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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1956
Page
3
A weather map from AP Wire shows warmer conditions across the south including Arizona New Mexico Nevada and southern California with middle Atlantic and southern New England warmer in spots and cooler air in western Kansas and Nebraska.
The Associated Press reports clear and cool conditions across most of the eastern U S with light showers in scattered Midwest sections. A large rain belt stretches from Wisconsin to Washington with thunderstorms in the Northern Great Lakes and Northern Plains while California and western Texas see scattered showers. Rainfall totals reach up to 1 inch in some peninsular regions and temperatures rise 30 to 15 degrees above morning readings.
North Carolina forecast shows fair and cool conditions this afternoon with highs 70 to 74 in the southwest and 60s elsewhere. Tonight lows 42 to 46 in the north and 46 to 52 in the south with Thursday mostly fair and warmer.
An 8 mile stretch of NC 49 in Davidson County will be closed for 10 12 months for major reconstruction. Detours route east and west bound traffic via US 29 US 64 NC 27 and US 52 with signs at key junctions guiding motorists between Charlotte and Raleigh. Detours affect travel from Asheboro to Sal isbury and beyond.
Newton NC reports fire at Balls Creek Methodist campground destroys about 150 small wooden dwellings. The fire gnawed a large semicircle on the western side of the site established in 1853. Dwellings were individually owned and water access was scarce, with only a spring as source.
The Greensboro Woman's College Republicans plan a mock convention to nominate a candidate to oppose Adlai Stevenson, who led yesterday's Democratic convention. Stevenson's running mate is Sen. Stuart Symington, who won the ticket on the third ballot over Sen. Johnson and Sen. Kennedy amid party chatter.
State director of higher education Dr J Harris Parks departed on an educational fact finding tour to Charlotte and Atlanta. The trip will review community colleges and the operation of technical schools as North Carolina weighs creating more technical schools to attract industry.
A Davidson County man, Cletus P. Walser, freed on parole after a 17 to 22 year sentence for second degree murder of his wife in November 1951. Five other inmates, including Lacy Walls and Ella M Harper, were granted paroles in the latest release wave.
Washington The National Park Service proposes a 4.375 million dollar program to develop the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina. About 1.4 million would fund beach erosion work along 70 miles of coast and improve visitor facilities, roads, parking, and three museums while allowing up to four ocean fishing piers under private concession.
Dedication ceremonies marked the opening of Raleigh’s American Machine and Foundry research laboratory a 20000 square foot facility on the northern edge facing on A1 The lab focuses on electrical mechanical and electro chemical research The mechanical section claims the nation’s first filter tip attachment designed here.
The Raleigh based association announced a new president at its convention. The group selected Asheville as next year’s convention site with no dates set.
Newark N J Julius DeWitt Ratliff 39 was arrested by the FBI on a charge of unlawfully fleeing North Carolina to avoid prosecution. Ratliff was wanted for breaking into the home of Kanon Comin Nan in North Carolina three years ago and attempting a robbery.
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