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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1955
Page
5
The piece blends humorous vignettes and social observations from midcentury life. It notes school candy bans and a prune at recess, Ford Canada strike timing wagers, holidays on Mondays, and weekend cinema and club impacts. It cites Arizona’s growth and odors deodorizing claims alongside gas stations diversifying to retail goods.
W. M. Barbee named president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor AFL after Fink resigns due to ill health. Barbee, former first vice president, faces uncertain plans for August election. John Jarvis becomes first vice president and Robert C. Hice advances to membership on the executive.
Railroads and airlines led gains in a volatile New York market with mixed prices overall. Investors watched declines in several industrials as earnings and demand influenced daily swings, with notable strength in Seaboard, Southern Railway, American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines, and Du Pont.
Report details a Bayfield emergency last night as Capt Joslyn ordered ditching. Passengers and crew deployed life jackets and life rafts, with 20 Army observers aiding after the crash at 11 04 am. Survivors reached lifeboats and the sick bay within hours. missing include copilot Donald R Fowler pilot and flight engineer and David Darrow.
The ongoing telecommunication contract talks enter day 15 with a federal mediator to meet separately with each side. Cable sabotage report in Birmingham knocks out 1,000 lines while a female worker is fired after a court fined her for disorderly conduct. Union reps deny involvement as the labor dispute continues.
A note observes that snapping turtle eggs are tasty but do not boil as hard as chicken eggs. The statement contrasts textures and cooking outcomes between the two egg types.
The Associated Press reports at least 12 deaths over the weekend in North Carolina. Fatalities included Welton Frazier in Lakedale exposure. Amos Utley Jr. in Raleigh after a fight. two Raleigh victims shot and stabbed. Greensboro men exposed in 17 degree cold. Burlington and Zebulon deaths linked to alcoholism and exposure. a Marine pilot killed in Pamlico Sound. a Johnson County boy struck by a car. and multiple other fatalities from traffic and crashes.
Wilmington NC reports on the 151st convention of the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina to be held April 25 to 28. Proposals include expanding evangelism and missions and changes to ULCA constitution. The NC Synod is one of 39 ULCA synods.
The Carolina District of Key International concluded its three day annual convention in Columbia with a breakfast and training session for district officers. More than 400 top high school pupils from North and South Carolina attended the morcy program. Stokes of Florence was elected the new district governor.
In Karachi 59 year old Ghulam Mohammed, backed by the army, declared a nationwide state of emergency. He merged western provinces into West Pakistan and renamed East Bengal to East Pakistan. He also invalidated 35 of 46 acts the federal court had struck down and assumed budgetary power to integrate dissolved assembly measures into a future constitution.
Dr. Paul Niehans, Swiss glandular specialist who aided Pope Pius XII during illness, has been nominated for membership in the pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City.
Britain fears a U S China clash over Matsu and Quemoy while Eisenhower faces pressure to take a firmer stand. Officials weigh four power talks as Bulganin signals interest and France ratifies armaments pacts linking Germany to NATO.
Serve ready prepared tomato sauce over hot meatless loaf slices. This treatment perks up an old standby.
Negro school teachers from across the state arrive Thursday afternoon to register for the 74th annual North Carolina Teacher Association convention. Speakers include Dr. Kenneth B. Clark of City College of New York and Nathan Yelton of the State Teachers and Employees Retirement System. Division meetings are set for Friday with sessions ending Saturday noon.
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