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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1954
Page
2
Senate clash over remarks by McCarthy and Ervin focuses on alleged Communist links and Senate ethics. Ervin accuses McCarthy of moral and mental incapacity while McCarthy accuses critics of aiding subversion. Case shifts stance amid new evidence on Zwicker and Peress.
Democrat W Kerr Scott said he spent 50 in the campaign and received no contributions as he defeated Paul C Weat of Raleigh who reported 300 in expenditures. Sen Sam J Ervin of Morganton had no Republican opposition and listed 100 spent mainly on travel.
New York stocks rose in electrical, television and steel issues but showed a mixed overall tone. Trading remained active with about 3,080,000 shares changing hands as several notable names such as General Electric Radio Corp and Bethlehem Steel fluctuated, while unions like Union Carbide and DuPont held gains.
The General Board proposes a three million dollar goal for the 1956 Cooperative program with a six cent increase to the offering plate. Wake Forest College may shift operations to Winston-Salem, while Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation aims to boost its grant to the Forest to 500000 yearly. Building costs rise to about 525000 for a new state headquarters in Raleigh. Porter W. Routt of the Southern Baptist Convention spoke on achievements in the U.S. and 34 foreign nations.
A 16 year old neighbor, Larry Houk, testified about the day Mrs. Id Sheppard was found murdered. He described finding a blood stained wrist watch and key ring near the Sheppard house and said Mrs. Sheppard treated boys kindly at the clubhouse. The coroner’s testimony wrapped a phase of the case as the state prepared to call the lead coroner.
Nationalist leaders in Morocco call for a strike to protest French rule with days of shop closings to honor former Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef. In Tunisia clashes continue as French troops besiege rebels and hit farms while Adm. Radford tours Moroccan bases.
Hollywood reports the engagement of actress Eleanor Parker to artist Paul Clemens announced last night. Parker said they ran to be married and plan a future together in the film community.
Knowland warns of an atomic stalemate between 1957 and 1960 and labels Moscow’s pressure as an opera of nibbling. Smith says Eisenhower knows what is happening and supports reappraisals of foreign and military policy. Sparkman backs congressional review to shed light on the situation and questions coexistance as the only alternative to war.
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