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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1958
Page
5
South makes a risky one spade overcall and a two spade continuation. West opens clubs, South aims to make five spades with help from East and West. East concedes potential missteps but notes clever play and says next time give him the chance to err.
Detroit AP reports UAW members at three GM plants worked without a contract as Ford and Chrysler contracts expire Sunday midnight and GM’s previously expired contract. GM offered a two year extension which the UAW rejected, prompting gate checks for dues receipts and an International union contract also expiring. Negotiations paused with Monday talks planned and Reuther seeking a new meeting.
Mrs. Charles Anderson Jr. faces charges in two bank robberies at gunpoint totaling $2,900 the FBI says she committed from home. The arraignment saw her faint in her husband’s arms after release on bail as her family faces upheaval.
An investigation at Ivey Bluff Prison linked inmates Brewer Bowman Reeves Barbour and others to injuries among inmates and a fatal stabbing at Central Prison on July 30 last year. Motives cited include personal safety, work avoidance, or seeking privileges, plus a newspaper angle cited by Barbour. Sentences vary: Bowman seven to fifteen years. Brewer six to ten. Barbour three to four. Reeves three terms of five years for manslaughter.
Eleven states permit wagering on harness horses in the United States. The issue highlights growing interest in harness racing and betting regulation across jurisdictions.
A curious reader asks about marriage timing, love, lawsuits, health, inheritance, and personal fit. The message hints at directions to a location with landmarks near Greensboro and Orange, referencing streets and a turn choice as if guiding to a fortune teller or reading. The tone mirrors ad hoc prophecy briefs found in old newspapers.
New Orleans ends decades old segregated seating on buses and street cars as Supreme Court ruling takes effect. Dist. Judge Wright denied stay. city officials faced no violence and lines run smoothly. Mayor Morrison says appeals exhausted.
AP reports Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. won formal endorsement from Benjamin J. Davis of the Communist Party for re election. Powell plans to run as an independent Democrat after being dropped by his party for backing Eisenhower in 1956. Davis praised Powell as a symbol of Negro liberation and minority advocacy in Congress.
Greensboro will host direct dial long distance service enabling calls from Winston-Salem east to the coast and southeast to Wilmington. The project, with more than 30 million dollars in equipment, will put Greensboro as headquarters for the eastern area, while Charlotte will handle the Charlotte-Gastonia-Asheville section and a $1.2 million addition to the dial building is slated to begin this fall.
Buffalo will host the 1959 Women’s International Bowling Congress tournament bringing together women bowlers from multiple clubs and regions to compete for titles and honors at local lanes in a major national event.
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