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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1959
Page
1
Dock workers from Maine to Texas begin a coast wide walkout after a New York Port strike sparked by retroactive terms. More than 80 000 longshoremen participate as 15 day extensions are rejected and cargo handling halts across ports including New York.
Mao Zedong led a vast parade marking the first decade of the People's Republic of China. More than 700000 participants, 144 artillery pieces, 155 jet fighters and bombers, and 99 tanks roared past the Gate of Heavenly Peace as Lin Piao led troops in a show of strength and warning on Formosa.
The article cites 3,570 bodies counted and 1,741 missing after last Saturday's typhoon. It accuses local and national officials of failing to strengthen flood defenses, hindering disaster response and relief efforts.
Gov Hodges announced welfare payments will fall due to budget cuts effective January 1. Old age assistance averages drop from 39.19 to 37.75, and aid to the disabled falls to 13.02 from 44.86, with no money beyond the legislature appropriation.
A two million gallon Esso Standard Oil storage tank exploded at the Charleston terminal causing a large blaze that destroyed two nearby houses and injured at least nine. Fire crews fought the flames as fumes and heat hampered containment while officials investigated the cause.
Steel negotiators opened a round of talks in New York as United Steelworkers President David J. McDonald and industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper appeared in good spirits. The 79 day strike has idled about 500 000 steelworkers and 200 000 allied workers. Eisenhower urged a settlement before his Oct return to Washington.
In Huntsville Alabama three foxes wandered into Redstone Arsenal parking lot prompting attention from Mrs Carolyn Harper MP Tracy Bishop and Lt John Parker of the 201st MP Company The trio skittered away and watched from a distance as they withdrew to the surrounding area near the missiles command landing area within the 40000 acre reservation.
Des Moines report about Christensen, a Mason City man, who crashed a Khrushchev farm event near Bayard. He says he mingled with the Soviet Premier as security grabbed bystanders, then gained access and posed for photos. He claims national magazine pay and a TV invite followed.
A Virginia tornado spawned by a dying hurricane struck Ivy near Charlottesville at about 4 30 p m killing 11 people, 10 from one family. The Morris duplex was obliterated and bodies were scattered over 400 yards, with rescuers facing flooded roads and wreckage.
The federal government added one cent per gallon to the gasoline tax, from three to four cents, to fund interstate highway work. The increase is expected to raise about a billion dollars for the building program over 21 months and expires July 1, 1961 unless Congress acts.
President Eisenhower travels to California for a vacation and golf week amid hopes of warm sun. Officials promise good weather, but overcast skies persist as he reaches Palm Springs and transfers to La Quinta with guests George E. Allen and William E. Robinson aboard Air Force 707.
Steven Truscott, 14, son of a Royal Canadian Air Force warrant officer, was convicted Wednesday night of murder in the rape slaying of 12 year old Lynne Harper. The jury recommended mercy though he faces hanging. Harper disappeared June 9 near her home and was found in a woodlot two days later.
Miami AP reports within 24 hours forecasters may know if Hurricane Hannah will hit the U.S. mainland. The storm lay about 800 miles east of Jacksonville and was expected to move into a strong westerly current that could drive it back to sea, keeping the mainland safe, according to forecaster Paul Moore.
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