Pretty High School Senior Crowned Queen of Piedmont
Seventeen year old Clara Vann Tysinger, Linwood High Senior, crowned Queen of the Piedmont at the Civic Center. She received a $500 console TV and a black fur jacket. Joyce Neal won second. Judy Bowers third. Miss America praised travel experiences and performed with a white feather fan. About 700 to 800 attended the ceremony marking Civic Center reopens.
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Thomasville
Clara Vann Tysinger
Linwood High School
Civic Center
Joyce Neal
Jamestown High School
Miss Neal
Miss Bowers
O. B. Bowers
Route 1
Harold Harrison
Piedmont
Atlantic City
Marilyn Monroe
Thom
Ree Shae Cees
Eisenhower To Admit 21 500 Hungarian Refugees
President Eisenhower announced a major expansion of asylum for Hungarians, increasing the total to 21,500 with about 6,500 under the Refugee Relief Act and 15,000 parolees. The move aims to alleviate the Austrian refugee emergency and could lead to further increases and permanent residency for some refugees.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Austria
Hungary
U.S
Congress
Wilson
Messiah to Be Performed by Green Street Baptist Choir
The Christmas portion of Handel s The Messiah will be presented by the Chancel Choir of Green Street Baptist Church during evening worship tomorrow night conducted by Dr Charles C Taylor with Bettie Ann Sain on organ and Mrs James W Sears on piano. Soloists include Mrs Harry Campbell Mrs H T Hartley Jr Mrs Ed Morgan Argie Wood Dr Taylor Gordon Polson and Clarence Keever.
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Gordon Polson
Clarence Keever
Holiness Youth Crusade Rally and Woman's Day Observance
Southern Pilgrim College of Kernersville will be represented tonight at the Holiness Youth Crusade Rally directed by Professor Gordon Miller at First Pilgrim Church sanctuary at 7 30 p m. Officers will be elected, and voting will be open to attendees. The Christian Woman's Fellowship of Central Christian Church leads tomorrow's 11 o'clock morning worship, marking the national Woman's Day in Christian Churches. Mrs J Dan McConnell of Greensboro will speak. she serves as a Bible class teacher, vice president of North Carolina Christian Women's Fellowships, board member of United Christian Missionary Society, and president of the Greensboro Council of Parent-Teacher Associations. Mrs Jo Woody Shaw, president of the Christian Women's Fellowship, presides.
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Southern Pilgrim College of
Kernersville
Gordon Miller
The
College
First Pilgrim Church
Christian Women's Fellowship of
Central Christian Church
J. Dan McConnell
Greensboro
First Christian Church
Bible School
North Carolina Christian Women's Fellowships
United
Presbyterian officers to discuss duties at First Church
A Forward With Christ round table and dinner meet for First Presbyterian Church officers takes place tomorrow at 5 p.m. Dr. Thomas Henry Patterson, Orange Presbytery executive secretary, will lead on duties and opportunities of officers. R. D. Grier, elder and moderator of the Synod of North Carolina, will speak at the dinner. Rev. Richard Mensendiek will assume duties as pastor of First Evangelical and Reformed.
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First Presbyterian Church
Thomas Henry Patterson
Orange
Richard Mensendiek
First Evangelical and Reformed
Morden
FHA raises insured home loan rate to five percent
The government increased FHA insured loan rates to 5 percent effective December 4, with the current 0.5 percent insurance premium unchanged. The move, described as essential for homebuyers, does not affect the 4 percent GI loan limit. Officials Albert M. Cole and Norman P. Mason announced the hike, noting builders and lenders seek stability for future plans. Existing mortgage rates remain unchanged.
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Federal Housing Administration
Albert M. Cole
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Norman P. Mason
GHA
FHA
Veterans Administration
Rep
Ayres
Ohio
Barberton
Congress
Cole
America
Mason
Britain and France Agree on Suez Evacuation Steps
Britain and France reportedly reached full agreement on next moves in the Suez dispute with hints of an early troop withdrawal from Egypt. Pineau said ideas were put on paper to fix a common evacuation position, while London and Paris avoided specifics. The UN and others press for withdrawal of invasion forces.
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Britain
France
London
Suez Canal
Bernt
Washington
Egypt
Christian Pineau
Paris
Pineau
R. A. Buttler
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
United Nations
Airman Freed on Bond in Rape Case Near Rocky River
Air Force sergeant Lewis Motley of Concord faced rape charges involving a 19 year old Kannapolis woman. The judge granted bond under $3,000 after defense and prosecution arguments. The case links to a High Rock Lake poker robbery and the informant’s hospital marks were noted.
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Concord
N.C
Air Force
Joyce Sloop Snyder
Kannapolis
Lewis E. Motley
Rocky River
Here
Z. A. Morris Jr
Susie Sharp
Motley
Joyce Sloop
High Rock Lake Cabin
Joyce
Tax Plans Would Cost Nine Million for North Carolina
Gov Hodges endorsed a plan from the State Tax Study Commission to cut corporate taxes by about seven million dollars while adding up to nine million in new state costs. The proposals include allowing cities to levy a $10 per vehicle license tax and a $10 occupation tax. The commission’s recommendations will go to the 1957 Legislature for action.
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Raleigh
Gov. Hodges
State Tax Study Commission
America Cautious On Oil Loans
Washington officials signaled a cautious stance toward financing European oil imports. Aid would be targeted country by country with no special fund planned, as Europe is urged to use its own dollars to pay for about 500000 barrels daily. The drain depends on Suez and the Iraq pipeline repair timeline.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Egypt
Suez Canal
U. S
Britain
France
Italy
Middle East
Iraq
Thomasville Parade Draws Huge Crowd
Santa Claus led Thomasville’s annual parade as the biggest in the town’s history. Wake Forest College and six high school bands set the pace while Miss America and Miss Piedmont joined the floats and beauty queens along Main Street. Floats from merchants, schools, and industry filled the route with more than 100 units.
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Thomasville
Santa Claus
Main Street
Wake Forest College
Lady of Ladies
Miarian McKnight
Clara Vann Tysinger
Linwood High School
Piedmont
Civic Center
Joan Melton
Albemarle
Color Guard
Piedmont Saddle Club
Denton
Fair Grove
Trinity
Mineral
Lexington
Merchants
Merchants Association
Sunday Enterprise Preview and Local Light Features
The Sunday Enterprise highlights upcoming stories and photo features. Staff writers report on toy counters for Christmas, Afghan Hound puppies from High Point, Thomasville’s Christmas parade, and public reaction to a three-city airport merger.
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Forrest Cates
Elvis Presey
Tom Alston
High Point
Thomasville
Pete Jones
Winston- Salem
Greensboro
Giant B52 Crash Kills All 10 Aboard
Castle Air Force Base California reported a deadly B52 crash during takeoff. The sweptwing jet carrier slammed into a plowed field four miles north of Merced, killing all ten crew aboard. Witnesses described a bright flash and multiple explosions as the aircraft burned.
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Castle Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
California
Strategic Air Command
Merced
San Francisco
Alfred B. Stockman
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Dairy Farmer
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Pat Duggins
Prof
Miller
Presbyterian Roundtable
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Dr, Patterson
Cnristmas
the Sunday Enterprise
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Gerty Gopher
Walt Scott
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