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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1953
Page
6
Warrant Officer Allen C. Mayer says February frankfurters for soldiers would stretch 13 miles end to end if laid out. He buys the meat for nearby Ft. Benning and orders franks by the mile rather than by the pound.
Hong Kong reports hundreds of overseas Chinese youths returning to the mainland via the bamboo curtain. On two days this month more than 430 students and workers crossed from Pakistan India Malaya and Indonesia. Many seek a new destiny in China while others are drawn by leftist leanings or unemployment and some are recruited for activities.
An old trade treaty states that under its terms Britain may receive port wine exclusively from Portugal. The clause bars other countries from supplying port to Britain.
Herbert the walrus of the Bronx zoo died after a diet contest with Tove the Copenhagen female. Herbert reportedly rose from 240 to 770 pounds in a little over a year and a half, adding 188 pounds before his death. Tove reached 770 pounds in two years and four months, marking the end of the international weight challenge.
In Concord New Hampshire Governor Hugh Gregg charges 25 cents to greet visitors at the State House. A secretary says visitors must buy a lapel pin to see him and the pin proclaims I am a wheeper for New Hampshire.
London UP reports eight grey horses will pull the coronation coach for Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, led by a handler per horse. Among the group are Cransford Tipperary Tedder McCreery Cunningham Tovey and Snow White. The 1761 coach has been refurbished with sponge rubber wheels and red silk upholstery.
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