10 Oct 1958
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1958
Page
1
In North Hollywood, Maverick the Doberman evaded dogcatchers for years, outsmarting traps and tranquilizers. After a last stand near a cage with a Boxer, he was captured and put up for adoption. Mrs. Harry Crown bought him for 130 dollars, planning a new home on her Van Nuys estate.
Harry Blitz, 32, told the Kansas Governor's Safety Conference that after a Nov 23 1957 wreck he lost an eye and leg function, weighed relief from pain against a permanent posture, and faced a future in traction and possible surgery while his family relied on relief.
The author argues that no man made system can be perfect and that global organizations will require energy and sacrifice. He compares ideal world governance to perpetual motion and stresses the need to inject religious faith and selfless effort into pursuing worthwhile results.
Former Wake County constable E. E. Harris was sentenced by Judge Burgwyn to seven to ten years after a jury convicted him of manslaughter in the June 28 rifle killing of J. E. Wimberly Jr. at a grill near Apex. Harris had faced second degree murder charges and his attorney filed notice of appeal to the State Supreme Court.
Nationalists and Communists clashed over the Formosa Strait with five Red planes downed by Nationalists and a Sabre jet collision killing a pilot. Peiping claimed battlefield success for Communists. The clash followed the 47th Double Tenth anniversary as cease fire endured into a fifth day. Unemployment in September fell to 4,111,000 while factory employment rose 240,000 to 15,700,000 in a broad seasonal improvement.
The United States and Britain reject a foreign minister level meeting for a nuclear test ban. They propose ambassadors lead the talks and keep Geneva October 31 for negotiations. A mediated yes but approach allows later ministerial ratification if lower level talks succeed.
PAYETTE Idaho AP An Air Force transport crashed during a wheels down emergency landing near a ranch in Payette killing 19 airmen aboard. Investigators consider possible goose strike as witnesses noted lights and downed wheels before the nose first impact. The aircraft was en route from Pope AFB North Carolina to McChord Field Washington. Victims identified as Air Force personnel. names withheld.
Alabama education officials react to a private firm proposed to run segregated schools if public schools shut because of integration. School Superintendent Meadows questions feasibility, citing shortages of teachers and facilities for private education. Attorney MacDonald Gallion, a Democratic nominee for state attorney general, announced the plan.
The body of Pope Pius XII in funeral robes arrived at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, ending a 16 mile procession from Castel Gandolfo. Crowds packed streets and basilica as a Vatican City burial in St Peter's is planned with rites through Oct 19.
Police, SLED and FBI officials respond to repeated alarms at the Sears Roebuck plant on North Church Street. A bloodhound aided searches of ventilator areas as investigators doubt an entry attempt succeeded.
Federal Trade Commission announces a nationwide campaign with Better Business Bureaus and other groups to curb phony price claims. Chairman John W. Gwynne issues a nine point guide to abuses and warns of swift action for noncooperation.
Charlotte evangelist Billy Graham, who has spoken to 232 840 people since Sept 21, faces a decision after a conference today on whether to extend the crusade from four to five weeks. He reported 9 403 decisions for Christ during the event, including 481 on Thursday night from an overflow crowd of 12 878.
The Air Force plans to arm supersonic fighters with a new air to surface missile derived from the Navy Bullpup and built by Martin Co Missile Division in Orlando. The weapon may be nuclear tipped and features possible television guidance with debates over range and cost.
Ex judge W E Redfearn admitted shooting funeral director Rudolph Hursey in Chesterfield but declined to answer police questions. Hursey, 56, remained in serious condition after two hours of abdominal surgery at Florence hospital with doctors predicting recovery. Sheriff Almyra Kirkley said Redfearn was held on an open charge and planned further questioning.
Governor Hodges urged New York industrialists to invest in North Carolina noting nearly 250 million dollars in new and expanded industry in the year ending June 30, 1953. He spoke at a Newcomen Society dinner about research education and leadership by business. Louis Sutton of CP&L outlined plans for 125 million dollars in new plant construction over five years and the Southeast’s first nuclear fired plant at Parr Shoals.
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