Fires race through High Point industrial ward
High Point North Carolina endures a string of three suspected arson fires that ripped through Jiffy Manufacturing Monarch Furniture and B H Upholstery while Snow Lumber shed burned. Fire Chief Claude Canady said the blazes were likely deliberately set and caused about one million dollars in damage. The event did not affect the city’s furniture show at Exposition Building.
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Air Force Estimates $7.6 Billion for Global Bomber Base Network
Air Force undersecretary James H Douglas told a House subcommittee that minimum requirements for a 137‑wing force could be ready by end of 1957. He said flyover cuts reduced total global airbase costs from an initial 91.5 billion to about 7.6 billion, noting some wings have inadequate bases needing remediation. Maj. Gen. L B Washbourne testified the 137‑wing projection matches the old 143‑wing goal in combat potential, with current strength at 115 wings.
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Neighbor slain as man claims brain machine plot
Robert Rescoe, 28, shot and killed 40 year old Beulah Pontius in Battle Creek Michigan claiming she read his mind through a brain machine and warned of communist takeovers. He fired in view of Pontius's two daughters as police investigated the Monday incident per AP.
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Thorne Heir’s Body to Be Exhumed for Tests
Mrs. Marion Thorne of Chicago consents to exhuming her son Montgomery Thorne age 20 to allow medical scientists to probe his mysterious death. Coroner Walter McCarron will seek legal authorization before Chief Justice Dougherty. Pathologists urging exhumation contend foul play may explain the death after reviewing the coroner’s physician findings.
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