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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1953
Page
7
John M. Wright’s car stolen from a Bluefield service station 19 months ago was recovered in Atlanta this week. The vehicle bore new seat covers big white sidewall tires and a completely overhauled engine leaving Wright barely recognizing it.
In Rome on August 22 the lure of mountain climbing caused 26 more deaths in the five nation Alpine regions. The total death toll now stands at 192.
Dr. Gabriel Hauge, a key Eisenhower economic adviser, will join the Paris talks of an international economic cooperation organization. He leaves Washington September 1 at the invitation of officials, with approval from the President and Harold Stassen.
The notice centers on Ife in southwest Nigeria where discussions focus on locating a Yoruba cultural or administrative headquarters. Community figures weigh symbolism, regional representation, and potential impacts on local governance and heritage.
Walter Winchell reports on postwar crime figures linked to national politics. Mentions Frank Costello, Kefauver hearings, and various figures including Lorales, Joe Bonano, and Pete Licavoli. notes about the Skoptsi sect, and a mix of gossip on public figures, politics, and international intrigue.
Oswald Ryan, chair of the Civil Aeronautics Board, marks 15 years guiding regulation since the Civil Aeronautics Act. He cites growth in airline service to 584 cities, safer flying with fewer fatalities, and revenue and asset increases from 1941 to 1952 amid assurances of fair rates and adequate competition.
Mrs. Shirley Carey saw a passenger board an elevator in a Memphis hospital and hand the operator a dime. The woman then realized she had paid streetcar fare, not elevator fare, prompting a brief moment of confusion.
In Nairobi Kenya August 22 the East African reports the appeals court reversed a ruling for a new trial of Jomo Kenyatta and five others jailed seven years for leading the Mau Mau antiwhite movement. The government prosecutor prevailed as the court restored the original sentences. Kenyatta’s British lawyer D N Pritt said he would appeal to the Privy Council.
The Monticello estate of Thomas Jefferson rests on a terrain leveled atop a mountain, reshaping views of the historic site and its landscape. Jefferson’s design projects altered the natural site to create the famed home and gardens.
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