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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1954
Page
5
Forecast reports mostly cloudy skies with periods of rain across eastern and western North Carolina and in South Carolina. Temperatures run mild with highs 58 to 72 and overnight lows 46 to 56, with rainfall totaling over an inch in most areas and a likely cooling trend early in the period before a warming trend later.
Columbia area report details 33 year old salesman Perry DeLaney landing his AG14 two place pusher plane on a main north south highway about 7 p m after engine trouble. He steered the craft to a dirt shoulder with help from passersby and planned takeoff from the highway the next day with aid from the state highway department. DeLaney was en route from Nashville to the South visiting the area.
Wild fires scorched about 2 000 acres of timber and damaged roofs as flames edged toward Devore California and Verdemont while about 500 residents in 120 homes faced possible evacuation. Firefighters halted the blaze near the San Bernardino mountain town after several structures burned.
Washington The Power Commission approves Duke Power Co of Charlotte North Carolina to issue 40 million dollars in 20 year first and refunding mortgage bonds and 218,737 shares of no par common stock. The sale terms await Commission approval and bidding. New stock to existing holders at one for every 20 shares held at 40 dollars per block. Proceeds fund bond retirement and construction.
The Gulf and Atlantic states are discussed with snow in the northern Rockies and rain in the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures will drop in parts of the southern Plains and in Alabama and Mississippi.
The Associated Press reports rain from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes with heavy falls in some areas. Warm moist air from the Gulf and Atlantic spreads north, while cold Canadian air moves westward to the lower Great Lakes and into Texas. Snow sleet and freezing rain occur in a 250 mile wide belt from Arkansas and Kansas across Missouri Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Michigan to New York.
Tokyo radio broadcast charged that South Korea plans to set up a central investigation bureau with immunity from arrest to bolster President Syngman Rhee and strengthen police. It alleged the move would mirror a previous police force that jailed and killed many Koreans for imperialist aims.
Fourteen Negro schoolgirls aged 16 and 17 debuted at the Willard Hotel in a formal downtown party. They wore white gowns and gloves with red rose bouquets, escorted by youths in white ties. Parents and relatives attended from New York, Baltimore, Richmond, and Philadelphia as the girls were presented and cotillion led by Gailyn Kyles. The event ran from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. with a late breakfast.
Three people were injured in a fog bound three car crash on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in North Haven Connecticut. Elizabeth Malluck 29 Providence Rhode Island was rushed to Grace New Haven Hospital with injuries not fully determined. Albert Maderos Baltimore Maryland treated for lacerations and contusions and discharged. Miller Gauss 18 Baltimore Maryland driver of Maderos car suffered minor hurts. A car operated by Marilyn A Bonneau 20 Morehead City North Carolina slowed for fog and was struck in the rear by Gauss car which was then hit by Malluck auto.
William Graham Seigler, 38, told authorities a hitchhiker robbed him of his car and $40 and shot him in Charlotte before fleeing. Seigler, hospitalized in critical condition, identified Boyd Herbert Ware, 21, as the suspect. The car was recovered a half mile from the scene.
City Judge Q Z Valentine released 25 men held on drunkenness charges on Christmas Eve. By yesterday 10 had returned to jail on the same charge.
In a surprise move RCA Victor cuts 12 inch LPs to 3.98 and 10 inch LPs to 2.98, eliminating type price differentials. RCA president Frank Folsom says new prices apply to all music types, with spin records also adjusted while 7 inch records rise to .98 due to higher costs.
Robert Le Sherrod, longtime Far East correspondent for Time and Life, will become managing editor of the Saturday Evening Post next year. He will replace Robert Fuss, who becomes executive editor, as the Post announces in Philadelphia.
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