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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1957
Page
2
France quits NATO talks over arms deliveries to Tunisia and an unacceptable condition. Jean Chauvel reports to Britain’s Lloyd about the Anglo American decision and the French protest voiced in London. A British spokesman said no immediate reply was given.
New York stocks surged after a Fed discount rate cut to 3 percent, adding about 4.59 billion to listed equities by noon. The midday AP index rose to 156.00 as rails and utilities led gains, with heavy early trading and some price declines later in the session.
Allen Kimbrough 81 father of Luther Kimbrough of this city died Thursday at his home 435 N Trade St Statesville after a year of declining health Funeral services will be held Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Davidsonville Baptist Church Route 21 North Statesville Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A Superior Court jury cleared High Point contractor H. D. Clodfelter of liability for burns suffered by Roy Pridgen. Pridgen claimed Clodfelter was his contractor and responsible for $7,900 in damages after plastic cement ignited while Pridgen applied a kitchen counter cover. Clodfelter argued Pridgen was not his employee and that the accident resulted from Pridgen’s own negligence.
Police linked James Wetzel to warrants for firearms theft at Barnesboro Pennsylvania and unlawful transport of a stolen 1957 Oldsmobile from Bradford Pennsylvania. The car, used in slayings, was found in Chattanooga. Wetzel, jailed and released through New York reformatories, reportedly sought Mississippi to help free brother William Wetzel from Parchman Prison where he faces death for a rival inmate killing.
The article notes a 1955 start date for a harsher punishment replacing the electric chair. It states that under Mississippi law a condemned person sentenced before the change may choose between the two methods, highlighting the legal transition and options available to the doomed convict.
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