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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1956
Page
4
A Venezuelan airliner crash off New Jersey killed 74, sparking calls for ongoing aviation safety research. The author notes engine failure risks, routine fuel dumping, and uncertain causes while recalling the Titanic to stress that no airliner is crash proof.
The piece argues that Nasser's success in Egypt challenges Western control of Middle East oil and base networks. It questions U S neutrality theory and warns that aid should lift ordinary people, not rulers, while criticizing Libyan dependence on foreign funds and potential shifts in allegiance. It links the Eisenhower Doctrine to past Open Door ideas and stresses aid effectiveness for living standards.
A 25 year old Greensboro textile worker is dead after a 17 year old girl says she shot in self defense. The girl, who claimed she had never fired a gun before, faces murder charges as her father watched nearby. Grady Brame and Elmer Heath confronted the residence. Heath was shot through a screen door after advancing with a shotgun and pistol. Heath died after stumbling 75 feet into a grove with shell in chamber. Debates linger over parental absence and failure to intervene as youths handle firearms.
Editorial notes Gov. W Averell Harriman of New York expanding campaign with Milton Weisenmann named to rally delegates in 11 western states. He has 70 pledged votes, 190 total from those states, Chicago convention opens Aug 13. De Sapio and Tammany Hall loom large in Harriman strategy.
The State editor notes a 1.6 million hospital with Heart Center and a 600 thousand medical arts building in High Point. Expansions include a 1.5 million annex for the Southern Furniture Exposition, a city county civic center, and over three million for school facilities.
Governor Hodges reports thirteen appointments to fill vacancies on boards and commissions. He aims to release a list for legislative vacancies ahead of July session. Hodges travels to attend the National Governors Conference in Atlantic City and Lions International events before returning to preside over the Morehead City Board of Conservation meeting on July 24.
The article argues large oil firms may clash over the octane market as the Standard family faces rivals. It notes state officials favor air conditioning for cooling hot offices and discusses the advisory budget commission touring state institutions with trips aided by Dinty Moore.
The Enterprise prints reader letters praising continued transportation for a Day Center child by G W Powell and another family. A second letter condemns family courts and blames mothers for childhood delinquency, urging parental responsibility and home training. NETTIE GREY
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