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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1955
Page
1
President Juan D. Peron insists on resigning and leaves final choice to the army. War Minister Gen Franklin Lucero reads the signaled speech on State radio and invites talks with revolutionary command. Rebels claim Mar del Plata bombardment and deny, while Buenos Aires faces threats to bombard ports unless Peron resigns.
Governor Hodges traveled from Virginia to Raleigh to assess hurricane damage on North Carolina’s coast. He toured Atlantic Beach seawall and planned visits to Beaufort New Bern and Washington to gauge flooding and wind damage. Coastal winds reached about 75 mph with tents ripped at the Tri County Fair. officials coordinated federal aid and supplies.
Moscow pressed for American troops to quit Europe as Russia agreed to return the Porkkala naval base to Finland. Pravda urged base abolition to ease East‑West tension and aid arms talks at the UN and Geneva. The Presidium announced amnesty for collaborators and Nazi wartime accomplices, signaling a broader refugee repatriation push.
Two North Carolinians Jim Lee 33 Fairmont and Robert Barton 21 Rowland were nabbed in North Philadelphia after a high speed chase. They escaped from Robeson County prison farm where Lee faced 20 to 25 years for murder and Barton 2 to 5 years for assault with intent to kill. Det. Rosenheim said tips led to police pursuit and arrest.
Twenty persons subpoenaed for today’s hearing into the alleged abortion that caused the death of Doris Ostreich heiress of Food Fair Stores. Milton Schwartz and spouse face charges including abortion and conspiracy with Mrs Gertrude Silver. bail set at five thousand dollars each. If evidence justifies custody, they go to grand jury.
In Charlotte investigators pursued Vicki an Asian elephant 2300 pounds that wandered eight days from her Ringling home six miles from downtown The hunt planned an Indian love call to trap her Louie Reed Ringling driver said he would corral the animal within three hours if the call worked A prankster admitted involvement in the ruckus during the chase
In Sumner Mississippi two white men Roy Bryant and J W Milam stand trial for the murder of 14 year old Emmett Till after a wolf whistle incident. Jurors will be all white and male with a death penalty outcome unlikely. Sheriff Strider faces threats while the town awaits a dramatic courtroom drama in this landmark case.
Hurricane Ione battered eastern North Carolina with 92 mph winds and heavy rain. Coastal towns faced flooding and beach erosion while schools closed in the Albemarle region. Fire crews battled a kitchen fire as residents sought shelter in emergency centers run by Red Cross and civil defense.
Medford B Johnson 22 of Bacora Inl. was arrested after police spotted an unregistered car 12 miles from his U S Navy base near Quonset Point. He had bought the vehicle in his hometown and planned to drive to his station.
A shortwave report from Mar del Plata says a rebel warship shelled the Argentine city, hitting port and oil depots while fighting rages 400 miles southeast of Buenos Aires. No independent confirmation was available. Three major ships advanced up the River Plate as a rebel fleet warned coastal residents to pressure President Peron to resign.
Tropical storm Hilda pounded Tampico Mexico with winds exceeding 100 mph and 75 mph gusts as it moved inland. Communications failed power outages hit the region with heavy rains and rising tides threatening the lower Rio Grande Valley.
Western officials said talks among the United States Britain France and West Germany will frame a security pact to press the Soviet Union for German unification on Western terms. Dulles Macmillan and Pinay prepare for Geneva talks with Molotov and aim to secure a five power framework centered on a German unification guarantee and disarmament concessions.
Terrific winds and high tides pound Tar Heel beaches and inland towns as Hurricane Tone carves northward. Winds near 107 mph blasted Cherry Point while the Weather Bureau warned of heavy rains, flooding, and dangerous conditions into Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Raleigh reports Hurricane Ione swept across the North Carolina coastal plain threatening major crops. Peanut fields face the worst risk, with corn and cotton also at potential loss as rainfall, not just wind, drives damage. Official surveys will set damage estimates after the storm. Harvests were already underway when Ione struck.
As Hurricane Ione lashes the Carolinas, Virginia and surrounding states brace for tropical storm winds. Navy ships move inland and coastal bases evacuate planes and vessels to safety. Civil defense orders cover Pennsylvania New York Connecticut Rhode Island and Massachusetts with forecasts of 50 to 60 mph winds and high tides.
The Nags Head Coast Guard lifeboat station evacuated today for the first time in eight decades as Hurricane Lone battered the coast. Guardsmen moved to Kill Devil Hills station a few miles north for shelter and safety.
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