Auto Demolished as Teen Driver Escapes Injury
A 16 year old town resident narrowly escaped injury when his car crashed at 9 15 p m on West Chester Drive and was destroyed. He was examined at High Point Memorial Hospital with no injuries found. Rich ard G Wright 17 was charged with speeding. Several weekend accidents followed, with minor injuries and various damage totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rt. 4
Thomasville
Richard G. Wright
Westchester Drive
Young Wright
Rt. 1
Kernersville
S. Main Street
Sateday
Virginia Mae Holt
High Point Memorial Hospital
Andrew Willard Pogue
E. Farriss Avenue
Carl Eugene Walls
Walls
Amos Lee Falkenburt
Flint Street
Hubert Andrew Costner
Costner
Centennial Avenue
Harold Etheridge Driggers
Jerry Wayne
Odell
Belmont Avenue
Driggers
E. Fairfield ‘Avenue
Roy Michael Branscom
Center Avenue
Branscom
E. Lexington Avenue
Raeford Duncan
Mangum Avenue
Henry Rufus Martin
Emerywood Apartments
Martin
Duncan
Jay Elwood Cox
Rt.3
High Point
John Julian Anderson
Grand Avenue
Colt Lee Belo
Daniel Brooks
E. Fairfield Road
W. Fairfield Road
Larry Clayton Cole
Cole
McKinnon
Powers Hero Returns Home for Celebration in Coal Town
Oliver Powers and his five daughters join a homecoming for POW Richard Powers who spent years in prison. The event in a Wise County coal town featured a color guard, school bands, and remarks from Milligan College officials and local mayors. Powers joked about horseback rides and learning Russian in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Oliver Powers
Norton
Washington
Grundy High School
E. K. Smith
Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dean E. Walker
Milligan College
Milligan
Appalacha
Wise
Pound
Coeburn
Big Stone Gap
Wise County Board of Supervisors
Virginia
Prisoners Protest Parole Board Provisions at Green Haven
Warden Edward Fay reports inmates at Green Haven Prison remain in cells and fed while protests focus on a bill that would guarantee five days off per month or a year off a six year term for good behavior and program compliance, with continued Parole Board control over actual release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fay
Green Haven
Stormville
Parole Board
Lent Prayer Invitation From Prominent American
A daily Lent prayer feature invites readers to join a prominent American in a morning prayer. The text thanks God for new day tasks and opportunities, urging focus on present action to shape a worthy life. Distributed through The Laymen's National Committee by Newspaper Enterprise Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clarence Poe
Dow Jones Averages By Noon and Close
The bulletin lists Dow Jones indices with values for 11 am and 12 noon and the closing figures. Industrials at 714.44, Rails not shown, Utilities at 129.90, Stocks 234.59, with volume updated from 720,000 to over 3 million.
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NEW York
Curtiss Wright Thee
Air Mills Eee
Douglas Aircetter
DuPont
Associated Press
Duke Power Eee
Railsmastman Kodak
Firestone Rubber
Theford Motor
Gen Foods Etter
Gen
Gen Tel & Tel
Goodrich
Goodyear T & A
Ford
Greyhound
Gulf Oil Corp
Air-Int Tel & Tel
Kayser-Roth
Kennecott Cop
U.S
Ligett & Myers
Goodyear
Lockheed Air
Lorillar
Union
NY Central
North West
Dow Jones
No Am Avia
Gli
Pennsy
Phillips Petr
Radio Corp Desese
Rep Stl
Am Can Co. Seveee
Reynolds Teb
Am Motors Eee Ween
Sears
Sperry Corp
Eee
Atch
T & SF
Std Brands
Atl Coast Line
Calif Seereers
Atl Refining
Indee
Avco Cp
Std Oil NJ Eee Ee Eens
Balt & O Stevens J P
Bendix Corp
Western Md
Western Union
Bache & Co
Accident damages noted in Cotton speed failure case
Cotton failed to reduce speed in time to avoid a collision. Vehicle damage was listed as 900 dollars to the McKinnon vehicle and 450 dollars to the Cole car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinnon
Cole
High Pointers See Interest In Safety At Conference
Industrial leaders from High Point attended the President's Conference on Occupational Safety in Washington. About 3,500 delegates heard remarks from Vice President Johnson and others. Francis E. White and W. S. Petree joined Dr. Harold T. Jarrell in praising the event and urging broad education to prevent accidents and improve worker safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Washington
Harold T. Jarrell
W. S. Petree
Melrose Hosiery Mill
Francis E. White
Myrtle Desk Co
Petree
Lyndon Johnson
Leroy G. Cooper Jr
Arthur Goldberg
Dr. Jarrell
Jarrell
United States
Berlin talks follow U.S. Soviet dinner conference
Rusk and Home held a private dinner with Gromyko and Tsarapkin in central Pacific hotel. They discussed Berlin incidents including a border guard shooting, snow scattering by Soviet planes, and increased Soviet air traffic. Western informants fear a provocation to trigger a four power air safety center showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pacific
U.S
Berlin
Rusk
Gromyko
Semyon Tsarapkin
Home
East Germany
Berlin Airways
Allied ii
Fourteen African Women Strip in Lusaka Protest
In Lusaka Northern Rhodesia fourteen African women staged a naked protest at a white political campaign office shouting Kwacha and nationalist slogans. They demanded that banners be lowered and were taken away by police after the office manager reported gross indecency. The demonstrators are part of the African United National Independence party seeking African rule and secession from the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
Freedom
African United National Independence Party
Probe at Binghamton City Hospital Amid Deaths in 1959
In 1959 the hospital then named Binghamton City faced a probe after a woman cancer patient died from a radiation overdose. The hospital administrator charged the chief radiologist with incompetence and misconduct and suspended him and his assistant. They were reinstated but later left the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton City
Behan Released After Dublin Street Knockdown
Irish playwright Behan discharged from Dublin hospital after being struck by a car on Friday. Behan said he was feeling fine and fully recovered by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
Brendan Behan
Behan
Montgomery Ward manager and family escape from gunmen
In Pontiac Michigan a Montgomery Ward store manager L M Gillain his wife Blanche and son Donald escaped after a trio of gunmen held them at gunpoint and tried a store robbery. A guard alerted police via a call from a gas station as two gunmen fled into a field and a third disappeared from the home invasion. Police searched the area with over 30 officers as survivors recounted the terrifying events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery Ward
Gillain
Detroit
Pontiac, Mich
Ascar
Montgomery Ward & Co
Posntson
L. M. Gillain
Bloomfield Township
Blanche
Donald
Waterford Township
Fied
Robert McLaughlin
Ann Arbor
Telegraph Road
Elizabeth
Storm Bringing Federal Aid Sought for Outer Banks Damage
EFFORTS personnel report damage from the sudden storm in the Nags Head area and Hatteras Island, noting no loss of life. Bonner calls the storm catastrophic and urges Washington to begin federal assistance, with SBA loan operations to start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nags Head
Hatteras Island
National Seashore
Bonner
Washington
Small Business Administration
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Mear
J. C. Penney
Pr. Cl
Mar
Grace Flower Shop
Giffy Car Wash
W. Broad ST
Merita Bakery
Behan Fine
Beauty
Adoria Beauty Salon
Main ST. PH
Rogers Coffee
International Silver
Frigidaire
Gfiral Motors
Beeson
N. Wrenn St
General Motors
Wood-Armfield Furniture CO
Main ST
Pinkham
E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
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