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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1951
Page
16
Behind the News in Business argues the 25 cent booklet on filing returns is a petty shakedown. It criticizes complex tax rules and costly guidance by lawyers, urging simplification and clearer checklists for what to report and deduct.
A WWII surplus airliner, delayed five hours for repairs, crashed after takeoff at 10 a m near a Jersey marsh. Captain R W Duff led a Miami crew including co pilots J R Mason and FE Lilly and stewardess Doris L Helms. Fire control instructed a controlled crash away from homes.
A 17th traffic fatality in Vance County for 1957 is recorded after Horace Henderson of Norlina Route 2 died at Jubilee Hospital. Henderson was injured in a Sunday auto crash that involved three other men and three women, all Black, when the vehicle left the road and hit an embankment.
London reports a controlled test allowing the pound to move within a two cent range around the official $2.80 rate. The Bank of England will permit spot cash pound trades and future deliveries only for approved individuals and firms, excluding pure speculation under the new regime.
Price stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle called steel makers to a huddle on prices amid wage stalemate with the CIO steel workers. Federal mediators watched the 170 member wage policy committee meeting as union threats to strike loomed. The Capehart amendment caps passing increased operating costs, likely keeping price hikes small amid fuel, transport and scrap iron costs.
Census Bureau reports 228,795 bales ginned by Dec 1 1951 in 23 eastern North Carolina counties. This compares with 100,584 bales ginned by the same date in 1950, showing a sharp year to year increase.
The trustee will sell at public auction the Lot No. 14 in Northwood Acres High Point Township Guilford County NC at 2 PM January 4 1952 to satisfy a deed of trust dated November 28 1949 by O R York Jr and Verna C York It lists the property description and plat as recorded and notes bid deposits of 10 percent up to 1000 and 5 percent above 1000 plus taxes and assessments.
Cairo report says Samia cleared for U S entry after approval of her marriage to Egyptian belly-dancer bridegroom Sheppard Abdullah King King asserts the decision validates their marriage and affects his Juarez Mexico divorce status He plans to travel to the United States with Samia soon
Police say a robbery was staged at a grocery store on Columbus Street just minutes after it opened for business. An unknown suspect fled the scene as officers arrived.
Pope Air Force Base will host Operation Christmas a $50 000 event for 1400 orphans from 13 Carolina orphanages. Rail cars donated by Seaboard and Norfolk Southern will deliver gifts and entertainment with help from Ninth Air Force personnel and Fayetteville civilians. Santa Claus will visit by helicopter as 16 000 gifts are prepared for 4300 children indexed across the state.
Coroner Ollie Harris reports brain hemorrhage from a fall or blow as the cause of death of Watts in Shelby. Sheriff Haywood Allen investigates a Heath area incident. Watts reportedly worked at a Hickory furniture plant.
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