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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1955
Page
2
About 10 representatives from four states and more than 200 grower members urge a larger 1956 acreage reduction for flue cured tobacco. They seek congressional action to adjust the Tobacco Act and allow Benson to redetermine the 1956 quota, with a grower referendum planned for early next year.
In Los Angeles a 27 year old heiress Kyliis Ann Fratt shot herself after the death of Lockheed test pilot Stanley Alexander Beltz in a jet crash. A note to family spoke of love and grief with plans for her daughter Valerie and estate, while another letter named executrix and guardians. The body was found in Tarzana after she missed an engagement. Both former spouses and friends described her as despondent following the tragedy.
President Eisenhower told GOP state chairmen the Republican party is not dependent on a single leader and urged boosting membership. He warned against locking the flag to one mast while noting a 15 percent strength gain could keep the party aligned with Lincoln’s doctrine. Chairmen mixed in reaction as health and 1956 plans loomed.
Parents and relatives in Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Lynn celebrate hoped for releases of loved ones held in China and Manchuria. Reports mention Dilmus Kanady and Rickett Kanady, Adele, Richard Fecteau, and three Franciscan priests among others, with prayers answered and renewed prayers amid years of waiting.
Faye finishes fourth in the weeklong Miss America pageant after not winning preliminary swims or talent rounds. The event crowns Miss America 1956. runners up include Miss Oregon Dorothy Mae Johnson and Miss Chicago Florence Gallagher with scholarship awards of 2500 and 1500 respectively.
Storm rains along the Pacific coast of southern Mexico wrecked the Coyuca village jail in Guerrero state. Five prisoners were killed as they were trapped inside the adobe jail during the downpour.
London report says suburban Nunhead usherettes began free judo lessons taught by professional wrestler Len Law and amateur Dick James. The aim is to discourage rowdyism among Teddy Boy gangs known for theater brawling in the area.
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