19 Sep 1957
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1957
Page
1
Gov. Orval Faubus refused to testify as a witness in a federal case over four anti integration acts from the 1957 Arkansas Legislature. He argued the chief executive need not comply with a subpoena and cited motive in the request.
A small atomic bomb was set off 800 feet beneath a desert mesa at the Atomic Test Site in Nevada. The 10 am blast was the 21st in the summer series and aims to reveal new Earth structure insights. Las Vegas remained unaffected as scientists worldwide monitor quake waves from 600 stations.
J D Grimes Jr a lawyer and member of a prominent family testifies he completely went out of his mind when he caught his wife with a farmer He pleads temporary insanity as his defense in the second degree murder trial He describes finding wife and Haywood Paul under a tobacco barn shelter and firing after Paul began to rise.
In Washington North Carolina the trial of J D Grimes Jr a former county prosecutor unfolds for the slaying of Haywood Paul amid a crowded tiny courtroom and a town stunned by the case. Cahoon leads a two private prosecutor team seeking second degree murder while relatives consult with defense counsel.
SHANGHAI An American businessman prisoner in Red China lectured young American tourists for breaking United States law. Hugh Redmond of Yonkers N Y said visiting Red China while defying State Department passport rules violated U S law and he had been sentenced to life on spying charges. He claimed better treatment recently and said health issues include memory trouble and beriberi effects. Redmond, jailed since 1951, denied CIA work and suggested his sentence could ease if Washington recognized Peiping. He was the chief American spy per authorities and was visited by several youth delegates from the Moscow Youth Congress.
Secretary of Defense Wilson directs a further 100 000 troop reductions by next June plus earlier cuts, totaling 200 000. The plan lowers total military strength to about 2 600 000 by June, with specific targets for Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps and a reprieve for the Marines to a point soon after.
Tropical storm Esther drenched three states from the Gulf toward Tennessee causing drownings and heavy property damage. Rain totals topped 13 inches in parts of Mississippi. New Orleans saw nearly 7 inches as rivers swelled.
A poorly legible item mentions a college mixer described as a place where girls without dates meet men without money, suggesting a social event with sparse details and no clear names or dates.
A Johns Hopkins researcher, aged 34, reportedly develops a vaccine for the common cold. He declines to discuss details saying he knows nothing about the matter, but confirms the virus has been distributed to other labs which replicated it using Hopkins methods.
Reports from San Tiago Chile claimed a revolt against President Pedro Aramburu, denied locally. A key political figure warned of labor unrest while dismissing military trouble. Communications strikes reduced province reports to a trickle as soldiers and sailors seized cable and telephone offices yesterday, ousting workers in a two week stay and go slow campaign for higher wages.
Two Soviet warships embarked for Syria on a friendship mission amid U S and Soviet naval activity in the eastern Mediterranean. Moscow cited backing for Damascus as the ships moved to counter the U S Sixth Fleet efforts following Syria’s pro-Western shifts.
An AFL CIO Ethical Practices Committee report urges the Teamsters to purge leaders such as James R. Hoffa or risk expulsion from the federation. The AFL CIO Executive Council in New York must decide the terms, but the Teamsters hold the decision to clean up or face ouster and broad labor hostility.
Secretary of State Dulles urged the United Nations to intervene amid Soviet arms in Syria deeming them a growing military danger to Turkey. He warned these acts could push recipients toward direct aggression and cited 1945 Assembly resolutions on state integrity.
London reports the Bank of England raises the base rate from 5 percent to 7 percent as Chancellor Thorneycroft vows to maintain parity at $2.80 per pound. The move prompts near universal rate hikes across banks and lenders, expected to curb domestic spending and curb imports while boosting exports.
A CN passenger train struck a Truck Transport Co. trailer near Thamesville Ontario releasing cyanide pellets over a quarter mile. Police and volunteers buried contaminated debris to prevent wind or rain spreading the poison. No serious injuries except the truck driver.
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