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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1958
Page
1
A huge helium balloon launched from Alamogordo New Mexico carries Lt Clifton McClure 25 to an altitude of 100000 feet for a 24 hour flight. The mission aims to serve as eyes and hands for a ground science panel studying space medicine meteorology astronomy and related fields.
Baghdad AP reports friends sought to mend a rift between Premier Abdel Karim Kassem and pro-Nasser revolutionary leader Abdul Salam Arif after Kassem crushed a military conspiracy. Arif, once deputy commander and interior minister, faced house arrest as his regiment was disarmed amid tensions over Iraq's union with the United Arab Republic.
The author argues there is no universal standard of appearance. Personal ideals of height and weight vary with age, sex, and bone structure. True value lies in spiritual development and living virtues like love, faith, forgiveness, and repentance to the fullest. God asks for spiritual growth over uniform physical mold.
Brig. Gen. Lester Bork, a top American adviser to Nationalist China, says the Quemoy blockade is broken by an improved air and sea supply system that can operate even if fighting resumes. He notes light damage and rising supply convoys, with 13 hours of inspection after a nine year buildup.
Gov. Hodges lauded the Riegel Paper Corp plant dedication in Wilmington North Carolina calling the new facility a pebble dropping prosperity that will ripple from Columbus County outward. He urged industry as a farmer income option amid agricultural losses and noted a large papermaking machine christened by Betty Lane Evans of Greenville Mississippi.
In Fayetteville near Ft. Bragg a soldier, Roberto Hernandez 19 of New Braunfels Texas, was fatally shot by Patrolman W R Taylor 27 after a tavern dispute over a knife. Nine soldiers were arrested as soldiers erupted into a melee and police and military officials increased patrols. An inquest was set for Friday.
Democratic National Chairman Paul Butler and Humphrey denounce Eisenhower policy as censorship of critics while GOP leaders accuse Democrats of appeasing Red China amid the Quemoy crisis. Both sides vow to keep the argument alive into election day as President Eisenhower readies to campaign.
The selection of the next Pope will rest with 55 cardinals who will meet in the Sistine Chapel behind locked doors. A two thirds plus one majority is required for election, and speculation again centers on Italian leadership within the church. The conclave risks elevating a prelate not widely regarded in Vatican circles.
NAACP seeks federal order to reopen Warren County High Front Royal and Venable Elementary and Lane High Charlottesville. Judge set to hear Norfolk case Friday as two communities face continued idle schools and debates over segregation and funding.
President Eisenhower appoints Gerald D. Morgan as principal deputy assistant to the president and David W. Kendall as special counsel succeeding Morgan. Both start Nov. 1, with Morgan to report to chief aide Wilton Persons. Kendall, 55, a former Treasury general counsel, joins from the Washington law firm Kendall previously left Treasury in 1957. Adams slated to depart after transition.
The United Nations faced a bitter arms debate as the Soviet Union threatened to match U S and British nuclear tests. Western officials urged clarity on intentions while discussions in the General Assembly moved toward disarmament resolutions from the Soviet Union and India.
Judge Potter Stewart of Cincinnati named by President Eisenhower to replace retiring Justice Harold Burton. anticipated Senate scrutiny will focus on his legal philosophy amid controversy over school desegregation and Communist cases. Stewart, 43, a Republican, serves on the 6th Circuit and may be confirmed after Burton's retirement becomes effective.
The 82 year old Pope suffered a second stroke and grave pulmonary collapse as his physicians reported his heart and breathing failing. Vatican radio noted resignation in the sick room and relatives and high church officials prayed in the ante chamber amid rumors of death.
Hurricane Janice reached 75 mph in the open Atlantic 455 miles east of Jacksonville as warnings eased along the coast. The storm killed 19 and swamped a 45 foot Haitian boat with 18 drownings in Bahama waters.
President Iskander Mirza seized authority and dissolved government and assemblies after abolishing the constitution to pursue a new charter. He pledged Pakistan to honor international commitments and signaled elections may be delayed as troops deployed and crowds reacted.
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