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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
1
A morning report of a downed burning plane near Raleigh triggered a fruitless search and fueled false rumors of a large airliner crash. Airlines checked their in flight aircraft as airport spokesmen offered cautious updates.
A woman from Muskogee Oklahoma traveled hundreds of miles to reclaim three violins believed worth over 200000 dollars. Detective Captain Frank Gibson noted one violin carried the name Anna Fasius Stradivarius with carved initials, while papers in hand claimed two Stradivarius violins were genuine with appraisals in New York and Chicago.
The piece compares pruning plants to trimming moral and spiritual branches. It urges removing material excess, jealousy, and hatred to let love grow, and notes prayer aids the pruning process to prevent spiritual infection.
Final congressional approval appeared likely next week for proposed reactors at Elk River Minnesota Parr Shoals South Carolina and Piqua Ohio. AEC officials told a Senate House subcommittee they are ready to sign final construction contracts once approved.
Lebanon seeks an urgent Security Council meeting to allege interference by President Nasser's United Arab Republic in its ongoing two week civil conflict. Council president Charles Ritchie plans consultation with 10 members. Arab League in Cairo weighing timing. UAR denies claim. US ally stance under Eisenhower Doctrine noted.
In Memphis story, 4-year-old Ronnie Presley of Louisville Mississippi eats for first time after esophagus repair. Surgeons rebuilt his esophagus using a 14 inch section of his large intestine. A feeding tube placed earlier is to be removed once he learns to eat normally.
A civilian military junta in Algiers declared a revolutionary government for Algeria and demanded Gen Charles de Gaulle return to lead a French government of public safety. The group vowed to stay in power until De Gaulle commands in Paris and to keep Algeria tied to France.
The Southern Baptist Convention approves changes to strengthen the Executive Committee and form a fully representative inter agency council with advisory powers. The council will coordinate boards and divisions and issue guidance, though cannot issue orders, to avoid a centralized board.
Greensboro report identifies Elbert Spencer Smith as the brains behind the Stokesdale Commercial Bank robbery. Emanuel Upshaw, captured after a 36 hour chase, says Smith planned the job and supplied the gun and getaway car, with loot recovered in multiple spots near Stokesdale.
Investigators probe a Nike base near Middletown New Jersey after an Ajax missile explosion killed ten people including six soldiers and four civilians. Three were injured, two servicemen survived a 20 foot pit, and officials say the accident could not happen but did. The missiles were to be replaced next year by Her les missiles.
National Guard takedown in Panama City as President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr. faces a general strike and student rioting. Eight people were killed including three teenage students, 61 wounded, and downtown streets barricaded while U.S. Canal Zone police kept spillover in check. An American officer was lightly wounded by a stray bullet.
Astra Inc a physics engineering firm focused on atomic energy and space age applications plans to move its principal office to North Carolina’s Research Triangle around July 1 from Milford Connecticut Gov Hodges announced. The company will be housed in leased space in Raleigh with plans to relocate to the central Triangle research park near Durham and Chapel Hill. Astra president J Frank Coneybear described space age services and noted engineers have experience in peaceful atomic energy development. This move marks the first research corporation brought into North Carolina via the Governor’s Research Triangle Committee.
Senator A S Monroney and United Airlines representative Carl Christensen endorsed the five point White House plan after an inquiry into recent military civil collisions that killed 61 people. They urged round the clock performance to eliminate dangers and noted the airways modernization board program.
In Chicago a housewife balks at higher pork prices yet buys the loin half and other cuts. The American Meat Institute notes meat costs are up about 25 percent from a year ago, but still a bargain against total food costs. Weather and rain affect cattlemen, with lush grass and plentiful feed slowing market shipments and boosting weights.
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