along the Columbia River and its tributaries in the Pacific Northwest. About 1,000 people have evacuated and thousands of acres remain flooded due to runoff from a record mountain snowpack.
Forecast notes mild to warm conditions in the Carolinas with highs around 70 to 74. Crests and floods in Vancouver Washington and Idaho rural areas signal extensive inundation and evacuations affecting 12 families and 18 000 acres of farmland. Additional floods stretch across the Snake River basin and New England rain continues with thunderstorms foreseen.
The report lists tonight low around 50 and tomorrow high near 82 with today’s high 16 and last night’s low 46. Sunset 3 54 pm and sunrise 5 am, then bureau records show temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 30 am across multiple cities including Birmingham Boston Charleston Asheville Atlanta Greenville Little Rock Los Angeles Meridian Mobile Myrtle Beach New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco and more.
Mrs. Rhonda Belle Martin, 49, stands trial in Montgomery Alabama for the arsenic deaths of six relatives including her husbands mother and three children. The state seeks the death penalty. she previously pleaded insanity.
Lexington police report that a fully bloomed rambler rose bush was uprooted and carried away after being pulled from its location, with Mrs. T. C. Ecton as the reporting party.
Bedford Sales Co advertises an air conditioner cooling up to 750 sq ft priced at 235 dollars. It invites customers to Sean entine and open, see the complete line on display in showrooms at 430 N. Wrenn St., High Point, with out of town collect calls accepted.
The 96th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U.S. Southern section in Montreat NC adopted a study committee report on marriage divorce and remarriage. The report offered temporary guidance and recommended further review, with emphasis on eligibility for remarriage and the status of common law marriage.
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