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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1952
Page
3
Londoners faced a second pea souper in December as acrid fog shrouded streets, harming the elderly and those with heart or respiratory issues. Deaths in London rose by 2,800 linked to four days of dense fog, with eight million pounds in transport and casualty losses.
Washington reports the government aims to prevent the mourning dove from meeting the passenger pigeon’s fate. The National Geographic Society notes past pigeon extinctions due to overhunting and deforestation and says saving the dove depends on disease and habitat research while states restrict hunting.
Paris. Jacques Soustelle, premier designate and de Gaulle spokesman, works to form a cabinet gaining broad support in the National Assembly. He opposes the European army plan and seeks to revise NATO while pushing for a stronger presidency and a weaker assembly. He faces wary Radical Socialists and other party leaders amid a caretaker Pinay government.
The Defense Department announced a February call for 33 000 Army draftees as part of maintaining the force at about 1 552 000. The increase over prior months reflects higher losses from the Korean War and the need to replace two year active service inductees as they rotate out.
Funeral services for Marvin Odell Tucker Sr 24 were held at Albertson Road Baptist Church with Rev Otis Hampton Rev Bill Meadows and Rev F C Myers officiating. Burial followed at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. He died from a self inflicted gunshot wound sustained on Sunset Street near Christmas.
Charles Emory Farlow a retired farmer from Sophia route 1 died Thursday at 1 16 pm in High Point Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 11 am in Sechrest Chapel by Rev J E Jones and Rev J B Arvin with Jehovahs Witnesses. Interment followed in Marlboro Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Buila Charlie Bristow Wilford Davis Cecil Farlow Wesley Ridge and Stanley Farlow.
A plan for a $100 million coal distillation plant in southern Lil aims to produce chemicals. The project targets substantial industrial output and local employment, signaling a major energy and manufacturing development for the region.
One Asheboro youth and two Pomona youths were bound over in Mecklenburg County for breaking and entering and larceny. Jack Gleason 23 and Howard Lee Holder 22 posted 1000 bond each after release. Joseph J. Harris Jr 19 moved to jail. Items stolen from Bryce McClain December 17 were found in their car. A separate arrest found Howard Ray Wagner 27 jailed for illegal possession of pyrotechnics and carrying a concealed weapon with a 300 bond.
Green Street Baptist Church hosts its annual student night Christmas program during the evening worship. The theme Christianity Is Practical guides the event featuring presiding officer Bobby Culler and devotional leaders Jack Garrett Peggy Hall Gene Campbell and the choir.
Mrs Martha Hill Stewart 56 died at 3 10 PM Saturday in High Point hospital after years of declining health. Born January 27 1896 in Davidson County she lived most of her life in High Point. Survived by daughter Pauline Stewart Billings her mother Mrs E C Hill two brothers and three sisters. funeral Monday at 2 PM Green Street Baptist Church with burial in Oakwood Cemetery.
The Empty Stocking Fund reports help for 782 children in 273 families plus 332 disabled and elderly persons. Food baskets included pork roast, peas, flour, lard, oatmeal, fruit cake, oranges, potatoes, and more, with toys for every child. Administrative and various committees listed with chairs and members.
A House judiciary subcommittee schedules three days of public hearings next week into reports that Justice Department officials tried to influence a federal grand jury investigating United Nations employees. The panel will hear from grand jurors and officials about possible pressure while preserving secrecy under oath.
A two car accident yesterday afternoon at the Hamilton Russell Street intersection caused only minor damage and no injuries. Drivers Nannie S. Mickey 43 of Route 1 and Albert Capell 32 of 120 Fowler Street were uninjured. total damage estimated at 80 dollars.
The home at 518 Cross Street will host an event Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock with the church service to begin 30 minutes later.
Chicago December 27 American Economic Association elected Calvin B Hoover of Duke University as president marking a milestone as the first economist from a Southern university to lead the association which counts about 7000 members. Hoover has held 17 government posts and written influential works on economic policy and Soviet Russia.
Korean veteran returns home for Christmas to find his wife in love with another man. Pleas Garrett Griffin Jr. confessed to killing Jess Clark Gough with a .25 rifle claiming self defense after Gough confronted him with a shotgun. Griffin is bound over for Superior Court on murder charges.
Former President Miguel Aleman assumed the post of President general of Lamsa Lineas Asociadas Mexicanas Sociedad Anonima after the company was consolidated with Reforma and Aeronaces Mexicanas following a sale. Lamsa is now 90 percent Mexican owned Adolfo Ruiz Cortines succeeded as Mexico's president on December 1.
In Springfield Indiana on December 27 Clyde Wells 57 faced grand larceny charges for stealing the $50 his mother Mrs. Jenny Garber 82 had saved for a goiter operation. Wells spent all but 17.02 before police caught him.
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