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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1953
Page
2
New York trading saw tobacco shares lead minor gains while utilities rails and oils lag. Sunbeam Manufacturing rose after stock dividend news, with General Electric and Union Carbide among notable movers as overall activity remained tepid. approximate sales reached 770000 by 1 p.m.
Gov. Umstead said he hopes the U S Supreme Court decision on school segregation comes soon and noted arguments heard recently. He described a formula plan for a $50 million state school building program based on need and county efforts, saying the formula will take time and require Board of Education study.
P E Davenport addressed Sertoma Club members at a luncheon led by Bob Stanley. He explained tax changes for 1953 54 including dividend strategies for corporations and itemizing thresholds for individuals, noting that gifts of devalued property should be sold for cash. President Orville H. Frazier announced next week’s meeting.
Dr P Y Adams a local dentist is the defendant in a Superior Court civil action over teeth made for High Point man A P Pratt Pratt claims faulty work caused mouth damage seeking 10 000 in damages Pratt says gums shrank and required a new fitting yet later reports the teeth were in top condition.
Chiang Kai-shek fled mainland China four years ago today escaping Communist conquest and establishing a government in exile in Formosa.
Police report a miner who sang hymns killed three of his five children with a crowbar and injured two others. Frank Holt, 34, claimed God commanded him to kill to save them from torment. He was taken to jail after a patrol found three children dead and two critically injured at his West Springfield home.
The school offers the sole undergrad program in 14 Southern states and is named a regional training center by the Southern Regional Education Board in Atlanta. Robertson of Cincinnati, with Champion since 1907, holds an honorary doctorate from college in 1932 and was named South's Man of the Year in 1950. He serves on the State Board of Conservation and Development and is cited for achievements in industrial and public relations, forestry conservation, and broad public service.
The National Red Cross asks for donations to aid victims of a weekend tornado that struck Vicksburg and nearby Mississippi Louisiana communities. Local chapter president T Carlton Kirkman says no official appeal due to United Fund involvement but will transmit citizen conditions.
The Internal Revenue Service filed yesterday a tax lien for $1,607.65 against Edgar Snow of High Point in Greensboro.
Western senses doubt a Soviet reply while the United States pushes for a U N commission to curb atomic arms. Moscow radio and Pravda question concrete steps and warn against promoting an international detente without outlawing weapons.
The Nobel prize ceremonies in Stockholm were disrupted as Dr Schweitzer’s lecture was halted and the crowd cheered Marshall’s acceptance of the prize. The fund yielded about 33 200 dollars while Winston Churchill missed the literature prize as Lady Churchill collected the diploma and medal.
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