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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1959
Page
1
Los Angeles AP report: Kenneth Millar, a mystery writer, pleads for his missing daughter Linda who vanished 10 days ago at a Lake Tahoe casino visit with two married men. He says she fears guilt over a car accident in which a boy was killed three years earlier.
France under Charles de Gaulle presses for parity with Britain and the United States in NATO amid disputes over Algeria independence and a potential A bomb data formula. He seeks a global policy with Eisenhower and Macmillan while opposing integrated NATO forces and stating the Mediterranean squadron would remain under French control.
Raleigh NC Adj Gen Capus Waynick says a special National Guard unit may be formed to handle Henderson strike duty to reduce impact on Guardsmen and employers. The cross unit force would not be voluntary and would draw men who are employed full time elsewhere. If created it would serve as long as needed and would operate alongside regular units.
May employment rose to a record 66,016,000 with unemployment at 4.9 percent as of May. James P. Mitchell announced the gains reflecting factory hires and a seasonal farm rise. May earnings averaged 90.32 dollars with durable goods workers at 98 and soft goods at 80.
Justice Whittaker granted a temporary stay of execution for Starkweather, delaying the Nebraska electric chair death scheduled for Friday. Attorneys may file a petition with the full Supreme Court by June 17 seeking review, keeping the stay in effect until the court acts.
Washington AP report says C. Douglas Dillon won Senate approval by voice vote to become the second ranking official in the State Department. He will succeed Christian A. Herter as secretary of state after Dulles. Senator Long criticized Dillon’s confirmation as an attack on foreign aid by international interests.
Dr. R. T. Childers a Madison Indiana psychiatrist weighed a total of 561 pounds in six hours off Wrightsville Beach North Carolina aboard Capt. Haneman's Martha El nine feet long. The crew reported a record catch for a doctor angling about 70 miles offshore.
Roy B. Culler 58 a leader in manufacturing religion and civic life of High Point died of a heart attack at home on Westwood Street at 3 40 am He directed YMCA Buildings for Brotherhood project and headed National Upholstery Company for 25 years Surviving wife four children three brothers and three sisters also ten grandchildren Funeral at Emerrywood Baptist Church with burial at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum
The North Carolina House postponed court reform and a revised Constitution while starting debate on a biennial revenue bill. The plan centers on withholding income taxes from individuals, aiming to swell state treasury by 27 percent via windfall by collecting two years of taxes in one year. A key issue is applying pay-as-you-go to corporate taxes.
The U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed that District Judge F Dickenson Letts can enforce a consent order overseeing Hoffa and other Teamsters officers. Monitors may seek court orders to implement recommendations and report noncompliance to Judge Letts. The ruling maintains court supervision during a transition to postmonitor reforms stemming from a 1957 convention voting challenge.
President urges doctors to charge fees within what people can pay to curb inflation. He ties medical costs to fiscal soundness and warns inflation harms both patients and practitioners. The address at the AMA meeting in Atlantic City, 5,000 attendees, inaugurates Dr Louis M Orr as AMA president.
AP reports on Louisiana politics under the Long influence after Earl Long's commitment to a Texas psychiatric clinic two weeks ago. The piece surveys state government and the potential crumble of the Long dynasty with Huey P. Long's shadow looming over Earl's tenure.
The Soviet Union asked for a one year Berlin moratorium if the West begins German talks on Soviet terms. A US spokesman called the plan unacceptable and said it aimed to break up the Big Four talks. Andrew Berding disclosed the secret session proposal and West’s doubt about continuing negotiations. Gromyko planned to make the move public this week.
Baton Rouge reports a pending sanity hearing for Governor Earl Long after profane speeches and confinement raise questions about the Long political future. Rumors swirl over who might carry the Long banner in the next governor’s race as Russell Long weighs potential moves and others are called flyweights.
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