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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1953
Page
5
A quiet week in New York stocks saw prices ease after a prior advance to a year’s high. The Associated Press 60-stock average fell $1.50 to 108.30 as tobacco shares declined on cancer risk reports, while the market overall showed restraint and perceived fundamental stability despite the dip.
Son Yung Soo resigned as mayor of Pusan to demonstrate his serious regret for a fire that destroyed one sixth of the city on November 27. A new mayor will be named on Wednesday, and Son was expected to be reelected.
The nation’s oldest licensed pilot James W. Montee, 91, will celebrate his 60th wedding anniversary by flying a four‑generation family group over Los Angeles. Montee soloed on his 60th birthday in 1922, and his wife Margaret, 83, will join as grandchildren and great grandchildren watch from the ground.
The National Tuberculosis Association spends 19.5 percent of its budget on medical and social research. Early TB shows no warning signs, making chest X rays the best method for detecting the disease early.
In Rodanthe Hatteras Island marks Old Christmas on January 5 with a drum procession led by Brad Payne and a mix of revelry, mystery figure Old Buck, and local lore. The event contrasts with Dec 25 New Christmas and blends Halloween, New Year, and Mardi Gras tones in a windswept sea town.
Dr. Richard P. Smith discussed atom and hydrogen bomb power when a window-shattering blast rocked his Salt Lake City classroom. A freshman student’s chemistry lab experiment upstairs caused the explosion.
Mrs. Virginia Long of Southern Methodist University School of Business initially misreads a call as a wrong number. A secretary reports her boss wants a brassiere, then clarifies the order is for a brochure, leaving Mrs. Long puzzled by the unusual request.
Willie Jackson, 33, of Memphis was arrested and charged after questioning why firefighters used long hoses at a fire near his home. He was cited for parking by a fire hydrant in front of his house yesterday.
In Vancouver the Chinese Times hosts an unusual dead letter bulletin board. Over nine years about 2,000 letters have been delivered this way with only one or two staying beyond a one year limit before being returned to sender.
In Elizabethton Tennessee a 19-year-old youth, jailed for a month as a drunk driver, arrived prepared with an overnight bag. He carried toilet articles, books, cards, cigarettes, and a bottle of medicine saying his mother requires he take it regularly due to a cold.
Mrs. Florence Berdoulay, 32, left for her shift at Arthul Hospital but was injured when a tire failed and her car struck a tree. She suffered cuts to the face and head.
Mrs Kay C Lambeth president of Erwin Lambeth Inc Thomasville NC designers and makers of living room furniture announces appointment of the Mitchell WerBell organization as advertising and merchandising counsel effective immediately The WerBell agency with its presence in High Point NY Louisville will handle the account from its High Point offices
In Raleigh Mrs Zeb Hampson found a roll of $1 040 on a department store floor and turned it to police. Later Christ Sullivan of Sullivan’s store recovered the cash and rewarded Mrs Ham with tens after she refused a reward herself.
More than 14,000,000 small film chest X rays were taken in the United States during 1952. Chest films aid in diagnosing tuberculosis lung cancer and other diseases.
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