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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
2
Stock market opens with losses and light turnover as traders react to Labor Day by marking down causes from autos to steel and chemicals. Major issues slip while utilities and select blue chips show small moves amid cautious trading and profit taking.
The trend toward small and mid-size computers expands as Bendix Royal McBee and others target firms. A $39 600 to $40 000 class machine promises desk size portability and cash register data capture, while Burroughs and Ohio firms push midrange systems and practical field applications.
Gov Harriman approves a one man probe into New York migrant labor camps and vows no whitewash The Interdepartmental Committee on Migrant Labor urged the inquiry after NAACP charges of peonage in 1004 camps The panel suggested appointing an impartial investigator to report within a month and outlined housing sanitation and enforcement improvements including possible aid for camp operators
Guards separated reporters including New York Times education editor Dr. Benjamin Fine as he interviewed students on a campus amid a chilling scene. Maj. Gen. Sherman T. Clinger warned press to avoid actions that could breach the peace while a federal judge ordered Central High integrated, with the order reaffirmed Tuesday.
Alexander Seversky noted the TU104 with 17 500 pounds thrust surpasses American jets, while U S models would match or exceed that power. About 500 people witnessed the Soviet transport’s smooth 10 43 p m landing after two rain flurries.
India has repaid part of its lend lease aid from the last war by returning 50 million fine ounces of silver to the United States. The move signals ongoing postwar settlement talks and repayment adjustments between the two nations.
In Winston-Salem a Black student entered a formerly all white school amid a wave of demonstrations. Police detained five teens after a Black girl figure was hung on a flagpole in Charlotte. Dorothy Counts, 15, faced taunts entering Harding High in Charlotte while others faced minor charges. In Greensboro a sixth Black student enrolled without incident. The events sparked warnings from Charlotte Police Chief Littlejohn and responses from families and local leaders.
Dallas General Anderson pleaded guilty to theft and received a three year suspended sentence from Judge Henry King. The ruling treated the offense as a light court martial.
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