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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1958
Page
2
My son Jim writes from Washington about a bridge hand where the declarer uses a king sacrifice to beat a six-club contract. The writer outlines the play and the reasoning behind sacrificing the king from behind the ace queen to thwart South’s spade and heart threats.
Five inmates overpowered a guard and escaped from a Jackson County road camp. They fled on foot then hijacked a motorist’s car, later sighted in South Carolina as authorities hunt the mountainous region. Names include Snyder, Proctor, Erickson, Anderson, and Martinez. sentences range from 5 to life.
Dr. W. H. Plemmons president of Appalachian State College was named chairman of the State Baptist Convention's Committee of 17 studying spiritual life on campuses. He succeeds Dr. W. R. Waggoner now head of Baptist Children's Homes. The committee, formed at the November meeting, reviews college information led by Wake Forest and reports cooperation with colleges. Dr. Plemmons has long served Baptist churches and multiple convention commissions.
American Enka Corp says its Enka North Carolina plant will reach full production within months and its nylon yarn output should triple. The company reported a multi million dollar facility in operation and nylon sales up 23 percent from last year.
North Carolina mills produced 49.1 percent of all U S hosiery in 1957, with 44.1 percent of full fashioned and 0.9 percent of seamless hosiery. The South accounted for 75.5 percent of full fashioned and 85.4 percent of seamless hosiery. National output totaled 145,048,000 dozen pairs, with Southern mills at 120,094,000 dozen and North Carolina at 71,219,000 dozen.
The sugar maple yields a versatile timber valued for bowling alleys and ballroom floors due to its abrasion resistance and ability to take a high polish. It complements the syrup and sugar uses of the species.
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