28 Mar 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
1
A pair of blasts rocked a warehouse near Mexico City’s international airport. Firemen rushed to the scene as windows shattered in airport buildings and nearby streets clogged with noonday traffic. Casualties and the scale of the disaster are still being assessed.
Article notes Western powers will not abandon Suez as a key oil route. Proposals include pipelines via Turkey or southern Israel and larger tankers circumventing Africa. Demand for Middle East oil rises, with shipments expected to double in a decade, while canal capacity could be expanded by widening and deepening.
Bonne by R. L. DIEFFENBACHER argues nature’s changes and human efforts to block them. He warns sin beats on mankind’s paths, yet God provides forgiveness and a path to resist temptation for personal peace.
Detroit police trace a 12 year old girl who secretly bought dogs with money found in a jacket. Her father distrusted banks and kept savings in a strongbox, which funded taxi trips to kennels and purchases totaling $1,095 for dogs.
London defense and prosecution clash over Dr. John Bodkin Adams case as Dr. Arthur Douthwaite testifies that Mrs Edith Morrell exceeded life expectancy after a stroke. Defense reveals pre case morphine injections and hints at earlier treatment by another doctor.
The Lutheran missionary Rev. Paul A. Mackensen of Baltimore Md was freed after a five year sentence and will stay in China if work is available. Four other Americans remain under house arrest in Shanghai or jailed in Chinese prisons. several Catholic missionaries face release deadlines in June 1958. Additional Americans include Robert W McCann Hugh F Redmond Richard C Fecteau and John T Downey with Downey and Fecteau linked to a 1950s Korea war incident.
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrives in New York after Cairo talks with Egyptian President Nasser. He plans further discussions with UN diplomats and representatives from Brazil, Ceylon, Colombia, India, and Pakistan as part of a Middle East advisory group. Egypt insists on no foreign supervision of the Suez Canal.
London Prime Minister Macmillan summoned his Cabinet to address two major strikes endangering economic recovery. Employers consider direct talks with strike leaders while the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions plans to add 500000 engineering workers to a growing walkout.
Dr. Lewis Smith of Dallas warns that many laboratory tests are inaccurate or biased by low pay for medical technologists. He cites a three state survey showing 42 to 62 percent of tests for blood measures fall outside acceptable accuracy and notes consequences for treatment and patient outcomes.
Secretary of Defense Wilson dismissed a plan to haul reporters before grand juries to reveal leak sources and rejected proposals to limit interviews to approved sessions with monitors. He cited existing laws and Justice Department authority and warned against censorship.
At Parris Island South Carolina Marine Lt William C Conroy faces a general court martial on charges of conduct unbecoming a officer and a man and assault against Pvt David L Porter Porter accused Conroy two weeks ago of striking him Walsh a key witness in the Walsh recruit mistreatment case Conroy from Queens New York is relieved from duty but not under arrest Porter awaits disposition of the charges Walsh faces a reduced sentence of one month with rank reduction and fine Maj Gen Joseph C Burger has Walsh case for further review Brig Gen Wallace Greene at Parris Island referred it to Burger No trial date yet and defense counsel will be Lt Charles Washburn and Lt George Guenther
Reno city attorney Sam Fran covich charges the airport breaks a forgotten ordinance banning landings and takeoffs within city limits. He notes the airport was annexed two years ago and asserts ongoing noncompliance.
Senate investigators move from public to private inquiry into Beck the Teamsters leader as he heads toward Seattle. McClellan says Beck will remain a focus with further testimony possible. Beck vows to testify in court while planning IRS actions and refuses AFL CIO Council meeting participation.
Iranian police and military units pursue bandits who ambushed an American party near Khash on the Gulf of Oman. Four people were killed and two women and three men missing as authorities call the assailants led by a 60 year old figure Dadshah.
London moved the ending of H-bomb tests to the top of the U N disarmament subcommittee agenda as Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin urged immediate halt. Western members reluctantly agreed to begin with conventional armaments while Moscow pressed for a broader nuclear test ban.
A North Carolina bill to widen slum clearance powers sailed through a House committee with little opposition. It would authorize cities and towns to condemn and rehabilitate or resell slum areas when two thirds of area buildings are substandard, extending beyond the current 25 000 population limit. Support came from the North Carolina League of Municipalities City Attorney Jack Elam of Greensboro and sponsor Rep. D G Bell of Carteret.
High Point wholesale bakers raised loaf prices by one or two cents with Tuesday and Wednesday implement. Tip Top Bakers and Merita Bakery report increases on all volume breads and variety items amid rising costs including wrapping, while some other bakeries buck the trend.
New York and New Jersey commuters face disruption as Hudson and Manhattan Railroad trains halt at 7 a.m. today after a walkout by five unions of nonoperating employees affecting about 65 000 riders daily. Trustee Herman A Stichman appealed to the National Mediation Board for a presidential fact finding board to delay action for 60 days. no immediate reply.
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