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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1950
Page
10
American cobalt supply hinges on Rhodesian and Canadian sources with Canada’s Cobalt region in Ontario highlighted. Industry notes cobalt’s critical role in jet engines and weapon-grade materials, while smelting capacity and a restored plant in Cobalt, Ontario, could boost U.S. access.
The government’s price and wage controls collide with auto makers and workers as ESA heads press for restraint while wage rules clash with existing contracts. Walter Reuther vows to resist wage freezes, and car prices face selective freezes amid broader inflation concerns.
A State Highway Commission survey finds bridges across Croatan sound and Alligator river would be losses for the state. Spokesmen said a traffic count shows the proposed bridge could not be made to pay, not even with a toll financed plan.
In Long Beach a bridegroom proposes a joint account to the teller. The clerk quips that the stub, not the check, is kept. The couple returns home to find the check in the groom’s waste basket.
Raleigh reports a campaign to grant pay raises to about 2300 school teachers and officials left out of the state's 7.2 million dollar pay program. State Superintendent Clyde A. Erwin urged the incoming General Assembly to address the issue and provide relief for those excluded from the raise.
The state board of education mailed contingency pay checks last week to 25,000 holders of A B and graduate teaching certificates. The action follows the 1949 general plan allowing these checks while no others are issued for other brackets. The total cost is about 900 thousand dollars and is said to fit within the total budget.
The first of a 41 barges, nine tugs, three pushers, and a 20 ton crane from the Philippines begins work in Chittagong. Pakistan nationals crew the fleet while officers come from the United States, the Philippines and Denmark.
A report notes that large portions of Tibet sit above 15,000 feet in elevation, with extensive plateaus and mountainous terrain shaping the region's climate and accessibility.
A patriotic overview extols capitalism and free enterprise, citing World War I and II financing, national debt versus per capita income, high employment, farmer equity, home and farm ownership, and strong saving. It highlights education, church support, rising enrollments, and global leadership in production, urging individuals to invest in democracy and social welfare.
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