09 Mar 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1957
Page
1
Through Friday a church program at First Baptist tackles beverage alcohol with class splits by age. Sessions run daily in three periods 7 00 to 7 45 p m 7 45 to 8 15 p m and 8 15 to 8 45 p m with leaders including Rev W Church Miss Mary Dykes and Mrs L B Cameron assisting.
The Rev George W Dowd hosts a sermon series with Dr E E Poston of Wallace Baptist Church for the Simultaneous Evangelistic Crusade under Randolph Baptist Association. Lenten calendar from Rev Harry D Hawthorne lists themes from The Tested Lord to The Tested Worshipers plus Holy Week topics and Easter sunrise service at Floral Garden Park with God’s Incredible Surprise.
Dr. Richard R. Beasley rector of St. John’s Church in Roanoke announces a preaching mission with details continued on page two.
Dag Hammarskjold began work on long-range measures to prevent a renewal of Israeli Egyptian conflict. The U N General Assembly adjourned after Israel completed withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and Sharm El Sheikh. U S pledged support for peace efforts as debate over UNEF deployment on both sides of the 1949 armistice line continued.
The unidentified man and woman were found washed ashore at a remote Acapulco beach, likely Joseph Michel of New York and Edith Hallock. They vanished Feb. 20 after leaving Roqueta Island. Police fear a possible double crime as luggage remained in their rooms.
A six jet B47 bomber winged eastward at 1 44 am on a speed run along the jet stream to Homestead Air Force Base Florida. Maj Merle Henderson led the crew with Lt Haydon Grubbs and Lt Rob in the plane which had Savannah Georgia as an alternate terminal if the stream slows. The test, sponsored by the Air Research and Development Command, aims for about 4 1/2 hours for 2420 miles as forecasters expect the jet stream to provide strong headwinds or tailwinds.
Weeks assails the Eisenhower budget as the New Deal in spirit while opposing a 71.8 billion dollar budget. He criticizes modern republicanism as restating old Republican principles amid fears of the hydrogen bomb era.
TIM PARKER reports a student boycott at a state college with up to 95 students seeking to return to classes and some signing final withdrawal. The all white college board met in Jackson to decide on campus access as about 585 students reportedly walked out. King and his family left campus as a mass meeting considered a return to class and addressing controversial segregation articles in the Jackson State Times.
The Sunday Enterprise highlights a 12 page Spring Fashion section with local models from High Point stores. Features cover family fashion, problem pupils, a life of service story about a local citizen aiding Negro youth, safety driving tips from a long-time reader, and the Fair Grove High School band with its director. Also previewing Atlantic Coast Conference tourney finals coverage in Raleigh.
Egypt rejects a Western plan to create a tolls collection agency for the Suez Canal with a 50 50 revenue split. Information Director Abdel Kader Hatem says Egypt would not accept paying tolls to the World Bank and would keep the income until final settlement. UN salvage crews await Cairo clearance as Egyptian engineers work on the tug Edgar Bonnet and Egyptian frigate Abukir near the canal’s end.
A Greensboro police corporal was bitten by a black widow at headquarters while retrieving papers. He remained in critical condition last night after Huckabee grabbed the arm and investigators found the crushed spider remains in his shirt sleeve.
A masked 21 year old Andre Deblois was shot by police during a Toronto Dominion Bank hold up in Montreal. He wore dynamite in a body suit and a head wire device set to detonate at 4 45 p m a time bomb found at Central Station prompted searches of Windsor Station and City Bus Terminal. No explosions occurred and investigators found a live but misfired device at a railway parcel locker.
President Eisenhower signed a Middle East resolution promising possible force to counter Communist aggression and authorizing 200 million dollars in military economic aid by July 1. The move aims to strengthen U.S. cooperation with Middle Eastern governments while Ambassador Richards travels to explain the policy.
Portland Mayor Ter ry D Schrunk faced a lie detector test over alleged bribe claims tied to a 1955 gambling raid while sheriff of Multnomah County. The Senate committee, led by Chairman McClellan, seeks Justice Department review of conflicting testimonies amid charges of Teamsters linked racketeers influencing city vice profits.
In central Greece further quakes caused deaths and injuries estimated at 40 to 50. More than 20,000 homeless by unofficial counts. Authorities report ruins in 7 villages in Volos region and 17 in Laris sa. Army engineers begin relief work. U S Ambassador offers Sixth Fleet assistance.
Gov Hodges announced support to raise pay beyond the Advisory Budget Commission recommendations for teachers and state employees, signaling possible substantial increases. The move comes amid ongoing debate on funding and a push to reorganize the state highway commission, with the Senate backing a seven member panel and a career director to lead highways.
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