15 Mar 1959
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1959
Page
1
Dr. Dennis H. Cooke asked the High Point College board to relieve him of presidential duties and create a Director of Teacher Education position he would hold while remaining professor. He offered to stay as acting president until a successor is found by Sept. 1 and urged raises to fund the program.
Henderson North Carolina police probe possible strike related arson after a second blaze since Friday. The one story brick warehouse stored 350 bales of ginned cotton valued around 60000 with 100 bales burned and water damage to rest. No injuries reported.
In Raleigh this week the state may approve a compulsory polio immunization bill after Senate approval, aiming to require school entrants to be immunized. A second bill seeks an absentee civilian vote repeal, facing mixed support. Also on schedule are hearings on highway commission oversight and unrelated election laws.
High Point College trustees spent an all day session reviewing growth goals focusing on a leaner, steady expansion. The board approved naming Charles Amos trustee emeritus and invited Dr Gideon Humphreys to deliver May 31 commencement remarks while warning of a projected $400000 yearly funding shortfall within five years.
Two well dressed men and a woman asked a Des Moines man for lunch and drinks. Ray Hanrahan, the county attorney, refused and implied the men were unfamiliar with prohibition rules.
Washington AP Republicans task a 43 member program committee with drafting a statement of principles to attract independents and wavering Democrats. Chairman Charles F. Percy says consensus may not include all Republicans and notes a need to translate Republican principles to today’s language without compromising core values.
Mauri Rose Kirby, 17, finishes a 211 day flagpole sit dur ing a stay in a wooden hut atop a tower in Indianapolis. She endures temperatures to 13 degrees below zero and has a tooth pulled. She plans to dance first, choosing the Guitar Boogie Shuffle.
A UAR military spokesman reported three Iraqi aircraft entered Syrian air space about six miles and damaged an Arab vehicle with rockets and machine guns. The attack followed Iraq's revolt against Premier Kassem. Damascus had earlier claimed a village inside Syria was hit.
A detailed narrative of Jesus' mistreatment by guards and priests before dawn on Friday in Jerusalem, describing beatings, blindfolds, and questions about His power as dawn approaches and temple rites begin. The scene shifts to the Temple precincts with Levites, priests, and the slaughter of a sacrificial lamb signaling morning worship.
Washington AP report that President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan likely reach broad agreement this week on proposals for negotiating with the Soviet Union over German problems. Differences between the leaders are noted but main path appears convergent.
Washington lawmakers warn war over Berlin remains possible and urge frequent summit talks. Fulbright backs regular conferences and a harder line against yielding Berlin while Eisenhower and Macmillan prepare for a midsummer meeting with Khrushchev.
In Chicago the speaker at the United Presbyterian Men meeting argued the era of missionary colonialism is ending as Asian and African nations gain independence. He noted local churches arising from Western missions and warned against tying foreign aid to military aims, urging a shift in U.S. foreign policy toward national self-determination.
Pittsburgh AP report that Charles Zurbyrd then aged ten confessed to the 1956 murder of his mother Helen Zurbyrd, a Sewickley domestic maid. Police questioned over 1,500 people over two years. the boy described as moody. He said he found her body after a neighbor visit and that a hatchet was used.
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