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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1956
Page
1
Radio Budapest said the government campaign to end the nationwide general strike had some success but that terrorists kept workers from returning to many plants in Budapest and its suburbs. It urged those still idle to return Monday while noting a large portion had already reported back.
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Assn reports mills now produce enough news print for present needs through 1959. Afterward a shortage could arise unless mills plan expansion and foresters promote sound forestry and new plants. The committee urges five year planning for future supplies and notes potential price rise.
A Raleigh display opens to public view of Rembrandt works with a preview led by Gov. Hodges praising the cultural impact. The exhibit features etchings, 75 copper plates, and works by Rembrandt’s successors, teachers, and peers.
United Nations diplomats praise the U S stand against any intervention by volunteers in Egypt as a stabilizing factor in the Middle East. Acting Secretary of State Herbert Hoover Jr. told the General Assembly the United States backs U N efforts and would oppose Soviet volunteers in the area. Hoover warned that any such violation would force U N action with full U S support from President Eisenhower.
Representative Walter plans a trip to Austria with Joseph Swing to speed refugee admissions. About 5,000 Hungarians are to be admitted to the United States from camps housing 30,000. Preparations at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, aim to receive the first group next week.
Fourteen officers and tall members of the International Union of Mine Nail and Smelter Workers were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to defraud the government by filing false affidavits denying Communist party membership. Bond set at 5000 dollars each, warrants issued. Maurice Travis, 45, a former union president and secretary treasurer, is among the defendants.
Romanian chauffeur George Coman escapes with his family from a legation in Buenos Aires as guards stop them. A crowd pleads for the release of their 11 month old son held inside the legation. police intervene as the family bolts from Bucharest duties.
The Sunday Enterprise previews Thanksgiving customs now versus 50 years ago. Forrest Cates highlights High Point High School cheerleaders with a photo feature. Bob Marks profiles a local hammer man shaping laws and crafts. Ed Lane discusses Thomasville Civic Center closure and a Woman's Club funded restoration.
Docks from Miami to Tampa join West Coast ports as 60 000 ILA members strike halting more than 150 ships. NY and Gulf ports idle while talks resume. Government weighs Taft Hartley action if the walkout widens next week.
The moon will enter Earth's shadow tonight, creating a total eclipse visible across North and South America and parts of Europe and Africa. The event starts at 11 p.m. and ends at 4 35 a.m., the year’s only total lunar eclipse. No similar event will occur in the United States until 1960.
U N Secretary General Hammarskjold pressed Egyptian officials in Cairo on the role of a new international police force in the Suez Canal zone. Egypt insists U N troops must not take over canal occupation and backs immediate withdrawal of British French and Israeli forces. The talks followed Nasser’s meeting with Hammarskjold after his arrival, with the Egyptian press demanding U N supervision of withdrawal and quick removal of foreign troops.
GREAT LAKES Illinois A mother faces murder charges in the fatal shooting of her daughter at a dental office. Mrs Storm J Cooper 40 said she acted after her daughter sided with her estranged husband. Dr Roland A Cooper 42 employed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in the same building aided by police. The incident followed a 54% year marriage with a custody dispute over an adopted 3% year old boy Walter.
A coroner's operator will be held for the grand jury after a propane gas truck explosion at a depot in Herrin Illinois on October 18. The blast fed nine fatalities and injured four others while destroying five homes. Operator Scheffler was filling tanks nearby and was unhurt.
Conrad Miller says he is dumbfounded by embezzlement charges against his wife Virginia 35 who allegedly stole 140000 from Fugle Miller laboratories over three years while serving as book keeper She faced bail setting and a bond request while her assets undergo a search and a Meutchen bank safe deposit box is opened in pursuit of funds.
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