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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1953
Page
5
White, an engineering instructor at Duke, successfully learns to pin a diaper on his newborn son Paul under the supervision of his wife Alice.
Duke University launches a pioneering prenatal program at Duke Hospital addressing fear and misinformation about pregnancy. Obstetric staff use movies lectures and demonstrations to teach expectant parents about reproduction risks and safe care aiming to reduce deaths from hemorrhage toxemia and infection.
Kuala Lumpur Malaya's leading tin expert A H Flowerdew warned that a future alloy may replace tin. The 78 year old miner said half of Malaya's tin deposits have been mined with much remaining of low quality and criticized those delaying mining until independence to avoid government duties.
A minor fire at Dunbar Manufacturing Company in Berne Indiana Tuesday was extinguished by the automatic sprinkler system but left six inches of water and ruined $160,000 in upholstery fabric. No fire damage occurred.
Patrick T. Lennon, now in his nineties, recalls working with Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. He helped Ford in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and Edison once hired him to make parts. Lennon declined Ford’s western motor venture and later retired 25 years ago as GE machinist designer.
Bernarr MacFadden at 85 remains active despite aging jokes. He eyes a New York mayoral bid as Honesty Party candidate, heads the MacFadden Health foundation, and publishes Physical Culture. He still works out, sleeps on the floor, and jokes about flying a celebration parachute.
The American Medical Association urges gardeners picnickers and outdoor enthusiasts to beware of chiggers known as red bugs and offers prevention and treatment tips. Potthoff advises sulfur dust at ankles two percent DDT with cautions and dimethyl phthalate under doctor supervision. bathe brush exposed skin and apply kerosene. relieve itching with weak ammonia baking soda or an astringent ointment.
Arizona's first paper pulp mill is being set up in Flagstaff. It will process about 25 tons of wet lamp mat crude paper daily using jack pines from nearby forests.
The High Point Civil Service Commission invites applications for city positions including City Engineer Public Works Supervisor Library Cataloger Patrolman and Butcher. Salaries range from 166 to 325 dollars monthly with ages 21 to 31 for some posts. Apply by August 19 1953 at 3rd Floor City Hall.
Stocks closed higher for the week and July as rails and industrials led gains. Bond trading remained weak with July the lightest since 1914, while corporate reports boosted net income projections and inflation signs emerged amid easing monetary policy.
William Kampf a paroled reform school inmate faced assault and robbery charges after he walked into a Brooklyn diner fired a pistol and forced the proprietor and helper to serve ham and eggs free to 20 customers. He then took 70 dollars from a register and fled in his car before police traced the vehicle to his apartment and arrested him.
In Amarilla Texas Charles Morgan retrieved his reportedly stolen car after police found a upholstery shop had fitted new slip covers to the seats, causing Morgan to mistake the car for his own. The shop offered to let him keep the slip covers with no charge.
Minneapolis police officer Lloyd Berg was fined 15 dollars Friday after running a red light. The incident occurred in the city as reported by United Press.
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