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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1952
Page
2
In a January 1952 High Point Enterprise bridge column, Exson Ha Jacoby discusses playing a mixed pair hand. Silodor uses a dummy ace of diamonds to drop the queen and later exploits a diamond and trump sequence to maximize entry and finesse outcomes.
With the governor race seen as settled for William Umstead attention shifts to the No 2 spot. Governor Kerr Scott weighs possible nominees including Dr R E Earp while Roy Rowe Frank Taylor J C Pittman and John D Larkins Jr loom as declared or suspected contenders. Western candidates and liberal factions add to the jockeying as Scott limits proclamations and awaits formal moves.
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A carom predicts that two million voters in the South will cast ballots in the upcoming Presidential election, double 1950 figures. Walter White of the NAACP executive secretaries and board members discussed nationwide work stoppage plans but no date or details were announced.
A 37 ton Sherman tank borrowed by University of Pennsylvania students to promote their annual dance frightened the public as it rolled in Philadelphia. Children fled and mothers screamed while the 80 millimeter turret gun swung menacingly. Police seized the vehicle near its parking spot and later released two students found in the turret conducting activity.
Columbia reports the South Carolina General Assembly opened its second session with lawmakers urged to start a mental institution rebuilding program and expand annual options. A new Senator and two new House members took oath. Miss Inez Watson sought clerkship unopposed. The Senate Finance Committee began 1952-53 appropriations work while the House handles the big tax bill drawn by the Ways and Means Committee. The measure follows the State Budget and Control Board recommendations and faces House action tomorrow.
The text notes the first state ratified the 22nd Amendment limiting presidential terms, cites the Bill of Rights from 1789 in New York, and mentions Hillsboro Inlet Florida lighthouse candle power of 5,500,000. The fragmented item blends historical facts with a coastal beacon reference from Hillsboro Inlet.
United Forces for Education proposes a salary scale of 2600 to 4100 dollars annually for teachers, pending approval by the group’s executive committees and the North Carolina Education Association. The plan includes 12 increments of 125 dollars, attendance officers, a bond issue for school buildings, and expanded clerical staff and janitorial services.
Hollywood UPI singer John Carroll settled a $25 000 damage suit with two Van Nuys women Elsie Lee Stowell 39 and Eva Mae Evans 35 who claimed injuries from an auto crash at 40 miles per hour. The settlement was reported at $7 750.
The article portrays General Eisenhower as a relentless salesman selling a European army and Western unity. It notes European reluctance to fund his plan, Britain’s preference for a separate force, and strains on national economies. It compares civilian support to military strength and warns of changing governments and policies.
In Petersburg Virginia ten mental patients escaped from a hospital and scattered to nearby towns including Colonial Heights and West Virginia. Police pursued across several cities, with one patient captured. another escapee had previously barricaded a farm house after an October escape. Herbert Johnson was killed by police after shooting a state officer and wounding others. Citizens urged fencing around the hospital but officials opposed it as prisonlike.
Funeral services will be held at Oklahoma A and M College Field House in Stillwater for Dr Bennett and his wife who died in an unspecified incident. Bennett was administrator of the Point Four program and on leave as president of Oklahoma A and M College. The Bennetts formerly lived in Durant Oklahoma.
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