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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
5
The forecast calls for continued heat in the southeast with cooler conditions expected in the northeast. Plains states will see higher temperatures ahead of the weekend.
Weather bulletin notes partly cloudy conditions this afternoon and tonight in North Carolina. Tuesday expects scattered thundershowers and cooler warmth. Highs reach 80 in the mountains and 90 in other areas with overnight lows around 60 in the mountains and 65 to 70 elsewhere.
In Haverton Hill England young Hungarian refugees win favor with local girls through romantic gestures and hand kissing. They face attacks from English youths who previously dated the refugees, prompting a police rally to monitor the hostel and a spokesman stating no dates for now. A Middlesbrough worker praises the Hungarians as charming companions while criticizing local British boys. Public notices report a service station density of one per 298 vehicles in the United States.
The North Carolina Methodist Conference opens its 122nd session in New Bern to consider a proposal for racial integration on a conference basis. The gathering will also review a multimillion dollar college building fund campaign and strategies to revitalize local churches. The body will hear reports from boards and agencies as officials address the convention.
Wayne Pennsylvania Mary Donnelly a 17 year old caretaker's daughter heard a prowler outside took a .22 rifle and followed him. She held the intruder at gunpoint for five minutes until her father James Donnelly arrived and called police. The man identified as Charles Holland 45 was charged with disorderly conduct.
Roger Wells of Baysine wins the opening club lead and digs into diamonds to outplay opponents. He ruffs a diamond and discards a spade to secure four hearts as the match point duplicate event unfolds with careful timing and trumps.
Philadelphia report details nine new owners of the Kenmare estate in Ireland including J Stuart Robertson and members of the O Neill families and a Miami Catholic priest. The 8000 acre property encompasses Finian s and Muckross abbeys and lakes near Killarney. Purchase price around 240000 dollars with plans to keep the grounds accessible to the public.
The Army investigates the death of four soldiers after mortars dropped during a hill assault by Company B, 22nd Infantry Battalion. Fourteen others were injured, five seriously, as 175 men charged a hill with spectators nearby. Names include Sgt. Alonzo Cartlidge and Specialists David L. Robinson, Percy A. Reevey, and Russell L. Somers.
NEW YORK A fancy clubhouse for sidewalk superintendents opens July 2 near Rockefeller Center. The 47 story Time Life Building rises on 6th Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets. The club, revived from 1938 origins after a Rockefeller labor clash, offers a 65 foot observation deck and large windows to watch work.
Svend Kristensen reports his 22 year old wife Kristine Plates of Denmark blacked out before falling 50 feet during a Ringling Brothers show in Charlotte North Carolina. She suffered a broken pelvis arm and leg fractures with serious injuries. About 5000 spectators watched as the tragedy unfolded.
Lauritz Melchoir, a renowned singer, was born in Copenhagen Denmark in 1890. His early life laid the groundwork for a celebrated opera career and international acclaim.
Rescue squads from Rowan Lexington and Winston Salem searched the rain swollen Yadkin River for the bodies of Elmer Pete Spry 44 and Bobby Phelps 25 both of Advance. Spry drowned at Idol's Dam while fishing Saturday and Phelps disappeared after diving to try to recover him as a whirlpool was spotted.
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