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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1950
Page
5
At Emory University Hospital near Atlanta a new operation for pulmonary emphysema shows early promise for about 100 sufferers. The procedure combines removal of large air sacs with techniques to stop bronchial spasms and reduce infection, aiming to improve breathing and halt disease progression.
Radio schedule fragment lists daily blocks from News Report to Variety programs. It includes CBS NBC ABC and MBS slots with shows like News Broadcasts, Music Time, Stepping Out, Candid Microphone, Detective Drama, Straw Hat Concert, and Dance Band segments across late morning to night hours.
The 16th annual North Carolina State Exchange clubs convention at Wrightsville Beach was reviewed by local Exchangies. Delegates including Roger Morris and C L Russell presented reports, noting club work for crippled children and deaf aid, crime prevention, and civic activities. Dr A E Sherron highlighted the banquet address by W Berg Austin, with guests A L Garner, Ken Daniels, and Dr A G McDonald in attendance. Eulas Dunn won the attendance prize.
William Ward, six, fell into an Oakland estuary canal and was sucked into a culvert. K. J. Sadamora witnessed the incident, swam 100 feet, pulled the boy to safety, and helped revive him with artificial respiration until police retrieved them.
Retail furniture dealers from six states began the second day of study at the Retail Furniture Management Institute at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. The week-long course covers accounting records management organization personnel advertising and public speaking. Twenty-eight men attend the second year of the three-year curriculum under director John Huffman and student body president Dewey Parr.
Hollywood comedian Red Skelton pitches a burlesque of Mutiny on the Bounty to MGM hoping to play Captain Bly and possibly Gable's role. Studio heads reportedly laughed at the idea, suggesting they might let him pursue it.
Caracas reports the government will hire 200 Italian specialists to restore historic shrines shattered by last Thursday's earthquakes. Mild aftershocks in several areas caused no casualties or major damage, according to officials.
The North Carolina retirement board pushes for a $50 a month minimum for state workers and teachers. About 1,700 of 2,500 retirees receive less than $50 monthly, needing $350,000 initial funding to cover the first biennium. The plan mostly aids those already retired as the system pays about $1,000,000 yearly.
The North Carolina League of Municipalities declined to approve or reject Governor Scott’s proposal to raise gasoline tax by a half to three quarters of a cent for city street maintenance. The executive committee said it would decide after the municipal roads commission releases its final report. The group thanked Scott for his recent statements on the issue. Then a brief note states Chinese in Malaya are largely businessmen.
A new rabbit repellent named No-Nib's reduces garden crop and ornamental damage. The chemical can be dusted on vegetables and flowers or mixed with water as a spray for application.
In Raleigh August meeting of Governor Scott and budget officials will decide if the general fund has a surplus to fund a $6,000,000 teacher pay raise promised by the 1949 General Assembly. Revenue figures from Eugene Shaw and budget director D S Coltrane guide the outcome.
The historic courthouse where Billy the Kid escaped in 1881 is designated a New Mexico State Monument. Located in Lincoln, New Mexico, the site preserves frontier-era history and offers protected status.
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