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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1959
Page
1
President Eisenhower denounced the Senate vote against Lewis L. Strauss for secretary of commerce calling it a sad episode and said the American people are the losers. He read a brief statement in the White House noting the post-midnight roll call of 9 to 46.
The North Carolina Senate approved a bill allowing Wrightsville Beach to issue revenue bonds to finance a new resort hotel. The bonds would be repaid from hotel operations and would not pledge public credit. Governor Edwin Gill opposed the measure, warning it could set a precedent for public credit for private enterprise.
Buenos Aires AP reports President Frondizi faces a revolutionary plot with unconfirmed reports of a military revolt in Cordoba 400 miles from the capital. Cordoba garrison leaders oppose policies as police sweep the city to arrest top generals and admirals amid disputed control.
In Moscow Khrushchev warned that if Geneva ministerial talks collapse a summit is needed and he would attend multiple sessions. He pressed for a Berlin settlement and warned Western forces must end occupation. He said a peace treaty with a united Germany could come if Western terms fail and the USSR would back the GDR.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected the West's latest Berlin stop gap proposals as a basis for discussion. British and Western officials said the move offered no new hope and left the conference with no clear path forward. Khrushchev in Moscow called for an end to Allied occupation of West Berlin. Western ministers left Gromyko's villa after a 35 minute meeting and planned to study his new proposals before another session.
Chemstrand Corp will build a large nylon fiber plant near Greenwood South Carolina with initial investment likely over 14 to 15 million dollars and a total potential 60 million dollar commitment. Governor Hollings and Edward A O Neal Jr highlighted the project as a major industrial achievement, promising up to about 4000 jobs and exceeding private facility scale in the state. The plant will have an initial capacity of 10 million pounds of nylon yarn annually and mark the first of four stages, with further development including a nylon center near Pensacola and other facilities in North Carolina.
Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy said the MIGs that attacked a U S Navy patrol plane were most likely North Korean based on their approach. He noted planes from the area could be North Korean Red Chinese or Soviet assembled and photographed markings aided identification. The incident prompted talk of escorts, which the Pentagon dismissed as misunderstood.
West Germany economics minister Ludwig Erhard threatened to resign amid a CDU caucus after a New York Times interview suggested Adenauer doubted his suitability for chancellor. Erhard accused opponents of degrading his reputation and pressed for a stronger denial.
Gov. Earl K. Long was forced into a sheriff's car and taken to Southeast Louisiana State Hospital at Mandeville after a night of shouting curses and a resisted transport. Doctors diagnosed paranoic schizophrenia and Long must stay at least 30 days, triggering questions about succession as Lt. Gov. Leother Frazar and Atty. Gen. Jack Gremillion weigh the interim governorship amid a volatile political climate.
May prices edged up pushing the Labor Department cost index to a record 124 percent of the 1947-49 base. Spendable earnings for a four-person factory family rose to 81.03 weekly, with a 0.35 increase from April as longer hours and higher pay boosted purchasing power.
RALEIGH AP The House ended an 11th hour debate on a highway safety bill creating a point system for DMV license suspensions of habitual violators. A key amendment linked points to date of conviction rather than date of offense, with suspensions possible at 12 points in two years, 60 days then 6 months after subsequent points.
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