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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1956
Page
1
The text argues that desire for more drives progress but must be balanced with generosity. It cautions against greed when possessions overshadow others and urges pursuit of spiritual advancement alongside material goals. It asserts God’s infinite benevolence and the endless nature of His gifts.
Pat Cowden of Raleigh the reigning Maid of Cotton will attend the 50th anniversary convention of the North Carolina Textile Manufacturers Assn in Pinehurst North Carolina. Almost 500 members wives and guests are expected for dinners and anniversary events as leaders report optimism amid Japan’s export limits and a 10 cent an hour wage pattern spreading in the Southern textile industry. Marion W. Heiss and Fulton Lewis Jr. will speak at the Friday sessions while 19 living past presidents are to be honored Friday night.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi told the United Nations that Egypt rejects the British-French Suez proposal and favors a negotiating committee to settle the canal dispute. He outlined goals on cooperation, fair tolls, and revenue for canal improvements while urging international cooperation in operation.
Jody Diane Burford, 20, was found murdered in her Lancaster home with five stab wounds after an apparent rape. A carving knife with a broken blade was recovered in the room. Police issued an APB for 17 year old Charles Raymond Elms, an acquaintance of the family, as investigators seek clues. The victim, a devout parishioner who recently attended a Bible institute, was last seen at a Roosevelt Community Church social.
Cincinnati based United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis urges merging the nation’s coal business into large producers to cut costs and fund higher miners’ wages and benefits. He cites expected growth in coal demand and a shift toward cooperation, with production possibly doubling by 1975. The union backs efficiency over prior opposition to water power.
The State Board of Conservation and Development began its fall meeting in Winston-Salem with remarks planned by Gov. Luther Hodges. Reports by Director Saunders and eight division heads followed by public hearings and a Wake Forest College cafeteria luncheon. Committee meetings and a dinner with Hodges highlighted the three day session.
Adlai E. Stevenson drives a nationwide fund raising effort with long distance calls to Democrats in 48 states and the District of Columbia. The campaign marks a second "first" disclosed this week as Stevenson bypasses travels to reach donors.
The Agriculture Department pins this year’s cotton crop at 13.268 million bales, up 153,000 from last month. The report notes a reserve of 14.539 million bales under price support programs, with 5.535 million running bales ginned before Oct. 1.
An off duty New York City detective William F. Christman died after an argument over the World Series at Carmichael's Bar and Grill. Robert Thompson, 25, was arrested after allegedly returning with a 30 caliber rifle and shooting Christman as he prepared to go to bed.
Four year old Eugene Nash wandered from his grandfather's home on Straight Mountain yesterday afternoon. National Guard searchers located him within a quarter mile of the grandfather’s residence and he was brought to Oneonta hospital for a checkup. He wore only a shirt, shorts, socks and shoes yet appeared unharmed despite near freezing conditions. The boy said he walked a long time then slept in a corn patch. Clues of his passage included a watermelon and an onion he stepped on. His mother cried with relief as rescuers returned him home.
Retired Navy Captain Alfred Hart Miles 72 fell from an attic window in Norfolk Saturday night and died en route to hospital. The Annapolis graduate and choir leader helped write Anchors Aweigh with Lt. Charles Zimmerman in 1907, later assisting with music. He will be buried at the U S Naval Academy cemetery in Annapolis after graveside rites. Miles had commanded the first Little Creek amphibious base and worked with Army transportation before World War II.
Arthur A. Smith of the First National Bank in Dallas warned at the Mortgage Bankers Association of America convention that the United States faces a long growth phase potentially lasting a quarter century. He cited five differences from 1929 including military expansion, government roles, a possible Cold War politics impact, industry initiative, and a high national debt that requires sustained high economic activity.
Wake Forest College prepares to dedicate its 20 million dollar campus in Winston-Salem with representation from over 150 eastern colleges. The move was funded by R J Reynolds Tobacco Co family and North Carolina Baptists, with the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation honored for its decade‑old spark. Campus buildings open for public inspection Friday afternoon and the weekend features the Wake Forest Clemson game.
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