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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1956

Page

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World Wide Communion Sunday Observed Worldwide

World Wide Communion Sunday unites more than 137 million Protestants in 50 plus countries for the 17th observance. The Rev. Berlyn V. Farris praises unity as churches share bread, cup, prayers, and sermons across nations and time zones. Dr. C Sylvester Green, Wake Forest College official, will preach at First Baptist Church with a career spanning education journalism and religious service.

Christ National Council of Churches Council United States Fiji Islands New Zealand Alaska Berlyn V. Farris Department of Evangelism First Baptist Church C. Sylvester Green Wake Forest College Winston-Salem Green Durham Morning Herald

Oak Hill Friends Meeting Celebration Tomorrow

Oak Hill Friends Meeting on Ward Street and West Chester Drive will hold a celebration tomorrow with activities and time details continued on page two.

Oak Hill Ward Street Westchester Drive

Suez Plan Resistance Expected at United Nations

United Nations diplomats expect Egypt and the Soviet Union to oppose the Western backed London conference plan for international control of the Suez Canal. Egypt rejects international control and the Soviet Union supports Egypt’s nationalization, with discussions moving to closed sessions and private talks over the weekend.

United Nations N. Y Egypt Russia U. N Suez Canal Soviet Union Suez Dmitri Shepilov Mahmoud Fawzi Dulles Fawzi Williams College Selwyn Lloyd Lloyd Christian Pineau U.N

Adlai Barnstorms New England Amid Yale Demonstration

Adlai E. Stevenson tours industrial New England on the fifth day of his Eastern swing visiting Rhode Island and Massachusetts towns including Woonsocket and Worcester. He faced a 6000 strong Yale crowd, with cheers and interruptions, and a tomato thrown at his car, as supporters and students clashed in a festive mood.

Providence R. I Adlai E. Stevenson New England Yale University Stevenson Rhode Island Massachusetts Woonsocket Blackstone Milford Grafton Worcester Springfield Yale Adlai

Goldsboro Base To Get Interceptors

The Convair F102s, first supersonic interceptors, will join the 482nd Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro North Carolina shortly after January 1. Brig. Gen. Emmett F. Yost announced the arrival as part of a stepped rollout that will also include Langley Virginia and Andrews Maryland units. The planes are designed to use atomic warhead rockets when available, increasing U S air defense power.

Washington Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Goldsboro N.C Emmett F. Yost Continental Air Defense Command 85Th Air Division Andrews Air Force Base North Carolina Langley Air Force Base Andrews James F. Kirkendall Command United States

McKeon Allowed to Stay in Marines as Private

Secretary of the Navy Thomas orders McKeon to remain in the Marines as a private after overturning the bad conduct discharge and reducing confinement. The case stems from a court martial over the drowning of six recruits at Parris Island during a night march. McKeon vows to be the best private as his punishment is reassessed and his rank reduced.

McKeon Embraces Fair Sentence After Court-Martial

Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon 31, ex drill instructor who sent six recruits to death in a tidal creek faces a three month prison term and a private rank. Navy Secretary Charles Thomas reduced his nine month sentence, two months already served, and removed the bad conduct discharge. McKeon said he will strive to be the best private and may never regain sergeant stripes. He spoke to reporters only through chaplains.

McKeon Parris Island Navy Berman Worcester Mass Thomas S.C Matthew C. McKeon Marine Corps Charles Thomas Betty Cmdr Anthony Bielski Faa

Eisenhower to Answer Stevenson Draft Stand Amid H-bomb Clash

President Eisenhower prepared a second formal statement rebuking Adlai Stevenson for his call to end the draft at the earliest moment. He warned that suspending the draft under current world conditions would weaken defenses and shock allies while stressing the necessity of nuclear testing as part of national defense.

Eisenhower Stevenson United States

Negotiations To Resume Monday In Western Electric Strike

Western Electric Co and Communications Workers of America will resume talks Monday at 10 a.m. to draft a new contract, as the 43 day strike involves more than 6,000 workers at plants in Winston-Salem Greensboro and Burlington. Union leader Wayne Gray accuses the company of a fixed bargaining position and misleading employees, while a company spokesman notes some workers continue reporting to work.

Winston-Salem Western Electric Co Communications Workers of America C. H. Williams Western Electric Greensboro Burlington Wayne Gray

Dulles Urges Just Canal Settlement

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged a fair and peaceful Suez Canal settlement that denies Egypt the ability to extract tribute from other nations. He spoke at Williams College amid UN Security Council talks on Egypt's July seizure of the waterway, stressing non discrimination and the canal as a life line to many nations.

Williamstown Mass John Foster Dulles Suez Canal Egypt Damocles Williams College Dulles New York U.N. Security Council Nasser Suez

Eight Boston men convicted in largest cash robbery

A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted eight men from greater Boston of taking part in a 1.219 million dollar cash heist on January 17, 1950. Seven were found guilty of armed robbery, with Joseph McGinnis convicted as an accessory before the fact. Sentencing is set for Tuesday. an appeal is planned.

Joseph McGinnis Boston Court Room McGinnis Vincent Costa Suffolk Superior Court Frederick R. Sullivan Boston Suffolk Joseph F. McGinnis Anthony Pino Vincent J. Costa Michael V. Geagan Adolph Maffie Henry Baker James I. Faherty Thomas F. Richardson Greater Paul T. Smith Thomas F. Donahue Faherty Garrett H. Byrne Ers Joseph J Specs) O'Keefe O'Keefe Roxbury Commonwealth Smith Atty. Byrne

Railroad Proposal Considered By ICC In Camp Lejeune Line

The Interstate Commerce Commission weighed a bid by A T Leary Jr of Beaufort Morehead to lease and operate the government owned Camp Lejeune Marine railroad linking Cherry Point to Camp Lejeune. Leary would resign from the Beaufort Morehead if successful. The ICC previously refused Southern Railroad’s similar application and the company pressed for reconsideration while backing Atlantic and East Carolina.

Washington Interstate Commerce Commission ICC North Carolina Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Cherry Point Marine Air Station Southern Railroad

Marine Sucked Into Jet Intake at Cherry Point

CHERRY POINT N C R Pfc David K Ward 20 son of Mrs Virginia Ward of New York City was sucked into the air intake of an F3D jet at the Marine Corps Air Station. He suffered a compression fracture of a vertebra and was reported in good condition at the Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune. Ward was working near the right air intake duct when his clothes caught and his body shut off air, causing the engine to die.

Cherry Point N.C David K. Ward Marine Corps Air Station Ward Virginia Ward New York City Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune

Sunday Enterprise Promises Feature Packed New Edition

The Sunday Enterprise announces tomorrow’s issue with a photo story of a prize winning carrier, a feature on a High Point Negro family building a notable house, and a local actor in two films. It highlights diverse articles by Forrest Cates, Tom Alston, Ed Lane, Marie Grant, Mark Eby, and others.

Dave Gillespie High Point Beer Frye Forrest Cates Frye Robert Marks Tom Alston Ed Lane Marie Grant Mark Eby Point College Latvia

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