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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1959
Page
2
Four African American students entered Orchard Villa Elementary School in Miami on the first day of Florida’s fall term, joining white children without incident. The group included J. Stoner of Atlanta, a Ku Klux Klan member, and Fred Hackett of Miami, secretary of the Florida White Citizens Council.
A Labor Day weekend crash toll in North Carolina includes 12 dead and seven more injured. Victims span multiple towns and ages from Maryland to North Wilkesboro, with non traffic fatalities noted and a student electrocuted while saving another at Western Carolina.
Senators from both parties seek a way to bring civil rights legislation to the floor before adjournment. Javits pushes for a pledge from Johnson to move a measure in January while civil rights advocates hope for a stronger bill next year. The House authorizes bypassing the Rules Committee to extend the Civil Rights Commission’s life.
Miss Cobb longtime publisher and North Carolina Press Assn secretary remains critically ill in Durham after anemia worsened by infection. The Mor ganton News Herald publisher recently returned from a two month England visit.
Former U S statesman James F Byrnes visited Potsdam in East Germany during a European tour with his wife. He said he could not locate the Little White House once home to President Truman and joked about Molotovs nine billion dollar claim during a tense bathroom fixtures exchange.
Frank Dionosopulos was appointed Milwaukee County coroner and immediately declared the office should be abolished. The examiner’s office would take over duties previously handled by the coroner.
Nine federal troops arrived to restore order as police chief Gene Smith, commanding 160 officers, implemented security measures after a wave of bombings. The blasts damaged the mayor’s office, a bank, church, school board building, and nearby residences, sparking widespread alarms and evacuations. No injuries reported, but windows and walls were shattered and tear gas forced staff to evacuate.
News reports say Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis caused a buzz at Milan's La Scala with the orchestra in attendance. Onassis, age 55, stayed only briefly as details circulated about potential film plans and recent sightings across Nice Venice and Lake Garda.
George Meany calls for simple justice for steelworkers, describing the threat as an organized big business freeze against wage earners and stating the AFL-CIO recognizes the steelworkers' struggle as central to the labor movement.
A three judge federal panel in Columbia hears a motion to dismiss a restraining order on Sunday movie showings. State officials led by Atty. Gen. McLeod Gov. Hollings and county sheriffs argue over 200 year old blue laws alleged to violate First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Rep Roy Coates criticized proposed pay hikes during a Smithfield club speech. He argued fairness demands higher raises for school teachers than the governor and Budget Commission plan. The 1959 Legislature set a 5 percent teacher raise with about 2 percent for state employees, contingent on revenue.
A biographical sketch of Nikita Khrushchev tracing his rise from humble Donbas beginnings as a miner and factory worker to joining the Bolshevik party in 1918, rising through the Soviet system, and becoming a powerful Politburo figure by the late 1950s.
A woman says two men attacked her on the east side a few blocks downtown. She described one assailant placing a hand over her mouth and both fled the scene. Police search ongoing for the suspects.
Reported gang related violence on the Lower East Side escalates with the Aug. 30 slaying of two 16 year old boys and earlier a 15 year old girl shot dead amid youth gang clashes. Police investigation continues as motives and group affiliations are sought.
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