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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1956
Page
3
Governor Hedges designates tomorrow as Thanksgiving Day in North Carolina in a proclamation praising harvest blessings and the nation’s democratic and Christian heritage amid global dissension and conflict.
Iran Le roy Wright, 36, prisoner at Davie County Prison Camp for Negroes, appeared at a hearing to challenge confinement as he claims he is white. He pleaded guilty to fornication after bigamy charges. Two juries failed to resolve whether his race warrants placement in a white or Negro camp. He was sentenced Oct. 18 to a two-year term.
In Gastonia North Carolina Superior Court Judge Hugh Campbell will sentence John D. Lunsford 22 and Ralph Boldin 25 who pleaded guilty to attempting to rape 16 year old beauty queen Starlene McKeehan and injuring her friend after accepting a ride on May 13.
The Greensboro school board unanimously approved Dudley Negro High School use of the Greensboro Senior High School gym on dates not conflicting with the white school schedule. This marks a shared use arrangement for next year on the white high school court.
Five year old Cynthia Edwards of Greenville has died after a battle with leukemia. Her story drew global support with letters gifts and postcards from Germany and South America. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at Bull Creek Baptist Church near Mars Hill North Carolina. She is survived by her parents a brother grandparents and great grandparents.
Kannapolis police report an 80 year old man M L File struck and killed on U S 29 when two racing cars hit him. Jack Thomas Miller 19 held on 5000 bond with charges pending. Dweard Council McKnight 18 in critical condition at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Two passengers injured. Miller swerved to dodge then struck McKnight’s car and hit File launching him into the air.
A Dallas writer explains Texas may celebrate Thanksgiving on November 22 or 29 due to a long legal drift. The piece traces FDR 1939 and Congress 1941 moves, Texas Legislature choices, and local opinions from Wick Fowler to Waco mayor D T Hicks.
Senator Clifford Case proposes a United Nations agency to keep world attention on Hungary. He argues observers would reveal Communist secrets if allowed, but he doubts the puppet Hungarian government will permit UN inspectors.
About 400 North Carolina Farm Bureau officials closed their annual meeting with officer elections and policy recommendations. Speakers included Marvin L. McLain Sen W Kerr Scott and Rep Harold D. Cooley as the group honored Dean W. Colvard and Mrs. John B. Chase for distinguished service to agriculture.
The Associated Press reports North Carolina and Virginia tobacco markets fluctuated yesterday with prices up in the Old Belt and down in the Middle Belt. Old Belt prices rose to as high as $2 per hundred pounds on about half the leaf. Middle Belt values fell to between 50 cents and $5 on poorer grades. Five Middle Belt markets remained open and Fuquay-Varina closed the season with Monday totals showing Virginia markets at 4,261,652 pounds averaging $54.43, Carolina at 3,938,804 pounds averaging $48.29, and Eastern North Carolina Belt two markets open at 1,282,238 pounds averaging $38.29.
A New York policeman testified in the Victor Riesel acid attack case naming Gondolfo Miranti near the scene. Patrolman Edward Grant described Miranti driving the wrong way on a one way street and offering a tip, with the driver later identified by a shove of the shoulder. The government alleges Miranti and two others acted as go-betweens for Abe Telvi in the April 5 assault on the labor columnist.
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