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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
2
A brief notice shows postal and carrier subscription prices for the High Point Enterprise. Mail options include 3 months for 3.25 dollars, 6 months for 6.50, and 12 months for 13.00, with weekly carrier rates at 30 cents and yearly at 15.00 dollars.
Merl Young, ex White House insider and former RFC figure, husband of a White House secretary who wore a $9000 mink coat, is indicted on three counts of perjury. He allegedly lied to a Senate inquiry on influence peddling and to a grand jury. The piece recalls prior remarks about the investigation as a quiz tease.
Columnist Drew Pearson referenced John Caffey in a comment on the Lamar Candle case noting Caffey’s role as attorney for Jacob Friedus and Sam Aaron amid tax fraud indictments. Pearson quoted a $2,500 retainer fee versus defendants’ willingness to pay $25,000, describing Caffey as naive and provoking a lawyerly rebuke.
State ad division bids for 100 page four color booklets. New York firm bid 32000 while Winston-Salem NC firm bid 36000. Authors argue keep work in state if possible, but ensure value for taxpayers. Recommend renegotiating specs to invite NC firms back and then award to the lowest qualified bid to balance local development and prudent spending.
Editor George Coltrane asks readers to imagine a future President admired for integrity and peace. He highlights possible candidates a university president in Pensylvania a district attorney from New York and a general defending democracy across the Atlantic urging merit over party affiliation and a focus on character.
A column of short items from the Salisbury Post and regional papers recounts humorous anecdotes, civic quips, and offbeat incidents. Tales include a jailhouse fog of a sailor with a fifth passed through bars, a fiction on million-dollar comparisons, and light personal bits from Spencer, Waynesville, Aberdeen, and Chapel Hill with pithy punchlines and local color.
Broadway's Doris Ruby, Miami bound, died in the Elizabeth New Jersey wreck. She warned by Gregg Sherwood to delay flying but chose the big opportunity. Doris repaid a stranger who helped her with a $100 gift, and later died en route to bookings.
A reflective column blends sleet disrupted travel with memories of 19th century dog carts. The author recalls December 1882 rides with grandfather and Selim near Hometown, contrasts older transport woes with modern buses, and muses on wisdom, simplicity, and a World War era aviation legacy.
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