07 Sep 1959
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1959
Page
1
The National Safety Council cites a rising Labor Day death toll with more than twenty deaths recorded by Sunday morning. Five per hour deaths pace the toll while a Findlay Ohio crash adds to the weekend totals amid heavy holiday travel and calls for personal motorist responsibility.
Paris reports the Big Four agree to reconvene disarmament talks in a 10 nation Geneva conference early next year. The French Foreign Ministry says the group will work with the United Nations in disarmament efforts and keep Seir Nations informed on progress and aims. The communiqué notes prior discussions in Geneva and the UN Disarmament Committee’s call for timely briefing.
A garbled market note references a top deal and figures around a teen entrepreneur. The fragment mentions Westheimer and a world market context with talk of million figures and cornering a market. Details remain unclear due to damaged text.
President Eisenhower travels via Gander after weather delays cancels Iceland visit. Aides report he napped at lunch and will reach Washington 2 45 p m next week. He met Konrad Adenauer and Harold Macmillan at Culzean Castle and bid farewell to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailsa with a brief gracious remark.
NEW YORK AP Gov Nelson Rockefeller suggested outdoor work as a cure for young hoodlums and planned a Tuesday meeting with estate city religious and social figures. Police reported 189 youths under 21 involved in incidents.
The North Carolina holiday period saw at least ten traffic deaths and six non traffic fatalities. The North Carolina Motor Club forecast up to eighteen highway deaths. Victims included Pamela Carter 10 Walter Melton 36 Fred Wallace 22 Robert Holt 11 Nathan Gorham 58 Emma Garrett 52 David Carr 39 Odell Farris and Charles Wilson 20. An 11 year old Winston Salem boy Gary Clark drowned in a pool. Roosevelt Worthy 52 was shot on his Greensboro porch and Lilie Mae charged with the murder.
Ocean City reports on labor leader Bamberger who helped found Labor Day in 1882 and is now 91, remembered by visitors and old colleagues for his early maturity and enduring health. The piece notes his birthday on Sept. 2 and links him to the holiday’s origins amid a parade effort.
Congress faces a holiday session with Lyndon B. Johnson seeking quick action on a farm surplus disposal bill. Sen. Wayne Morse threatens delays, but a 30 minute debate limit curbs filibuster risk as gas tax increases 1 cent to fund highways. House plans routine business before a larger public works bill awaits vetoed earlier by President Eisenhower.
Senator Mike Mansfield urges the administration to ensure full support for Crown Prince Savang Vatthana's political efforts in Laos and to maximize UN peacekeeping resources and India's conciliatory role.
Fair weather will dominate today with widely scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. The Rain belt stretches from New Mexico and Texas eastward across the lower Mississippi Valley to the Carolinas and Gulf states. Some South rainfall noted. highs range from 97 to 111 across listed locales.
Washington AP reports bitter remarks mark the day as AFL-CIO officials rally in support of 500000 steel workers on strike for eight weeks. George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO, urges labor to battle big business with renewed resolve.
Ex con Alvin Knight, questioned for more than 24 hours in the disappearance of Trooper Albert Souden, agreed to accompany state police to reveal where the body is. He spoke tearfully as Mrs Clara Souden pressed him to tell what happened, saying she would forgive him. Police and investigators looked for Souden's body after the trooper's car was found near southeast Michigan as skin diving squads searched.
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan visited Queen Elizabeth in Scotland to request a dissolution of Parliament and an election. He plans to return to London Tuesday as Britain prepares to vote on a new House of Commons with Conservatives facing Labour for control.
The United States seeks a U N Security Council resolution to send a fact finding mission to Laos amid tension with the Pathet Lao. The effort comes as Laos asks the U N for an emergency force to counter possible North Vietnamese aggression.
English actress Kendall dies in London eight days after hospital admission. Rex Harrison, her husband of two years and star of My Fair Lady, spoke of love until her passing. Kendall, born in York, began as a Palladium chorus girl at 12 and married Harrison in New York in 1957.
Premier Maurice Duplessis, 69, died after being struck during a tour of a mining region in Quebec. A towering figure since 1936, he led Union Nationale and shaped Quebec politics, admired by supporters and criticized by opponents as a strong provincial autocrat. Three sisters survive him. burial plans pending.
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