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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1959

Page

3

Intimidation Of Witness Charged In Local Court

A man identified as Hicks is charged with intimidating a state's witness R D Watson 42 of Greensboro after threatening him in a Main Street poolroom and seeking a warrant claiming Watson assaulted him with a cue stick. Hicks faces bonds and further hearings with related larceny cases bound for Superior Court.

Hicks R. D. Watson Greensboro Watson Ruby Lester Byron Haworth John L. Andrews Grimes Street Shelton Richard Whitfield E. High Street High Point Motors Howell Street English Street Modern Trucking Co W. Burton St D. V. Miller

Patrols Redeploy as Mills Strike Faces Riot Police

Uniformed patrolmen converge on the Henderson plant as 150 strikers gather and 80 troopers deploy in three groups with riot guns tear gas and sidearms. Similar scene reported at the nearby Henderson plant with about 40 men present.

South Henderson Henderson Plant Tevts Henderson Sheriff's

Blind Date Turns Sour. Car Goes Missing After Drive-In

In Los Angeles a man named Robert Wood, 29, arranged a drive-in movie date by phone. After leaving briefly for refreshments, he returned to find the brunette date and his car missing, turning the evening from pleasant to troubling.

Los Angeles Robert Wood Wood

Stock Market Near Record High As Oil and Space Stocks Rise

New York trading quickened with heavy volume as missile rocket electronic and oil issues rallied toward a record area. Zenith surged about 11 points while Gulf Oil gained around 4 and Rays, Phillips Petroleum, and Union Carbide posted notable moves. Bonds drifted lower as several leading stocks advanced from fractions to over one point.

New York Zenith Tung- Sol Raytheor Standard Oil New Jersey Texas Co Royal Dutch and Standard of Indiana Gulf Oil U.S Bache & Co American Can Co Allied Chemical & Dye American Tobacco Co Borden Co Bethlehem Steel -Burlington Mills Chrysler Corp New York Central RR Cone Mills Corp Carolina Light & Power General Electric General Motors Goodyear Tire & Rubber International Harvester International Tel Standard Oil Co Jones Laughlin Steel Johns Manville Isons , Inc Norfolk & Western Ray Phillips Petroleum Pennsylvania Railway Pepsi-Cola Procter & Gamble Reynolds Tobacco Republic Steel Sears Roebuck Southern Rny J. P. Stevens Co American Tel. & Tel the Texas Co Union Carbide & Carbon United Aircraft Corp Westinghouse Electric Co U. S. Steel Pwo Sheet & Tuberh F .W. Woolworth Co

Market Summary from Dow Jones Averages Page

The Dow Jones averages furnish a snapshot of the day with figures from Bache & Co. showing closing values and volume. The bulletin lists Prev close and current readings across multiple segments and notes substantial trading activity with sizable volumes.

Bache & Co

Exports Of Leaf Decrease As Domestic Use Rises

RALEIGH AP Exports of US flue cured leaf fell by 20 million pounds last year while domestic consumption rose, per J B Hutson president of Tobacco Associates Inc Speaking before 500 delegates at the annual meeting the 1958 export total stood at 452 million pounds down from 472 million the prior year. Domestic leaf use reached 746 million pounds up 3 percent from 725 million.

Raleigh J. B. Hutson Tobacco Associates Inc Hutson

Tobacco Assessment Bill Offered In Raleigh

State lawmakers consider raising the tobacco self assessment on flue cured growers from 10 cents to up to 1 per acre to fund Tobacco Associates Inc. The bill follows a December referendum approval and would set next year’s rate around 80 cents per acre. House members also seek a 10 year extension for the Confederate Women’s Home in Fayetteville.

Raleigh Murphy Tobacco Associates Inc Tobacco Associates Agriculture Committee L. Sneed High John T. Henley Cumberland Confederate Women’s Home Fayetteville

Toll-driven death toll boosts life insurers' payout forecast

Present highway tolls drive insurers to project 120 million dollars in payouts this year due to monitor vehicle fatalities.

Pioneer IV misses moon proximity despite speedy flight

Rocket Pioneer IV sped toward the moon and returned ample data but failed to meet distance goals, passing no closer than 35,000 miles. NASA officials led by Dr. William Pickering cited an off target injection angle as the likely cause, with the Soviet effort reportedly closer at 3,000 to 4,000 miles.

Pioneer IV Moon William H. Pickering NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena Calif Pickering Abe Silverstein Space Flight Development

Investment caution warns against high yields

A column cautions readers about chasing eight or nine percent yields and warns that some investments may appear attractive but are risky. Readers are advised to use common sense and consider seeking further guidance, with a note that Mr Shulsky will answer general questions.

First public power system begins in England in 1901

The article notes that England started its first public power supply system in 1901, marking a milestone in municipal electric service. Public electricity initiatives spread from that year, shaping urban energy infrastructure.

England

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