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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1956

Page

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Methodist Youth Rally and Missionary Conventions Highlight Local Church Week

Hundreds of Western North Carolina youth gather at Centenary Methodist in Winston-Salem for the annual conference Youth Rally with speaker Dr. Charles Layman. Bishop Harmon delivers the conference sermon as six-day events wrap, including a Gospel Tabernacle Missionary Convention featuring James Poole and Mrs. B C Gibson sharing field work in Asia and the Holy Land.

Western North Carolina Centenary Methodist Church Winston-Salem Charles Layman Church School Publications Christ Carolyn Jones High Point Methodist Youth Fellowship MYF S. M. Needham Nolan B. Harmon of the Gospel Tabernacle J. E. Nelson Missionary Alliance James Poole South China Indo- China Mandarin Kwangai Province Kuangsi Vietnam Laos Cambodia B. C. Gibson Israel Palestine Holy Land Gibson Harry Post Borneo Indonesia Dyack Church The Gospel Tabernacle Willowbrook St

Outlawing NAACP Is Sought

Texas attorney general sought a court order to shut down the NAACP in the state. Judge Otis T. Dunagan barred operations and funding until a Sept. 28 hearing in Tyler. The move followed allegations the group exceeded legal bounds and operated as a profit making body contrary to its aims.

Austin Tex National Assn Texas Dist Otis T. Dunagan Smith County NAACP Tyler John Ben Sheppard Allan Shivers Texas Rangers Mansfield High School H. Boyd Hall Hall W. J. Durham Texas State Conference of Branches Group National Association Attorney General's Office National New York

Revival speakers named at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church

Lexington Avenue Baptist Church announces a Laymen's Revival with pastors students and laymen. Services start tomorrow and run through next Sunday. Rev James Claffee director Bethel Colony of Mercy near Lenoir leads both morning and evening talks tomorrow. Week speakers include church men.

Lexington Avenue Baptist Church James Claffee Bethel Colony of Mercy Lenoir

Scheming Stock Operators Hit By Government Scheming

Government officials urged the public to curb high pressure telephone stock sales by unscrupulous operators. SEC Chairman J Sinclair Armstrong said bucket shops and boiler rooms in New York operate on a large scale and asked victims to demand written offers to enable fraud prosecutions.

Washington J. Sinclair Armstrong Securities and Exchange Commission New York Armstrong SEC

Fights Erupt At San Francisco High School Pageant

At Kezar Stadium in San Francisco a pageant attended by about 20 000 students from nine city high schools saw a rash of fights between youths of different races. Ten youths were knifed or beaten and police arrested three Negro teenagers. An inspector said the incident did not constitute a riot.

San Francisco Kezar Stadium Leo Osuna

Sunday Enterprise Preview Prominent Local Features Tomorrow

The Sunday Enterprise highlights tomorrow with profiles of Miss High Point winners past and present, a determined 13-year-old polio survivor, a minister profile of Rev. Thomas Haggai from Rock Hill, two women in social features, and a sweep of sports with college football opens and baseball news.

Robert Marks Emerywood Baptist Church Thomas Haggai Rock Hill S. C Sheraton Motor Inn

Attack on Harry Bridges Investigated in Sausalito

In Sausalito California a three way probe follows an attack on ILWU president Harry Bridges at the Valhalla restaurant. Two Southern California sailors were arrested hours after the assault with Marin County DA William Weissich and Bridges' union also launching inquiries. Bridges said he was kicked and pummeled with minor injuries.

William Q. Weissich Bridges’ Union Bridges Valhalla Sally Stanford San Francisco ILWU

Keep Peace Gathering Held in Charlotte

About 100 residents from Davidson and Cornelius attended a meeting in Charlotte called by Judge Willard Gatling of Mecklenburg County Juvenile Court to calm tensions after a September clash between white and Negro youths. Gatling urged parents to avoid inflaming rhetoric and stressed that integration is coming in North Carolina under Supreme Court rulings. He also discussed the Pearsall plan allowing private schooling as an option for avoiding integrated schools.

Charlotte Davidson Cornelius Willard Gatling Mecklenburg County Juvenile Court Gatling North Carolina Supreme Court Pearsall

France to join Suez Users Assn with reservations

The French Cabinet agreed to participate in the Suez Canal Users Association while insisting on international administration of the waterway. British Foreign Secretary Lloyd set Oct 1 for a third London conference on technical details of SC TTA. France counseled by Pineau pledged to maintain French British solidarity amid doubts about the agency.

London Wee Amy GU Oewee France Egypt Nasser SCUA Paris Christian Pineau

Dulles to Begin Work on Suez Peace Plan

Secretary of State Dulles returns to Washington to advance a peaceful settlement of the Suez crisis. He reports to President Eisenhower on the London agreement to form a Suez Canal Users Association with 18 nations backing the move. France hesitates, others join. U S Britain and Italy fully support.

Washington Dulles Eisenhower London United States Britain Italy France

North Carolina to Invest 71 Million in Short Term Treasuries

North Carolina will reinvest 71 million dollars currently on deposit in state banks into short term U S treasury notes due to rising rates. The plan spreads reinvestment from Oct 1 over six months with an expected 3 percent yield. Gov Hodges and the Council of State approved the move under state law requiring funds earn the going rate of return.

Raleigh North Carolina U.S. Treasury Federal Reserve Bank Federal Deposit Insurance Corp Hodges Council of State Gill

U.S. Pilot Aims for Suez Canal Pilot Job

Capt Walter A Equils of New Kensington Pa says he plans to become a Suez Canal pilot despite State Department warnings. He believes Americans should have access to the position and says taking the job may deter Soviet competition. He notes WWII command experience and many trips through the canal.

Pittsburgh Walter A. Equils U.S New Kensington Egypt Suez Canal Equils State Department Suez Mediterranean Canal

Stevenson Starts Eight Day Farm Tour To Iowa

Adlai Stevenson launches an eight day campaign swing through 11 farm and southern states with a major farm address planned in Newton Iowa and a Denver stop later. President Eisenhower campaigned in Iowa urging Republicans to vote as Meany notes Stevenson’s growing confidence. Nixon barnstorms across 32 states with a Sioux City audience cited.

Associated Press Adlai Stevenson Newton Iowa Isenhower Stevenson Eisenhower Washington Peoria Ill Des Moines Union Stev- Sohal Caerererglernarri Icket Denver Nixon Sioux City

Virginia School Bills Approved

The Virginia General Assembly approved Gov. Thomas B. Stanley’s package to block race mixing in public schools. The measures create legal hurdles to desegregation, with integrated schools potentially removed from the public system and funds withheld for local support, plus a plan to reopen schools under state police powers. Stanley expressed confidence the package serves Virginia citizens.

Richmond Virginia General Assembly Thomas B. Stanley Supreme Court Virginia Stanley

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