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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1956
Page
8
New York trading held steady with gains for some leaders while many small losses dot the list. Volume ran about three million shares, below Friday's record, as rails, oils, steels and aircrafts showed activity. The Associated Press 60-stock average rose to 185.70 at noon, with several major names like American Can, Dow Chemical and General Motors trading higher or mixed.
Legislators across North and South Carolina signaled support for a voluntary approach amid party tensions. Democratic members named include North Carolina’s Bonner Fountain Barden Durham Carlyle Alexander Woodrow Jones and Shuford along with South Carolina’s Rivers Riley Dorn Ashmore Richards and McMillan. Industry stock figures listed show diverse corporate performance with United Aircraft, Westinghouse, U S Steel and other major companies posting varying percentages.
At least seven people died violently in North Carolina over the weekend. Samuel Clarence Justus Jr. 24 of near Hendersonville died when his car struck a heavy truck and plunged down Walnut Mountain eight miles north of Marshall. Thomas Goforth 49 of Asheville, the truck driver, was not hurt. Ridney Anne Lester 14 a Graham High School student died when a car she rode in overturned on a rural road in Alamance County. Annie M. Jones Hart 65 burned to death in a fire that destroyed her frame home near Lenoir. William Edward Yarbor 27 of Sanford Route 6 was struck and killed by an Atlantic Coast Line freight train near Olivia. Coroner Grover Henderson said he apparently fell between the tracks and slept as the train passed. Carl Baxter Burris 38 Virginia resident killed when his car left Highway 27 near Albemarle. Fred Carl Chisley 27 of Draper died in a head on collision near Spray. Charles Glenn Smith 21 of Greenville Route 1 died when his car wrecked on a rural road in Beaufort County.
Moscow reports that American churchmen visiting the Soviet Union were invited to tour Tallinn the Estonian capital, with possible stops in Kiev and Leningrad. The meeting marked the first between the Russian Patriarch and American clergy since the Bolshevik era, as negotiations continue with Metropolitan Nikolai.
Secretary of State Dulles landed in Jakarta for a 24 hour stopover to confer with President Soekarno. Indonesian youths shouted anti SEATO slogans while most of the 80 million residents appeared indifferent. Police arrested a dozen demonstrators after a purple paper was thrown at Dulles as his car left the airport.
Aboard the Forrestal at Guantanamo Bay the Navy disclosed the United States will deploy the 70 000 ton carrier to the Mediterranean next January after shakedown changes. Capt. Roy L. Johnson said brief trials will precede joining the 6th Fleet with about 80 planes in its air wing.
A special committee appointed to investigate friction between faculty and Woman's College Chancellor Edward Kidder Graham began new sessions in Greensboro. The inquiry, chaired by William Friday, runs through today and tomorrow with a findings report due Friday.
Gen I D White commander of the 8th Army in Korea and U S Army Far East forces will address graduates of the U S Military Academy at the annual dinner in Seoul. White is an alumnus of Norwich University Northfield Vermont.
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