Citys 51 Pedestrian Record Tops Decade
High Point reports zero pedestrian deaths since January 1949, a near decade mark in 1951 with one traffic fatality for motorists and a single fatality after an auto hit by a telepole. Chief Stoker calls it remarkable and credits driver training and public safety efforts.
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O Saeed
Saatten
South Main Street
Iain J. Roy Teague
Jonathan Sechrest
Howell Street
High Point
W. S. Me
Greensboro
Sgt. McKinney
Igon
Guilford County
Wood
Chief Stoker
Teague
Women Consumers Promote Peace in Maine Letters
In Orono Maine women from the Extension Society write regular chatty letters to French housewives to boost international goodwill. The women include diverse content such as Maine seafood recipes and long discussions of world peace issues.
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Orono
Maine
The
Aine Extension Society
Talmadge Calls for Television Segregation Law
Gov. Herman Talmadge urged a ban on mixed Negro and white casts on TV saying the practice violates Dixie segregation laws. He singled out shows like The Mariners and Ken Murray’s Christmas program for featuring interracial dancing and equal status for Black performers. He asked Southern Congressmen to act to stop such content and defend Southern audiences.
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William M. Bates
United Press
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Dixie
Talmadge
South
Southern Ag
Mariners
Arthur Frey
Ken Murray
Almadge
Wale
the Statesman
Ian
Sats
Driverless car hooks bumper with Andrews in Rhode Island
John Andrews, 76, stopped when a following car collided with his and left him puzzled by the driverless vehicle that had hooked bumpers for half a mile. A note on space saving reveals a temporary wall suction cup clothes line for hanging laundry in tight rooms.
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Providence, R. I
John Andrews
Coke Cecil the Magician Tours Dixie Circuit
Businessman and magician Coke Cecil travels the South and beyond on a two to five a day show schedule. At 56 he plans to continue performing where the audience interests him, balancing civic work with a lifelong magic career and a private show house in High Point.
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Coke Cecil
Dixie Circuit
Martha Phy
Enterprise
A. Coke Cecil
High Point
Deep South
Cecil
Lyceum
Cal
Notable Hollywood stars and contracts on page four
The column discusses Laurence Olivier and Clark Gable in Hollywood, noting Olivier’s stage presence and Gable’s $7,500 weekly contract with MGM. It mentions a memorial benefit for Robinson drawing few stars and hints at Sophie Tucker life saga casting, with Abramowitz highlighted on page 10.
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Clark Gable
MGM
H'wood
Robinson
Sophie Tucker
Sromx
H Abramowitz
NPA Permits State 217 Tons Steel for Bridge Cross
The National Production Authority allows the state an emergency allocation of 217 tons of steel for a new bridge across the Leadkin River. Highway Commission Chairman Henry Jordan said the commission sought nearly 500 tons to cover the first quarter. other quarters would be addressed later.
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Raleigh UP
National Production Authority
Eadkin River
Highway Commission
Henry Jordan
NPA
Dixiecrats Keep 1948 Funds For Future Use
S. C. politics report says Ormond Nease, ex governor and lawyer in Aiken, keeps the States Rights campaign funds and records since 1948 after late arrival. a planning group will be invited to decide future use in the same cause.
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Aiken
S. C
Strom Thurmond
States’ Rights Party
Nease
Ormond
South Carolina
Umond
You Lied, Child Says to St. Nick
Huntington West Virginia report describes a Marshall College student named Gould working as Santa who claimed to have fired a gun a later question from a child elicited the remark nothing you lied to me last year by a youngster with surprising bluntness reflecting holiday season humor and local quirks.
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St. Nick
Huntington
W. Va
Santa Claus
Ay Gould
Marshall College
Santa
Reds Plan Largest Harbor In World
SAN FRANCISCO Chinese Communists say they will complete one of the world s largest harbor projects by year s end Peiping says the harbor is not at Taku the old port near Tientsin Dredging and breakwater work will let Taku handle 10 000 ton ships and millions of tons of freight annually
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Cecil
John Rogers
Winston-Salem
Magicians’ National Secret Maga
San Francisco
Taku
Tientsin
Free Book On Arthritis And Rheumatism
An enlarged 44 page booklet titled vRheureatiamy offers non surgical non medical treatment guidance for arthritis and rheumatism. It claims drugs provide only temporary relief and promises a free copy from The Ball Clinic Excelsior Springs Missouri with no obligation.
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Ball Clinic
Excelsior Springs
Missouri
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Guilford
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MLL LP
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American Business Club
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Rathbone
Polgar
Basil Rathbone
Magic of the Theatre
A. B. Club Members
CTA
Con
Winchell
Miami
Laurence Olivier
TEL
Independent Oil CO
Archdale
Top Notch Pictures
Sally Forrest Mar Donalder
Sally Ar Wercedes
Paula Ratwond
Donald O'Connor
Piper Laurie
Francis i
Francis
Canova
Office Equipment CO
Phon
Orkin
W. Washington St
Qantas
O. D
Kruse Nurseries
Dept
Bloomington
Reds
Robert Cummings
Marsha Hunt
Larry Buster Crabbe
Broadhurst
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