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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1958
Page
2
The Dow Jones averages show values for 90 Industrials 517.73 at noon 518.14 at close 20 Rails 1327.58 132.54 Utilities 78.54 79.48 77.60 Stocks 177.00 177.14 197.29 Volume figures listed 580,000 1,100,000 3,480,000.
In San Leandro California Robert Stockton forgot California Admission Day a bank holiday. He opened the Bank of California door and entered only to find it unlocked. A misfired door bolt locked him inside briefly before police freed him noting the door likely wasn’t shut properly Monday night.
Shipbuilding stocks led early gains in a choppy session as the market opened higher then slipped. Higher tier issues fluctuated from small advances to losses while rails edged up slightly and iron works showed better gains on shipbuilding news.
Greensboro AP report says about 100 classes in 70 schools joined the statewide educational television project for its second year. Project director Charles W. Phillips notes each class enrolls at least 90 pupils, with 150 classes monitoring courses. Instruction originates from Chapel Hill and Woman’s College studios and is transmitted by stations in Asheville Charlotte Winston-Salem Washington Greenville and Wilmington.
State agencies present budget requests totaling about 2.83 million for 1959 60 and 2.80 million for 1960 61 with capital items at Wilmington Morehead Bear Island and Kerr Reserve. Highlights include 172 000 for Bear Island development and 150 000 for Fort Sanders erosion work along with staff and facility upgrades across multiple departments.
A notice from The High Point Enterprise circulates urging college students to subscribe. It explains mail subscription relieves homesickness and directs readers to the Circulation Department to add names to the mailing list and start delivery the day they leave home.
In heavy turnout contests Democrats gain ground as Watkins faces Moss and Lee. Proxmire pursues six years against Steinle after McCarthy seat appointment. Knutson tight with Evenson in Minnesota while Prouty wins Vermont GOP Senate nod. Kennedy and Furcolo score renomination in Massachusetts. Gibbons leads GOP governor race in Rhode Island split primary. McNichols and Burch seek November battles. Jackson dominates Democratic Senate primary in Washington.
The Adams resignation report claims a former New Hampshire governor left the White House to fish in Canada. White House aides declined comment while Republican officials said they had heard nothing official. Sen Norris Cotton and New Hampshire observers noted the timing after a Maine defeat and possible November implications.
Monty R. Sinner of Grand Junction Colorado has received 27 Denver parking tickets in four months and awaits trial.
Fragmentary notes describe a drive in theater event and a bizarre feature on deadly mysteries in a jungle setting. The text hints at exotic beasts and dangers in a wild landscape.
An official asserts the U S will not abandon Quemoy and Matsu while Red China shells Quemoy, Little Quemoy, and the Tatan islets. By 9 20 a m four thousand six hundred eighteen shells struck Satao beach, cutting deliveries to the besieged island and prompting claims of nightly air drops.
Triangle Has Many Angles says I do not love Miss Taylor and she does not love me. Fisher and Forman drove from Eddie's house to NBC studios then to Forman's apartment and on to Beverly Wilshire Hotel before returning to the lobby. A press agent notes Debbie fixed lima bean soup, Eddie’s favorite, for supper.
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