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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1959
Page
1
A train plowed into a carload of eight young people returning from a Shelbyville High prom near Mattoon early today. Seven youths died and the eighth was critically injured. Names not provided in available text.
On Friday May 15 1959 Ivan Moon Doroth y Thomas and Jerry Hill planned a high school prom in Shelbyville. Ivan 22 and Dorothy 18 are engaged while Jerry 19 dates Irene Moon. The story notes a dangerous traffic concern as a police and undertaker are needed for the Fourth of July period.
Enterprise Sunday Editor reports predictions by James T. Ryan that 1959 will surpass 1956 as the peak year for the furniture industry. First half 1959 shipments and sales outpace prior years, with orders backlog up sharply. A steel strike could threaten gains, but market optimism remains strong ahead of the Southern Furniture Market.
Louis Armstrong shows resilience after a Thursday health scare in Spoleto Italy. Doctors plan a Rome transfer and expect him to fly to New York by July 4 for his 59th birthday. Armstrong jokes of goose grease recovery and hopes to return to work in a few weeks.
United Steelworkers president David J. McDonald agreed to a two week extension of existing contracts, delaying a possible national steel strike. President Eisenhower intervened to push continued bargaining until a new contract terms are agreed, with talks led by RM Cooper of U S Steel Corp. and production to continue during the pause.
An AP brief from Hull Quebec reports a young groom waiting in Notre Dame de Grace while another bride arrives moments later at a different church. Names are kept confidential.
At the national convention in Charleston West Virginia the North Carolina AB Clubs backed moving the national headquarters to High Point. A new $40 000 building of 2000 to 3000 square feet will be donated for offices by High Point and Furniture City clubs with support from Gov Luther Hodges and Chamber of Commerce manager George Covington.
Washington AP reports mid-1959 optimism from White House and Commerce experts. Production, measured as Gross National Product, may reach about 480 billion in Q2 with inflation contained. Personal income near 400 billion, unemployment down from a year earlier, suggesting a strong path to a 500 billion year-end target and peak profits.
In Portland Maine a worried family and physician welcomed a rare serum that could save 3 year old Stephen Harriman from fatal eczema vaccinatum. The emergency followed a frantic rush as state police announced the arrival of the vital vaccine to halt the virus within hours.
Washington AP reports a fourth dose of the Salk polio vaccine is recommended for all who completed the basic three shots a year or more earlier. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney supports the committee's view that boosters are advised for those under 40, with live vaccines not yet approved for general use.
Eva Heese, a New York City art student, wandered into a tent at the New Haven Arts Festival and discovered her two paintings displayed upside down. The work, among about 100 local artworks, drew attention from festival attendees. She hurried to tell the closest official about the error.
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