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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1958
Page
5
Historical note claims Abraham Lincoln ordered the first machine gun for the U S Army under a new government rule. The Belgian Army soldiers are cited as early users and Lincoln allegedly advocated margarine as a butter substitute with a "coffee mill" style gun description.
The flag of the new state Alaska bears eight stars seven of which form the Big Dipper pattern while the eighth represents the North Star.
The United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union agreed to exploratory talks with the West on preventing surprise attacks and on a possible nuclear weapons test ban. The Kremlin proposed equal NATO and Warsaw Pact representation for November discussions, with Canada replacing Belgium in earlier talks.
The state of Georgia was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788 marking its entry as the 4th state.
Parents agreed to move seven pupils from Public School 93 to nearby Public School 138 to mix racial enrollment while a planned rezoning accelerates. Dr. John Theobald, superintendent, said the board intended to rezone next March when Public School 189 opens, affecting additional pupils beyond those protesting.
Dr James W Murdoch central supervisor of the North Carolina mental hospital system died in Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill after a cerebral hemorrhage. He headed Butner State Hospital since 1955 and had worked to improve state facilities.
The Federal State Crop Reporting Service estimates North Carolina cabbage production at 68.4 million pounds up 19 percent and 13 percent above average. Early fall snap beans forecast at 1.8 million pounds from 9,000 acres, with western region beans at 27.2 million pounds. Lima beans weigh in at 6.4 million pounds as acreage holds, but production climbs about 68 percent.
Four ships carrying two U.S. Marine battalions sailed from Beirut for Morehead City North Carolina. Indications point to further withdrawals with one battalion remaining and likely to depart in September or early October. Army hospital units said they have begun packing though no date was set.
The column surveys a swirl of Hollywood rumor including the Fishers near break up a year ago and Kim Novak with Rock Hudson. It notes Diane Varsi’s divorce from James Dixon, Grace Metalious and her husband’s bid for stability, Francoise Sagan’s Paris life, Marilyn Monroe’s Broadway link, Batista’s son Jorge admiring Gini Spauling, Nina Shipman with Alan Ladd Jr, Miss America 1921 Margaret Gorman’s wealth, Sinatra rumors from Indiana, a boy for Theodore Mann’s Children of Darkness, Noel Coward’s Candor Trophy, quiz contestant nerves, Jill Corey’s Columbia fame, Gene Bayles’ standup and a new heckle.
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