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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1956
Page
1
In Flint Michigan a gunman shot and killed two state troopers George Lappi and Bert Pozza during a rural home call. A third trooper Rob ert Vesey was wounded in a 45 minute siege before Harry Richards 63 was driven from his home by police.
Unique Floor Show in Edmonton reports five fire engines rushing to suppress a barbecue pit blaze that scorched beef and disrupted service last night while patrons praised the floor show as a redeeming feature despite the overcooked steaks.
The piece recalls the hardships of early settlers who lacked modern tools and comforts such as kerosene lamps and hand pumps. It notes their long labors and slow aging, and questions how they found cause to thank for prosperity while acknowledging that their success came with divine providence.
First Lt. Lyle Edward Brinkoetter, of Decatur Illinois, faced a general court martial at Fort Bragg on charges including mass punishment of enlisted personnel, illegal restriction of personnel, and making a false report to the battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel James W. Powers. The prosecution says Brinkoetter claimed he had the names of every man deficient for inspection and that restrictions were for inspection, a statement deemed false, and it alleges an unscheduled road march was imposed.
New Delhi officials say India brands Britain France and Israel as aggressors in Egypt while calling Soviet intervention in Hungary an interference. Nehru stresses withdrawing foreign troops in both crises and public concern over the Middle East grows. Reds welcome Nehru’s Hungary stance as a possible way out of their dilemma.
London reports that Prime Minister Eden is ordered to rest by his doctors due to severe overstrain. R A Butler chaired a cabinet meeting in Eden's absence as Britain faces Middle East crises and political strain within the Conservative government.
Washington officials warned the Suez Canal obstruction may raise gasoline and fuel oil prices in the United States though they stressed that rationing will not be needed. ODM officials reiterated the no rationing pledge as Western Europe trims travel and faces fuel limits. Some industry sources expect possible small increases in fuel oil prices while U.S. stocks remain ample and production plans exist to boost output if required.
India and two other Asian neutrals backed UN moves for on the spot checks in Hungary. Ceylon and Indonesia joined to urge admission of UN observers while Hungary allowed relief groups, not the head of the relief mission. Nehru cited Soviet troops in Hungary against Hungarians. Lodge Jr. said Russia deported 16,000 people in boxcars from Budapest.
Gen Alfred Gruenther handed over supreme command of NATO forces in Europe to Gen Lauris Norstad at Supreme Allied Headquarters near Paris. Norstad pledged strength to meet Soviet pressure while Gruenther urged continued faith in the alliance as 450 million NATO countrymen stay united.
Vienna reports say disturbances broke out in Bromberg and other Polish cities after Gomulka and the Kremlin signed an agreement preserving Soviet troops. Crowds greeted Gomulka in Warsaw while observers note no troop withdrawal provision was included.
A reflection notes that children enjoy attending school but dislike long days, suggesting a preference for shorter hours and more engaging routines to improve daily learning experiences.
Sixty Hungarian refugees fleeing Soviet repression travel toward homes in the United States as American officials push to move about 5,000 across the Atlantic. The Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration charters a DC4 from Vienna to McGuire AFB New Jersey via Munich, with a second plane planned from Linz. Austrian police report 43,808Hungarians crossed into Austria since the Soviet crackdown.
Scientists from Stanford UC Utah State Agricultural College and the University of Utah prepare to detonate 600000 pounds of explosive to topple a million tons of cliff rock at the Great Salt Lake. They aim to time the blast to the thousandth of a second to study Earth's crust thickness and expect West Coast seismographs to record the event from 700 miles away.
A Pacific born storm dumped up to 18 inches in Colorado's eastern farmlands and spread freezing rain and snow toward Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Nebraska and Iowa. Snow totals included Fort Morgan 16 inches Akron 12 Hugo and Sterling 6 with subzero readings across Wyoming Colorado and nearby regions as warming winds moved east ahead of the cold front.
U S Senator W Kerr Scott urged immediate drastic action to cut tobacco production for next year. Speaking to the North Carolina Farm Bureau he pressed doubling soil bank funds for tobacco and considered new controls beyond acreage limits to curb output.
United Nations reports show Secretary General Hammarskjold seeking a way to remove the U.N. police from the Suez Canal zone after a British French withdrawal. Britain France and Israel stand firm while Egypt presses for immediate withdrawal and U.N. troop takeovers. The canal clearance plan involves framing security arrangements and negotiating responsibilities with firms handling the wreckage cleared channel.
Americans under Navy command established the first polar winter camp at the South Pole with 11 sled dogs and 2 C47 Dakota landings. Lt Richard A Bowers leads Seabees to set up survival shelters for scientists heading to endure the IGY research season. Rear Adm George Dufek previously led a historic airplane landing at the pole.
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