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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1959
Page
1
A masked man with horn-rimmed glasses robbed the First Citizens Bank on Old Wake Forest Road at 11 AM, forcing two employees to lie on the floor and escaping with about $20,000. No arrest yet. The report notes previous NC robberies and suspects elsewhere.
A school bus with about 60 African American students flipped in a farm pond near Brookfield, eight miles from Tifton, Georgia, around 8 a.m. Nine bodies recovered with up to three more feared, as officials and rescuers work the submerged wreckage. The bus was owned by Raleigh Coarsey on his farm. R. L. Mack confirmed the tragic toll while two white men were praised for helping limit deaths.
Gen George C Marshall remained in serious condition at Fort Bragg North Carolina today with no change from Monday. The 78 year old general was described as a little more alert but still critically ill in the latest medical report.
In Moscow British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan concluded 10 days of talks with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev at Vnukovo Airport after summarizing both nations positions on major East West issues. Macmillan departed for home aboard a British Comet IV jet, ending a mission that legibly outlined the Soviet premier's stance and future prospects.
Police swarm textile plants as a strike by the Textile Workers Union of America against the mill enters a violent phase. Governor convenes 9:30 a.m. meeting in Raleigh with company president John D. Cooper and TWUA director Boyd Payton and other labor officials as 80 troopers arrive.
An estimated typhoon, the first in 44 years, battered the Manuan Islands in the Samoa group with 50 mph winds. Delayed dispatches from Pago Pago report three villages flattened and many injured but no deaths.
The United States Treasury promotes inflationary pressure as it borrows to finance a record 286 billion dollar debt. Fears of higher rates and inflation push the government toward short term loans, complicating long term financing. Secretary Robert B. Anderson voices irony over the situation.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida The Army says its lunar probe fired today had at best a one in ten thousand chance of a direct moon hit. The problem includes moving Earth and moon speeds, with precise one degree adjustments every four minutes and velocity errors translating to thousands of miles off target.
New York AP report details Deborah Taylor four from Brooklyn who fell twelve stories from her bedroom window and survived with cuts and bruises. The piece notes four such survivors in two weeks amid other falls including a delivery man from ten floors and a 23 year old who fell five stories.
AP reports a Juno II moon rocket launch appeared to explode on its pad as observers on the Cape Canaveral coast watched a massive flame and frost shed from the rocket. Despite the inferno the vehicle rose slowly into the sky and faded three minutes after liftoff, with witnesses following the plume until disappearance.
Pioneer IV powered by a four stage Juno II lifted from Cape Canaveral just after midnight in a near perfect launch. By 8 a.m. EST it was 66 000 miles from Earth and 72 400 miles out with speed around 6 518 miles an hour. NASA scientists predicted it would pass the moon at about 2 p.m. EST and enter solar orbit, aiming to relay radio data from a 20 inch long 130 pound probe packed with instruments.
The piece recounts the eve of Jesus and the Apostles in the upper room for Passover. It notes the arrangement at table as Jesus leads the wine ritual and the basin washing diverges from custom, with tension among the Apostles and John seated to Jesus right.
AP reports a forgery ring operating inside the South Carolina Penitentiary used an outside “field man” to pass phony checks and papers. Inmate Chester is in custody in Charlotte, with charges tied to cashing checks alleged to be from J. A. Jones Construction Co. The ring included fake identification cards and a bogus Trans World Airlines card. Investigators identified a ringleader and an outside suspect is being sought after a Feb. 4 incident at a Charlotte store.
Henderson NC AP report says union and management met with Gov Hodges after violence at two Henderson mills. Key dispute centers on elimination of an arbitration clause. Talks followed input from labor, conciliators and legal officials with possible mediation avenues discussed by the governor.
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