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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1957
Page
2
A visiting photographer William Stacey confessed to fatally stabbing Darlene Todd, 16, mother of one and pregnant, in her North Side apartment. A coroner's jury ordered him held for grand jury on murder charges as details emerged of the alleged attack and earlier photographs he took of the infant.
The nation experiences snow in parts of the East and Virginia to New Jersey. heavy rain from the Gulf Coast to the Middle Atlantic. up to two inches of snow in Flat Top and Martinsburg Virginia. Cold air pushes east from Texas Panhandle while Florida enjoys 80 degree warmth.
Jodrell Bank England Nov 1. The carrier rocket of Sputnik I circled toward earth but avoided disintegration in atmospheric friction. British scientists at the world’s largest radio telescope halted the craft by radar at 6 10 p m 1 10 p m EST after a day of sky scans. Lovell said the rocket may last several days though he would be surprised if it did. He noted the position remains uncertain but nearer with each rotation. Mullard Observatory Cambridge said the rocket was visible to the naked eye over that city.
The R. J. Reynolds High School Auditorium hosts the annual Thanksgiving Eve Gospel Sing at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by the Winston Salem Optimist Club the program features the Chuck Wagon Gang of Fort Worth Calvin Newton of Atlanta Big Jim Watts of Atlanta and the Harvesters Quartet of WBT WBTV Charlotte.
One day old Marvin Andy Snider died at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem shortly after noon yesterday. He was the son of Marvin A. and Wanda Lee Lanier Snider of 1516 North Hamilton Street. He is survived by his parents two sisters Eppie Gaye and Emily Lanier Snider and grandparents W N Lanier of Seagrove and R F Snider of Churchland. Graveside services will be held today at 2 30 p.m. at Floral Garden Park Cemetery conducted by Rev. Robert G Tuttle. The body will remain at Koonce Funeral Home until the service.
Snow flurries are forecast today for extreme northern Plains upper Mississippi Valley Great Lakes area northern Appalachians and higher regions of the northern Rockies. Rain is expected along the central Gulf coast and Tennessee River Valley. Temperatures will be colder in the northern Rockies central Plains and Lakes region and warmer across the mid Atlantic and much of the south and southwest.
Washington officials reported a detailed study session between U S atomic and defense leaders and British counterparts on expanding cooperation in nuclear and military fields. The talks follow Eisenhower and Macmillan October statements backing closer allied collaboration and the amendment to the Atomic Energy Act. Attending were Lewis L. Strauss EC De Defense Donald A Murphy and Robert Murphy from the US side and Sir Edwin Plowden and Sir Richard from Britain.
The Baptist State Convention forms a Committee of 17 led by Dr. W. R. Wagoner to study campus spiritual life and fraternities at Baptist colleges. First meeting planned in December with a mandate to report findings and recommendations to the convention. Observers expect Wake Forest College fraternities to be a major focus.
In Teaneck New Jersey a chaotic auction of Al Anastasia’s household goods drew over a thousand bidders and witnesses, as shelves toppled and a brawl erupted with several items seized by police to prevent a fire hazard while IRS claims loomed.
An elderly couple, both widowed, married today at the Baptist Home For the Aged in North Carolina. He is 78 and she is 76. they had not planned to remarry until meeting in the home. McDowell has four children and his bride two stepchildren.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Nettie Stout Draughn at 3 p.m. in High Point Friends Meeting House with Reverends Haworth and Robbins officiating. Interment follows at Floral Garden Park. Also in Thomasville Clavis Burton Cecil, 57, rout e4, died after a long illness and funeral services were held at Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Mrs. Mattie Gurley Simmerson 77 of 1013 B Lindsay St died Friday at 9 30 p.m. in High Point Memorial Hospital after two days as a patient. Born December 17 1879 in High Point she was married to James M Simmerson in 1902. he died in 1938. She ran an alterations shop and was a member of Magdalene Rebekah Lodge No 34 IOOF and First Baptist Church. Surviving: son James M Simmerson Jr of West Palm Beach Fla daughter Mrs Clara S Dean of Winston Salem eight grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Funeral services and interment in Oakwood Cemetery. body at Sechrest Funeral Home until services.
The world's largest bivalve, the giant clam, grows to four feet long and about 600 pounds, showcasing remarkable size for the species. The finding highlights extraordinary marine life dimensions and species records.
Joseph B. Sochrin 68 of 1010 Lindsay St died Saturday at 6 15 PM after a short illness. He was born in Russia March 20 1889 and lived in High Point 38 years after moving from Greensboro. He ran a shoe repair shop on E Commerce St retired two years ago. Survived by wife Mary Rose two sons Sidney and Leo and one grandchild. Funeral at 3 PM at Sechrest Chapel with Rabbi Herbert Silberman officiating, burial in Hebrew Cemetery Winston Road.
Local directors of Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc. at Charlotte announced the regular quarterly dividend on the preferred stock of 1.375 dollars a share payable December 31 to holders of record December 20. They also declared a quarterly 20 cent per share dividend on common stock payable December 16 to holders of record at close of business November 29.
London and Washington face a diplomatic riddle as France accuses Britain and the United States of betraying their ally over weapons to Tunisia. The controversy centers on whether Paris was consulted and how Bourguiba was pressured amid shifts in French leadership and NATO tensions.
An object in the grip of the atmosphere moves with the Earth's rotation at about 1000 miles per hour at the equator, illustrating the rotation effect on surface motion.
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