High Point College Observes Homecoming and Plans Scholarship Fund
High Point College marked homecoming with afternoon alumni events and an evening dinner. Alumni attended a High Point Catawba College basketball game, while plans were announced to establish the Lindley Memorial Fund to provide annual scholarships for students unable to afford a college education. Dr. W Joseph May spoke on the fund at the alumni dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association of
High Point College
Marjorie Case
N. P. Yarborough
L. Byerly Holt
Dwight M. Davidson Jr
W. Joseph May
High Point-Catawba College
Planses
Lindley
Percy E. Lindley
Winston
Salem
Anele of Hauser
Dent
Jenis Cooke
W. College Dr
Get Gether
Ray Richards
Erie
Louise Adams
Alumni Association
Richards
High Point
U.S Plans More Atom Tests Soon
The text notes forthcoming hydrogen bomb tests and plans to reopen Bikini Atoll near Eniwetok due to the blast power. It describes atoll layouts with about 30 islands and proposals to use facilities while avoiding damage to Eniwetok tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Atoll
Bikini
Atomic Energy Commission
Arbulmetatl
Premmarly
Eniwetok
AEC
Odd two headed baby thrives in Petersburg report
ODD BABY DOING WELL Petersburg Indiana February 6 An infant born eight weeks premature to Cecil Hartley and wife is reported in excellent condition since arriving home from an Indianapolis hospital. Doctor J W Elbert confirms the baby’s continued good health. A second brief notes a Milwaukee ice cream shop robbery later that night.
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Petersburg
Ind
Cecil Hartley
Toa Y
J. W. Elbert
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
Elias Adler
Adler
Skee
Gum Chewing Record Sought by Man in Concord
In Concord on February 6 Richard Walker a 6 foot 2 260 pound man claimed to chew 135 sticks of gum over eight hours starting at 10 30 a m at the Lexington office while attending a club meeting The prior record stood at 110 sticks chewed in 6 hours 5 minutes by Nancy Tesh of Germanton.
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Concord
N.C
Richard Walker
Nancy Tesh
Germanton
Vous Walker
Lexington
Parents Of Missing Girls Still Waiting
In Charlotte three families wait for word on three teenage girls reported missing for over a week. Two are 13 and the third is 15. they were last seen together in downtown Charlotte on January 29. Names are Frances Kinley Pauline Hinson and Bobby Jean Helms.
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Charlotte
N.C
Frances Joan Kinley
Pauline McGaha Hinson
Bobby Jean Helms
Taste For Onions Sparks Detroit Knife Fight
Roy Dodd a 43 year old restaurant cook stabbed customer John Odroniec 35 after a dispute over onions at a Detroit eatery Odroniec was hospitalized with a stab wound Odroniec and a woman companion entered the restaurant ordering sandwiches Dodd refused onions a water thrown by the woman escalated to a kitchen fight and Dodd used a butcher knife to injure Odroniec.
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Detroit
Roy Dodd
John Odroniec
Ch. Odroniec
Dodd
Ordoniec
Russia Britain Clash Over Four Power Talks Deadlock
The talks stalled as Molotov demanded lower Allied occupation costs in West Germany and a German division settlement. Eden insisted on free German elections and alliances, rejecting imposed terms. Britain offered extended mutual defense talks while seeking a negotiated peace under unification principles.
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Molotov
Bidault
Weimar Republic
Women's League
Free German Youth
Britain
Eden
Snitestie
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
Germany
West Germany
Dulles Plans Commission to Reshape State Department
Secretary Dulles with President Eisenhower's approval will name a five man commission to reorganize and merge civil service officers with career diplomats into a single foreign affairs service. Under Secretary Walter B. Smith said the review aims to build a nonpartisan trusted corps as career diplomats fall from 1,400 to 1,305. The work, due in six weeks, covers 270 diplomatic posts with 19,405 total employees and 8,781 alien staff.
