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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1951
Page
2
Pvt Walter Vilar, 20, home from Camp Lejeune Marine Training Camp, was robbed at pre dawn on Manhattan Bridge when a bandit pistol whipped him. Vilar wrestled the bandit, the gun fired, wounding him in the shoulder with no loot taken. His injury was not serious.
A March 9 1865 Lincoln letter urging Col Lewis B Parsons Sr promotion to brigadier was found in a padlocked tin box of General Parsons papers at Parsons College. The box was opened recently.
Senator Alton A. Lennon said three liquor referendum bills before the state legislature will be reviewed by the joint propositions and grievances committees at 2 30 p m in the house hall. The public hearing will discuss the perennial liquor question airing in Raleigh.
United Nations General Assembly moved to finalize two charges against the United States for actions in Asia. One resolution cites Truman’s order to seal the Seventh Fleet off Formosa as aggression against China. the other accuses U S planes of six sorties over Manchuria causing injuries. Both resolutions passed committee with broad votes. Burma Yugoslavia abstained on one, India opposed the charges. The meeting also discussed where to convene next year with a split between Europe and New York options.
FBI identified two suspects in a bank robbery spree that included a second heist near Ellsbary and a vehicle swap in Kannapolis. Special Agent Charles W. headed the Charlotte field office as authorities tracked the men across Kannapolis and Rowan County using bloodhounds and an airplane.
Rep. Dewey Short of Missouri urged replacing the current dollar with a five-cent nickel and argued for a pivot in European policy. He spoke at a Republican luncheon, warned that continued deficit financing could erode the dollar to ten cents, and pressed recognition for Spain and Greece in U S plans.
The Enterprise and Times-News will co host a two day convention at the Burlington Alamance Hotel with speakers from Sunshine Biscuits Inc and several newspaper leaders. Highlights include sessions on advertising strategies, a panel on exhibits and awards, and a banquet with entertainment by Burlington figures.
Allied forces engage Chinese divisions north of the Han and near Seoul as Red tanks probe Communist defenses. British tanks abandoned earlier see action while fresh Allied troops seize five hills southeast of the Han amid local fighting.
New York February 13. Navy official confirms teena ge balloons used to study cosmic rays and atomic phenomena. Dr Urner Liddel. chief of the Office of Naval Researchs nuclear physics branch, says disks 100 feet wide rose to 19 miles with winds at 200 miles an hour. Balloons lit by sunset appeared saucer like and secrecy hid the project due to atomic work.
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