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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
8
A northeast region experiences cool to mild conditions while the northwest stays mild. The deep south is expected to see showers and scattered thunderstorms as forecast. AP Wirephoto accompanies the weather brief.
Beaufort residents pressed Army engineers for shore protection after seven hurricanes in four years. A hurricane rehabilitation committee urged seawalls inlet stabilization and harbor dredging to guard 500000 people and five million acres in Pamlico Sound, including Ocracoke and Portsmouth Islands.
New York negotiators resume talks to end a two day engineers strike that could halt 448 ships on East and Gulf ports. Despite four hours of talks ending in failure, 28 dry cargo ships remained idle in New York while a tanker strike had been settled the day before.
Generace Armstrong is the boxer referred to as Gener Ace in the report. The piece confirms the athlete's legal given name and notes the common nickname used in coverage.
North Carolina expects partly cloudy skies with moderate temperatures and a chance of light rain in the far south later tonight and on Wednesday. South Carolina sees cloudiness and warm scattered showers mainly in the south with a low of 65 to 70 and highs 78 to 86. Georgia reports considerable cloudiness with warm showers mainly in the central region. lows 66 to 70 north to 70 to 75 south, highs 78 to 84 north and 84 to 90 south.
A 14 year old boy was fatally injured sliding into home plate during a junior baseball game. Charles M. Atlanta American Legion Post 1 said Bobby's head apparently struck home plate.
In Raleigh a 42 year old janitor Matthew Phillip Bass is charged with rape and assault with intent to kill. Judge Mallard named Herman L. Taylor to defend Bass after a white attorney initially agreed but withdrew. Bass admitted the attack on Sara Keels Mahler, a 35 year old part time worker, who remained in hospital after the assault.
Billy Graham’s evangelistic crusade team will establish permanent offices in Charlotte starting July 1. The move centers the team operations and executive suite for world wide crusade prep and appearances. Minneapolis remains the correspondence clearing area.
Chicago story of Phillip Horwitz a 13 year old blinded by a brain operation who uses a Braille marked ham radio set to talk daily with operators in 41 states and 17 countries. His mother Mildred Horwitz notes his positive spirit and rapid academic progress as engineers aided Braille dialing and he prepares to graduate eighth grade with honors.
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