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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1953
Page
5
New York columnist HAL BOYLE notes dog owners want pets counted as dependents for taxes. He quotes quotes about $300 poodles, vet bills, grooming, and social status tied to dogs. He hints Congress faces a tax relief dilemma as owners joke about switching to cats or canaries.
The Eisenhower administration plans a cautious overhaul of the Justice Department while keeping key personnel. Browne says he will replace officials only when a better candidate exists, and several new appointees have already been sworn in. A strict 9 to 5 workday is enforced to curb lateness.
Army engineer says water cannot be placed beneath the Decatur Nebraska bridge until Congress approves. The 1946 structure spans the Missouri River between Nebraska and Iowa but has never seen use as river stabilization plans faltered. Local lawmakers seek an $8 million authorization to restore the channel by 1955 amid broader river control efforts affecting ten states.
Bevo Francis, famed for breaking two national collegiate scoring records with Rio Grande College this season, was presented his high school diploma at a banquet in Wellsville Ohio. Mayor Leatherberry proclaimed Bevo Day as town banners celebrated the homecoming of the 7,600 resident town.
Washington reports that all major radio and television networks will air President Eisenhower's first State of the Union message to a joint session of Congress at 12:30 p.m. EST today. The DuMont Network plans an evening rebroadcast of the speech and many stations will join in.
Margaret Truman, now unaccompanied by Secret Service after 28 years, discusses a new NBC hour show titled The Cinderella Hour and her desire for a happy marriage if possible. She notes the absence of White House pressures and says she feels she is just beginning her career and life on her own merits.
Dr. A Starker Leopold reports Alaska fires destroy about one million acres yearly in central and southern regions. The fires remove winter forage, notably a high protein lichen plant vital to caribou, risking starvation of this key species. He urges Interior changes to reduce and control fires.
In Middletown Connecticut Mrs Harold T Daley delivered her sixth child at the same hospital where her eldest daughter gave birth to her first grandchild, making mother and grandmother status occur on the same day.
The Department of Agriculture plans to pay a fancy price for identical twin calves to study growth on limited rations. Dr. C F Winchester at Beltsville says twins will be fed restrictedly then fully later to compare weight gain and meat quality. Calves must be under four months old with preferred breeds including Aberdeen Angus Hereford or shorthorn.
Portland a 20 year old John Willman told hospital staff he and a friend planned to remove a chicken's head in the back yard Sunday. He placed his foot on a block and invited his neighbor to swing the ax. The friend jokingly swung, and Willman lost his big toe on the right foot.
An old advertisement promotes FASTEETH an improved alkaline powder sprinkled on dentures to secure them and reduce looseness. It claims faster comfort for gums and less embarrassment from loose plates with cooling soothing action. Obtain FASTEETH at drug stores.
A fragmentary medical note claims women suffer cramps backaches and headaches from menstruation and reports doctors tests showing relief with Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It cites Lt Pinkham and mentions evidence from studies.
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