26 Mar 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1957
Page
1
Raleigh Senate Judiciary 1 Committee favored early action on reapportionment measures. The plan would create a legislative reapportionment commission to redraw Senate and House seats after each federal census. The committee asked the Senate to calendar the measures for next Tuesday.
The Defense Command will see a reshuffle with a new chief to replace Admiral Arthur W. Radford on August 15 as the President confirms changes in senior defense leadership.
Secretary of State Dulles discusses United Nations troop roles in the Middle East. He weighs Egypt’s potential demand to remove U.N. forces from the ceasefire line and Israel’s insistence that U.N. troops position on its side of the Gaza Strip border as part of ongoing regional tensions.
The blizzard left 33 dead across Texas Illinois Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Indiana Missouri New Mexico and Iowa as thawing snow blocked roads and rails. Red Cross volunteers aided Texas Panhandle victims housed in a high school gym with hot meals after days of coffee and crackers. Train passengers faced hunger and health scares amid the Winter storm rescue efforts.
The author argues standards of piety blind many to broader spiritual duties. Salvation is a gift from God given to those who repent sins and dedicate their lives to God's creative service, yielding peace and eternal life.
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold, after talks with Nasser, plans to depart for New York as Western diplomats doubt a final agreement on Gaza buffer forces and Suez Canal control. Egypt seeks UN troops on both sides of the armistice line and Israeli withdrawal from the Auja zone, keeping the state of war to justify shipping bans.
Former French premier Edouard Herriot dies at his bedside after battles with heart and lung ailments. Pierre Cardinal Gerlier and Herriot’s wife were present. Herriot led France first in 1924 then again in 1926 and 1932, opposing WWI debt payments to the United States and supporting European unity efforts.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled public school teachers have no right to strike for higher pay. It upheld a Superior Court injunction that halted a two day Manchester strike and noted public employees generally lack the right to strike against the government. The teachers may appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
In a White House meeting President Eisenhower briefed on NATO defense strength and U.S. allied relations. Sen. Hennings said the possibility of transferring missiles to France was discussed.
Democratic leaders in Washington laid groundwork for a Jan 1 1958 income tax cut tied to reductions in President Eisenhower’s spending. The plan targets a 10 percent cut for individuals with six month later relief for business, while a Senate bill would extend corporate and excise levies to June 30 1958. White House aides said budget study continued with no immediate administration revision.
Dr. Goodrich C. Schaufler of Portland warned at the American Academy of General Practice that Americans suffer an almost insane sex preoccupation. He urged parents doctors and citizens to curb distorted views and protect children from excessive sex exposure and confusion.
Panama’s Foreign Minister Aquilineo Boyd opened a five day meeting sponsored by National University to discuss international waterways. The session focuses on preventing a recurrence of the Suez crisis in the Panama Canal Zone.
London case in which Dr. John Bodkin Adams, charged with the murder of patient Geoffrey Lawrence, appears shaken as Detective Adams testifies. The defense presses Adams on cremation certificate details while cross examiner Lawrence questions motive and will disinheritance.
Chowan College trustees in a special meeting named 36 year old Dr Bruce E Whitaker as president succeeding the late Dr F Orion Mixon Whitaker has taught at the University of Indiana Belmont College in Nashville Tenn and Shorter College in Rome Ga A native of Cleveland County he attended Wake Forest College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and since 1954 has served as secretary of the Baptist Student Union of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
Dave Beck refused to hand over his financial records to Senate rackets investigators and invoked the Fifth Amendment. He challenged the senators' jurisdiction and cited international union law over AFL CIO rules as a formal subpoena was served. Beck, 63, argued he could be charged under income tax laws and declined to comply.
Rapid City South Dakota a 12 year old boy Billy Willard admitted shooting his music teacher Miss Hammon as she drove away after a lesson The post mortem showed death from rifle fragments through the car rear window Billy after a juvenile court hearing was ordered to Yankton mental hospital for psychiatric examination
Watkins says the rights bill will take time and several meetings to clear the Senate. He notes lawmakers are deeply divided on the complex measure and vows persistent pressure to move it forward. Clarence Mitchell accuses Southern senators of deception and filibuster tactics during judiciary sessions.
A Philadelphia yearly meeting pamphlet argues the Fifth Amendment may be invoked when government power seems oppressive. It cautions against automatic guilt judgments and notes cases where innocent witnesses fear later charges. Prepared by Alan R. Hunt and Paul A. Lacey amid a Plymouth Meeting librarian controversy.
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