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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1956

Page

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Infant Receives Complete Blood Transfusion Cure

Estonian born Leo P. Strand credits a dramatic blood transfusion at Mercy Hospital with saving his newborn son. Doctors Dr. Earl Spaugh and Dr. E. L. Potter replaced two teaspoons of diseased RH positive blood with a pint of healthy blood. The infant’s skin improved from yellow and blood count rose from 134 to 77, and he is reported doing fine.

Charlotte Leo P. Strand Earl Spaugh E. L. Potter Leo P. Strand Jr Mercy Hospital

Cotton Is Sold For Export

New Orleans reports the Commodity Credit Corp sold 1,567,278 bales for export at a minimum price of 25 cents per pound. Director F P Biggs announced the sales, tied to bids opened June 12, with prices below current market levels.

New Orleans Commodity Credit Corp F. P. Biggs Commodity Stabilization Service Commodity Office

You Cannot Give What You Do Not Have Love from God as Gift

The author argues love must be possessed to be shared. Love comes from the Supreme Being and God offers it to all, but few accept it. When truly possessed, love flows as a powerful, unrestrainable force toward others, often overlooked in daily life.

Robert L. Dieffenbacher D.D NEA

Ike And Nixon Confer Over Campaign Talk Skipped

Vice President Nixon and President Eisenhower met at Walter Reed Hospital and avoided any discussion of Eisenhower remaining in the presidential race. Nixon said no word was exchanged about his own political plans or the campaign outlook.

Ike Nixon Washington Eisenhower Walter Reed Hospital John Foster Dulles James Hagerty Dulles Richard Nixon

Seven Point Program Drives Democratic Strategy

Democratic leaders seek a seven point legislative program to aid election chances including social security expansion public housing farm supports highway construction school aid a higher minimum wage and public power projects The plan mirrors some Eisenhower proposals but aims to show they can achieve more than Republicans. Nixon says no politics discussed with Eisenhower and notes the president will decide timing for political matters. Dulles visited with Eisenhower and medical briefings report improvements and a weight loss of seven pounds since hospital admission with a soft diet continuing.

Washington Congress Eisenhower Senate Democrats Sam Rayburn D-Tex House Senate Nixon Dulles James C. Hagerty Hagerty Rogerty Hagper

Wake Forest Opens Shop on New Campus

Wake Forest University begins its first academic session on a new 20 million dollar campus with a nine week summer term. Officials report 95 percent of the moving is done, over 100 large moving vans deployed, and the old campus now used by Southeastern Seminary. The library opens tomorrow and 65 professors will run 19 departments offering 112 courses as convocation and a keynote address anchor the first day.

Elizabeth Wall East Bend N. C New Wake Forest Winston-Salem Grady Patterson Wake Forest Baptist School Southeastern Ee Seagee Seminary Anne Wolds Wall Chapel Harold Wale

Forest blaze traps British troops. 19 die in Cyprus

Nineteen British soldiers died when a forest fire trapped them during a Troodos Mountains manhunt for EOKA rebels. Eighteen were injured as wind shifts spread flames, with vehicles and fuel tanks igniting. About 2,000 troops had sought Grivas and allied leaders. fire control followed. An American, Vice Consul William Boteler, was killed by bombs in Nicosia while five other Americans were injured.

Nicosia Cyprus Troodos George Grivas EOKA Dighenis Grivas Greece U.S William P. Boteler Washington, D.C U.S. State Department

Steel Wage Policy Body Meets Today

The 170 member Wage Policy Committee of the United Steelworkers of America meets in New York to review the breakdown in joint contract talks with the Big Three firms. Manager David J. McDonald notes the group may act or receive a report as talks remain at a stalemate.

New York United Steelworkers of America David J. McDonald U. S. Steel Bethlehem Republic McDonald U.S. Steel John A. Stephens Big Three Big Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Inland Great Lakes Wheeling Alleghany-Ludlum Pittsburgh Armco

Aid Plan Is Called Patchwork By Senator Jackson

Senator Jackson described the foreign aid program as a clumsy patchwork and urged a full study. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee weighed a House bill granting 3.8 billion in new aid for non Soviet nations, with most cuts in military aid, while Mansfield questioned sustaining committee restores.

Washington Jackson D-Wash Senate Chamber House Eisenhower Foreign Relations Committee Sen Mansfield D-Mont Congress Sen. Aiken R-Vi

Libya and Britain Begin Eight Day Talks on Defense Ties

Libya Prime Minister Mustafa Ahmed ben Halim and Minister Muniddin Fikedi started eight days of talks in London with British officials to discuss the 1953 treaty that maintains Wheelus Field and other installations in Libya. The discussions aim to bolster Western influence amid Cold War pressure and shifting Middle East alignments.

London Mustafa Ahmed Ben Halim Libya Middle East Ben Halim Muniddin Fikedi Britain Soviet Union Suez Mediterranean Cyprus Jordan Arab League Tain Nat Egypt All Wheelus Field Tripoli Aide Air Force Gangsmee Moose En Soe

Tito Reaches Agreement With Soviets

Yugoslav President Tito has reached a formal accord with Soviet leaders Bulganin Khrushchev and others to restore relations between the Communist parties of the USSR and Yugoslavia. A joint communique detailing the eight year estrangement will be released tomorrow night.

Moscow Tito Yugoslavia Bulganin Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Union Khrushchev Kremlin Leonid Huichev Central Committee Soviet Communist Party

Sharett Quits Post In Israel

Israeli Premier Ben-Gurion faces a policy split as Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett resigns after a Mapai-Democratic Labor party meeting. Golda Meirson named to succeed Sharett with Namir chosen for Labor Ministry. temporary tenure hinted.

Tel Aviv Israel Moshe Sharett Sharett Ign Inet Mapai — Democratic Labor Party Raguren Ben-Gurion Tott Ben-Gurion Mapai Golda Myerson Milwaukee Mordechai Namir Labor Federation Labor Myerson

Americans Hurt In Munich Club

Nine American soldiers and nine Germans were injured when a grenade exploded at a Munich bar after U.S. military police cleared a group of arguing American patrons. German police reported two Germans in critical condition. An Army spokesman doubted an official report while suggesting the grenade might be American made.

Munich Germa U.S U.S. Army

Truman jokes about Latin degree from Oxford

In London Harry S. Truman says he will not accept an honorary Oxford degree in Latin. He remarks he cannot understand the language and would need a translation to accept the honor.

Truman London Harry S. Truman Oxford University

Egyptian Flag Raised Over Suez Marked By Departure of British

Premier Nasser raised Egypt’s flag over Port Said signaling the end of 73 years of British occupation as nine Russian MIGs roared overhead and a 21 gun salute boomed. A national holiday June 18 marks the ending of the British role under the 1954 agreement while Soviet and Egyptian events unfold in Cairo and Alexandria.

Port Said Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser Suez Canal Zone Ihe Nasser Navy House Nile Dmitri Shepilov Bernesht Nile Delta Cairo Czechoslovakia Alexandria

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