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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1956
Page
1
As the Labor Day 78 hour holiday ends the Associated Press reports rising highway deaths possibly surpassing the 461 1951 all time record. Officials predict up to 480 deaths with 47 drownings and 44 miscellaneous deaths totaling 405 so far.
Tennessee militiamen with fixed bayonets surrounded a school area crowd of about 1,500 teens near the Anderson County Courthouse. Guardsmen deployed 633 troops with 10 tanks and a helicopter to quell threats of anti integration riots after weeks of unrest sparked by the admission of a dozen African American students to Clinton High School.
The piece argues that hospital care reflects better medical remedies and longer life while noting moral ills persist. It urges turning to God for spiritual health, admitting weaknesses and seeking divine guidance rather than relying on secular cures for the soul.
Adlai E Stevenson pledged to fight poverty, criticizing Republicans for neglecting dignity of one fifth of American families and warning inflation and unemployment. He outlined a “new America” program with unemployment insurance, worker retraining, guaranteed wages, and private prepaid health insurance, aiming to help families unable to afford coverage. He urged higher minimum wage, extended unemployment benefits, and aid to distressed regions.
An Associated Press tally shows at least ten people killed on North Carolina roads by Friday 6 p.m during the Labor Day period. The losses include multiple car crashes across Pitt, Robeson, Cumberland, and surrounding counties, with names such as Paul Buie Coore and Lilly Mae Whichard among the dead and others injured or found deceased in crashes near Clinton, Fayetteville, and Roanoke Rapids.
Ramsey endorses Pearsall School amendment as best solution to avoid racial strife and preserve public schools in North Carolina. He lauds Gov Hodges for commitment and urges public support to weather crisis while stressing education as key for both races. Ramsey cites three undeniable facts guiding crisis discussion and warns destruction of the system would harm white and Black children and state future.
Fort Worth police dispersed a 150 strong white mob that threatened a newly moved in Black family in Riverside. The crowd hung a Negro effigy, fired a shot from Lloyd G. Austin’s home, and then faced barricades as officers cleared the area. Residents at Riverside Elementary warned of insidious plots by the NAACP while some teens voiced anti Negro sentiment and property value fears.
Red China acknowledged the shooting down of a U S Navy Mercator plane and its 16 crew near the China coast last month calling the attack justified as it occurred in a combat area. It demanded the United States halt provocative actions and rejected U S demands for damages or compensation.
High Point High School star Cornell Johnson commits to the University of North Carolina. He cites a long held dream to play for the Tar Heels, amid a recruiting dispute with North Carolina State and coach Earle Edwards accusing Jim Tatum of unethical tactics.
Hamden Connecticut police probe the kidnapping of 6 week old Cynthia Ruotolo outside a crowded department store. FBI joins search draining swamps and rivers but no clues found. Parents appeal on TV and radio as two other children remain at home under care.
Five nation mission meets with President Nasser in Cairo, delivering the Dulles international operation plan for the Suez Canal. Nasser rejects international control but seeks a solution that preserves Egyptian sovereignty, while Eisenhower hints at canal ownership and free passage.
Labor celebrations mix social and political tones with Detroit diplomacy by Adlai E. Stevenson campaigning for labor support. Truman to address Milwaukee labor rally. Eisenhower issues a cautious White House statement urging action to aid job seekers while avoiding party politics. Meany envisions a nonpartisan pro worker stance as AFL-CIO leaders close out the day with broadcasts.
In Whittier California the condition of Vice President Nixon's 77 year old father Frank A. Nixon is described as about the same. Dr I N Kraushaar reports laboring shallow respiration and continuous oxygen. He has been critically ill since August 22 from ruptured abdominal artery and complications including stomach ulcers arthritis and arteriosclerosis.
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