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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1956
Page
2
Forecast notes partly cloudy skies with minimal temperature change through Saturday. Coastal areas may see a few showers this afternoon. Highs 75 to 88, mountains lows in the 50s, other areas mid 50s to mid 60s. South Carolina remains mostly fair with warmer coastal areas this afternoon and continued warmth tonight and Saturday.
Temperatures run 4 to 7 degrees below normal with small daily changes. Rain remains light or absent with a chance of a few afternoon thundershowers Saturday and again Tuesday. Local forecast notes attention to brief rain chances and cooler conditions.
Weather outlook favors warm dry conditions across most of the United States with only scattered overnight thunderstorms in Texas and Oklahoma. Temperatures are about 10 degrees higher than 24 hours ago in the northern Rockies and Northern Plains, while a cooler air surge reaches the upper Mississippi Valley causing only small temperature drops.
Channel lineup shows Miss 8 30 stories a century program and weather updates followed by 11 15 news segment at WFMY TV Greensboro Channel 2 with brief time slots 11 05 to 11 10 for weather and early news.
Channel lineup lists Beso Reporter at 6:30 followed by Weatherman and Tom Sawyer at 7 7:30 Masquerade and Ford Theater at 10 10:15 Music Business and 11:00 News with late weather updates.
A note explains you can make three calls for the price of two by telling the operator you will speak to any answering party. It notes flexibility in choosing an available operator and implies cost savings for certain plans.
The schedule lists programs from 6:30 to 11:03 including Cong. Chatham News Caravan Life with Riley Truth or Consequences All Star Theater Tonight Music Prevues News Weather Pinky Lee Married Joas John Daly Mickey Mouse Kukia Fran Ethel and Albert Ray Burke and a 11:03 sign off.
At 9 30 the steel process is noted then 10 00 the final edit. A 10 05 slot labeled Bign Olf closes the sequence with a project health check action.
Forecast calls for a low of 61 degrees tonight and a high of 86 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 84 with a low of 57 overnight. Sunset is 7 35 p m and sunrise tomorrow is 5 03 a m.
The 3rd Infantry division of the North Carolina National Guard starts two weeks of summer active duty at Fort Bragg under Maj. Gen. John H. Manning. The 30th Division headquarters in Raleigh, commanded by Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers, includes 660 officers and 7,200 enlisted. units train here while 30th artillery and armor go to Camp Stewart in August, with about 100 officers and 7,130 enlisted from the 4th Corps Artillery headquartered in Charlotte led by Brig. Gen. Oscar I. Wrenn.
RALEIGH NC Settle Bunn of Stanhope resigns as chairman of the State Board of Water Commissioners and seeks the unexpired term in the State Senate. He will notify Gov. Hodges and return to the Sixth Senatorial District for a July special session on school segregation. Nash County committee to recommend vacancy. He aims to preserve the public school system.
SALT LAKE CITY Mrs Herman Henry Hardison of Wadesboro North Carolina won the Howbigant Quelques Fleurs French Garden Merit Scroll for the best state entry in the Houbigant Grand National planning competition for ravine out and growing an Americanized French garden of annuals. Her entry included a pastel cultivation plan with soil preparation fertilization staking and a diagram of the plot.
A historical note states that there were 10 deaths for every billion passenger miles in homes scheduled airline operation, illustrating early safety metrics and the severe rate of fatalities in early aviation.
Baton Rouge bills to raise taxes by about 45 million dollars await action as Gov. Earl Long seeks more revenue for services and teacher pay. The House approved one tax increase to 1.68 per gallon, while others target sulphur severance and race track betting, with criticism over impacts on utilities and fairs.
Superior Court Judge Malcolm Paul was to sentence four Vanceboro men identified as Theodore Hardy Thomas James Pugh William Calvin Bland and Clarence Wright after they pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Marvin Smith testified he and two companions were attacked Easter night when a car and truck boxed in their vehicle causing a facial wound requiring 14 stitches.
New York's Porgy and Bess touring troupe reports wide Russian curiosity about the U.S. during 62 performances in Leningrad Moscow Stalinograd Warsaw and Prague. Director Robert Breen recalls the Soviet reception as standing room only and notes teachers posed as waitresses to observe American dining habits.
Winston-Salem tribute honors P. Huber Hanes Sr. a founder of P. H. Hanes Knitting Co. Speakers Archie Davis Charles Cannon and John Whitaker praised his leadership and impact on Winston-Salem as a thrifty, industrious city.
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