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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1953
Page
14
A new jelly like cleaner named ITS restores oven surfaces to grease free condition. It is brushed on allowed to stand then wiped away with water. ITS is non inflammable and sold at Efird's Department Store for $1 including a plastic brush.
Edward R. Kennedy reports on Hokkaido as a potential Red invasion flashpoint. Unidentified corpses wash ashore near Wakkanai and Sakaiminato while Russian agents operate offshore. Japan fears two pronged Soviet pressure from underground networks and a Baltic-engineered military buildup, with 40 Red divisions nearby and American forces stationed at Camp Crawford and Chitose Air.
On the Conte Biancamano an Atlantic crossing produced a birth and a debut song. Baby Bianca was born to Mrs. Josephine Palmieri of New Orleans. Domenico Savino of New York wrote and conducted Bianca's Lullaby and premiered it with the ship’s orchestra five days after the birth.
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia a convention delegate who devises the best plan to boost the state's tourist trade will win a prize from the Industrial and Publicity Commission. The reward is a four week vacation in Florida for the successful idea picker.
A fragment suggests lightning bolts travel at about 18,000 miles per second, reflecting a historic belief about electrical phenomena and speed mistaken for natural force.
A girl in Hamden Connecticut fingered a peach can and was stuck. Firefighter Joseph Hromodka and Public Works pried free the fruit with shears. Police reported the incident as Operation Peach Can, resulting in only a minor bruise for the child.
Three Thomas Jefferson High School students decided to skip classes and thumb rides to town to view Christmas displays. The motorist who stopped them turned out to be the school principal C. C. Hancock in Richmond Virginia.
Grace advises removing spots as they appear to preserve carpeting. A foam cleaner that leaves no rings and contains no naphtha or solvents, called Fina Foam, helps maintain the carpet’s new appearance. It is sold at Efird's Department Store, phone 9412.
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