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John Soals
Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Chartet
State Department
Foreign Service
Walter B. Smith
Smith
Southern Bell presses for higher North Carolina rates
Charlotte Feb 6 Southern Bell officials said they will present more testimony to the State Utilities Commission after a Supreme Court ruling ordered a new rate review for a 1 648 056 dollar increase. The company seeks earnings to attract capital for plant expansion to meet growing needs.
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Charlotte
N.C
Southern Bell Telephone Co
State Supreme Court
Utilities Commission
Copny
North Carolina
Co. L. Lott
Southern Bell
Supreme Court
North Carolina Utilities ‘Commission
M. V. Barnhill
Core Return in This State Tops 18 Others
Core return performance is higher here than in eighteen other states where the company operates, highlighting stronger market penetration and customer activity in this state.
Food Relief Reaches Missouri Laborers From Drought
In Kennett Missouri the emergency food relief program will send the first shipment of food to about four thousand drought unemployed laborers. State agencies provided twelve thousand cans of surplus beef from a state sanatorium and sent trucks to collect it. Additional cheese butter and milk are to follow from St Louis and other cities.
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Kennett
Missouri
Proctor N. Carter
Dunklin County Food Emergency Committee
Here
St. Louis
Kansas City
Memphis, Tenn
Italy rails toward coalition to end political deadlock
In Rome four center parties push to form a pro Western coalition to replace Amintore Fanfani. Alcide De Gasperi is seen as the likely premier as leaders work on a shared program despite delays caused by Social Democrats and left wing resistance.
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Luigi Einaudi
Amintore Fanfani
Social Democrats
Gasperi
Fanfani
Giuseppe Saragat
Saragat
Ristian
Gronchi
Christianocrats
de Gasperi
Rts
Mario Scelba
de Gasperin
Scelba
Town Praises Medal of Honor Recipient Charette
Ludington Michigan honors Navy Hospital Corpsman William Charette for bravery under fire in Korea. A parade welcomed the hero who received the Medal of Honor in Washington on January 9 and his hometown presented a substantial educational fund to support his future.
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Ludington
Mich
Korea
Navy
William Barette
Charette
Eisenhower
Washington
Seoul
East German Reds Demand Free Elections Amid Tense Repression
Allied reports say Soviet troops moved near Potsdam for firing drills while East Zone unrest grows linking Molotov plan pressure to calls for Western-style free elections. Observers note border-crossers to West Berlin and rising anti red sentiment among workers.
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Red Army
Potsdam
Maburg
West Berlin
Germany
Unrest Nets Massive Police Alert Across Nation
Report says Red propaganda leaders jailed amid ongoing disturbances. Police forces nationwide—nearly a quarter million strong—remain on high alert as authorities assess the full scope of the unrest.
Weather report fragment with missing details
Fragmentary weather note reports a lower tonight and a high yesterday with times and temperatures unclear. It mentions a forecast for tonight and a sunrise time of 7 15 a m with a 338 p m observation.
Four Convicts Recaptured Near Huntsville After Jail Break
Four of nine escapees from Alabama Prison Farm were stopped in a stolen car by Highway Patrolmen near Huntsville. Identified as Donald H. Allison John Burswell Garrison Willis Andrew Pirkle and James Harold K. Green the men were escorted back to Huntsville as the search for the remaining five continued across Baldwin and Escambia counties.
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Huntsville
Ala
Alabama
Little Alcatraz
Williams
J. C. Floyd
Donald H. Allison
John Burswell Garrison
Willis Andrew Pirkle
James Harold K. Green
Pirkle
Ann
Orleans
Holland
Garrison
Green
Baldwin County
Mobile-Prichard
Aiaval
Baldwin County Sey
Whidbee
Atmore
Delete Consumers Union From Subversive List
The House Un-American Activities Committee says it has deleted the Consumers Union from its list of subversive organizations. It invited other groups to take similar steps taken by Consumers Union to obtain clearance. Consumer Reports publisher is cited in comparative records but the committee finds no present justification for continued inclusion.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Consumers’ Union
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