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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1952
Page
14
Washington dispatch recalls how markets changed from self-sufficiency to high priced store buys. The writer contrasts childhood meals with today’s costs, noting liver prices around 1.95 per pound and beef liver at 89 cents, and listing recent prices for filet mignon, bacon, sirloin, cabbage, onions, and corn.
The new Illinois law makes it illegal for highway truck drivers to splash windshields of passing cars with mud or water. It requires rear fenders to have splash guards, with fines for noncompliance. City splashers and motorists may still splash trucks.
Carl Ballou paid 36 dollars to cash a pap money while petting his goat in New Hampton. The goat ate the money and died later.
Parson Johnson hides in the study after scolding Mrs. Sumter as she visits. His wife calmly confirms Sumter has left, revealing the household tension in a humorous vignette. John Straley discusses a veteran pilot fearing 1952 aircraft gadgets. A paradoxical test about surviving in midair leaves him speechless.
Three armed men wearing burlap sacks stopped a Warren bank official’s car on Kenilworth Ave NE and robbed him of about $71,000. Charles Foley, manager of Union Savings & Trust Co, was unharmed as the robbers fled after breaking a window with a shotgun butt. A neighborhood witness noted the license plate as police set roadblocks.
Woodstock Vermont. Mrs. Margaret Stillwell doubtfully celebrates a birthday today unsure whether she is 99 or 104 after she swept out her birth record during a "thorough" house-cleaning 200 years ago.
A 17 month old boy, John Robinson Jr., fell 14 stories from his home window and survived. He suffered a brain injury and a broken leg after landing in bushes below his bedroom window.
United States Britain and France press Russia to reach a peace treaty for Austria while occupation continues. About 47 000 Russians 12 000 Americans 8 000 French and 8 000 British remain on Austrian soil as Marshall Plan aid nears 900 million dollars. Russia controls Danube shipping and major heavy industry profits totaling roughly 200 million dollars. Only Russia seems content with current arrangements. Pittsburgh report notes Richard Fox birthday coincidences with family.
In Duffyville Quebec a humorously bold sign at the town border claims population 24 and a speed limit of 90 miles per hour, illustrating a playful boasting about the tiny community.
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