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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1957
Page
2
In Lynchburg Virginia C Snead Sharp attended Baptist Sunday school starting March 1901 and never missed a Sunday for 2,912 consecutive weeks spanning 56 years. His streak underscores steadfast devotion and daily faith at College Hill within the local Baptist community.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected tonight across the central and southern Plains interior Florida southeastern New York central Rockies northern New Mexico and Arizona with unsettled conditions. This forecast highlights likely rain events and regional variability.
The Associated Press reports worsening conditions across storm torn areas with tornadoes in Missouri and Kansas and flooding in Texas Arkansas Illinois and Ohio valleys. While past outbreaks killed 51 and injured nearly 300 this round sees new injuries and ongoing heavy rains threatening more floods.
In Pusan 43 new two family houses were handed over to 86 crippled South Korean veterans. Francis Cardinal Spellman donated 10000 dollars toward homes for spinal disease victims. U S soldiers in Korea and South Korean soldiers also contributed.
Partly cloudy warm and humid conditions across North Carolina this afternoon tonight and Friday with scattered afternoon thundershowers and evening showers in the mountains and widely scattered showers elsewhere. Highs in the 80s and lows around 68 to 72 in South Carolina with similar warm and unsettled weather and chances of afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
In Atlanta the first Negro mayoral runoff since Reconstruction ended with white businessman Jack Summers defeating T. M. Alexander 32,170 to 22,455 after a runoff that followed Alexander’s stronger May primary showing. Governor Marvin Griffin had urged black voters to back Summers. Summers did not raise the racial issue.
George Cornell reports that Billy Graham’s six week New York crusade at Madison Square Garden faces a $400000 funding gap after expected telecast and private gifts. Donations range from $100 to $50000 with total contributions near $400000. Graham warns of ongoing financial challenges as 587 attendees accepted Christ in eight nights.
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