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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1953
Page
3
Charlotte police corruption inquiry could be suspended until January 4 awaiting a special court term. Superior Court Judge Clarkson sought authority to request the term, noting a two week notice is required before calling it.
U S envoy Arthur H Dean arrived in Tokyo en route to Washington after rejecting a Communist demand for immediate resumption of the Korean peace talks He refused to rejoin negotiations until Communist charges of U S connivance over repatriation prisoners are withdrawn or corrected The State Department briefed allied ambassadors as Dean heads home while Panmunjom officials urge 22 000 anti communists to help explain to prisoners why they stayed away
High winds swept through downtown causing shoppers to clutch hats and packages with minor damage overall. Debris filled the air as decorations hung from utility poles loosened their foliage though most greenery could be replaced. A glass window was blown out at Yale lock on Main St.
Two more suspects were arrested on charges of breaking and entering larceny and receiving in a Thanksgiving night theft at the White Star Cafe on Kivetter. Earlier five defendants were sentenced in Superior Court with terms ranging from 12 to 60 months. stolen goods valued at 108.83 included beer cheese hamburger fruit cake and a watch. Police also jailed two men on harboring a fugitive after Margie Stevenson escaped from the county farm.
A varied Christmas program was held at Allen Jay School during the PTA meeting directed by Mrs. Elizabeth Pirtle and Mrs. Lois Strickland. First and second graders performed songs and pantomime with a large cast of students, including narrations, toy soldiers, dolls, and candy canes, under music director Robert Ellis.
Councilman M L Patrick urged brighter Main Street lighting after new fluorescent lamps were installed in Statesville. He praised the downtown glow and urged money to brighten main avenues if possible. The session also marked a death notice for W Thomas Powell and included actions on street surveys, a city lot sale, Hedgecock and Hamlin College sewer right of way purchases, and a billiard hall license for Kermit Simeral.
Four crewmen of the cruiser Pittsburgh are missing after a launch capsized 500 yards off Norfolk Naval Base in rough water. A court of inquiry led by Capt Halle C Allan Jr will investigate the sinking as leave parties remain ashore due to seas.
State Highway Patrol and local police hunted a stolen car after it vanished from the Howard Auto Finance Co. lot at 333 S. Main St. An attendant left the vehicle momentarily to fetch a battery charger and found it missing upon returning outside.
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