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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1958
Page
3
In Wilmington area residents report a 148 p.m rumble near Carolina Beach and Wilmington marking the ninth tremor in three weeks. No damage is reported and the military denies any firing activity. Seismographs have logged some events.
Director William F. Bailey cites recession and harsher sentences for a 600 rise in NC prison population from Jan to mid February reaching 11 600. He notes 18 256 commitments last year and plans for 300 and 100 inmate expansions in Northampton and Cumberland counties.
Testimony in Sanford links Frank Wetzel to a 1957 Oldsmobile murder trail and notes he developed an urge to kill in Attica. Witnesses describe his flight from prison, escape from a New York mental facility, and detentions that led to a nationwide manhunt for the slayings of two North Carolina officers.
North Carolina Education Assn select s leaders for classroom teachers and principals. Mrs. R. S. Curtright heads the classroom group with several officers elected including Lois Lambie as vice president and Miss Mildred Mooneyhan as secretary treasurer. Glenn L. Robertson becomes classroom principals president. Ballots cast Feb 26 with canvassing completed.
Charlotte attorney Marvin Lee Ritch announced his candidacy for Congress against Charles Raper Jonas in Lincolnton. Ritch, a 44 year lawyer and former Mecklenburg House member, is the first Democrat to announce, saying the election should not be won by forfeiture. Jonas was renominated by the Lincoln Republican convention.
Gov Luther Hodges and Rep Hugh Alexander to appear at statewide Young Democrats Clubs rally in Salisbury North Carolina next Friday night. Gov Frank Clement of Tennessee will give the principal address at a ten dollar plate dinner with Arthur Vann of Durham on the program.
Two officers from Pensacola Naval Air Station were killed when their T28 trainer crashed on takeoff from Donaldson Air Force Base in Greenville South Carolina. Lt. Ag. Lyle Crockett Roberts 26 and Ens. Gorman Hanley 22 were on a Pensacola to Andrews AFB training flight when the aircraft disintegrated after climbing to about 200 feet. Wreckage was found two hours later in fog north of the base.
A thinned coat of a suitable sealant can shield interior brick surfaces from staining by moisture and dirt. The method emphasizes even application and drying times to maximize durability and cleanliness in living areas.
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