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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
5
Raleigh officials seek guidance on whether college students in Wake County must pay local taxes. Attorney General Rodman says residence governs tax listing and that courts may be needed for interpretation. Atty. Smith urges listing here despite council opposition. County Atty. Banks requestedRodman’s opinion.
Burlington police and the State Bureau of Investigation chase two unidentified men tied to a costly forgery scheme. The ruse began at a Burlington drive in window where $825 in checks to Paul Thompson were deposited, with one forged on Atwater Builders. A $488.55 check to Thompson and a $465 forged Thompson check cashed in Winston-Salem.
A car stolen last Saturday was recovered in Asheboro. Police report two men held in Asheboro on auto larceny charges, a third man sought. Honoree Faircloth reported the missing vehicle at 10:35 p.m. Saturday. the car valued at $80. Names of three men tied to the theft were reported.
The text notes that eagle eggs tend to be larger in the northern parts where they are found, implying a geographic pattern in egg size related to location.
A five member Baptist minister committee in Winston-Salem will present the autonomy dispute to lay members of their church. The issue arose after the State Supreme Court blocked North Rocky Mount Missionary Baptist Church from withdrawing cooperation from the State Baptist Convention amid a property deed dispute. Dr James M Bulman of East Spencer leads the effort calling for a clear statement of local church self governance by the Southern Baptist Convention in Kansas.
A grand jury investigates the death of Laurence C. Thornton former Rex Hospital administrator who died in Wake County jail on December 10 after 19 hours in custody on drunkenness charges. Doctors dispute heart attack as cause citing possible pulmonary embolus from an untreated wrist and call for autopsy.
Fred King Owen, 33, of Charlotte, sentenced in Mecklenburg Superior Court to 5 to 8 years and a mental examination for embezzlement and bigamy after admitting multiple marriages. Judge Rudisill quipped that a man with that many wives cannot be sound mentally.
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