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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1952
Page
1
Police began a search for an unidentified Black man who robbed a Asheville area service station last night and shot the attendant with a shotgun. About $60 was taken. A separate notice in Pittsboro set a March 8 referendum on continuing legally controlled beer sales.
The death of 19 year old John Clark triggers a coroner's inquest as Enigravite, an elderly man identified as Bryant, is detained without bond pending proceedings. Police report details are scarce and await further test results.
Dr Ellen Winston welfare commissioner said welfare cases dependent on federal aid to totally and permanently disabled adults have been cut since the state began participation.
Mayor Robert M. Dillard of Franklin died Saturday after a brief illness at age 67. Funeral services were conducted here today for the former Atlanta lawyer who had served as mayor since May.
The weekend death toll in North Carolina rises to at least five. Fresh water Sanders, 36, burned to death in Elizabeth City when his home burned. A two car head on collision in Mocksville claimed Pamela Jean Carter, a baby girl, and Allan Blackman, 73, died after being struck on Highway 70 near Burlington. Gale P. Taylor died from a fall at Buggs Land Dam while working on a cable. In Greensboro, six year old Vernon James Dixon was struck by a car while returning from school.
Snowbound California and Nevada brace for high winds and flooding as 1937 storm prompts evacuations in Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties. San Francisco records nearly 18 inches of rainfall this season, while Alviso and Knighton residents flee rising waters with Army Coast Guard aid.
Washington officials report General Clark asked to withdraw his nomination as ambassador to Rome amid a Protestant and Senate opposition over church state separation issues. President Truman plans to submit a new nomination, while critics vow to block any ambassador to the Vatican.
A Northeast airliner impaired by dense fog crashed into the East River near LaGuardia. At least 33 people were saved in the incident.
Defense lawyers plan to ask that the murder kidnapping case of a paroled convict be moved from Beaufort County to a neighboring county. They argue the defendant Discarold Late Miller cannot receive a fair trial in Beaufort Superior Court this week for the murder of Harvey Boyd and his wife. If denied, they may seek a special jury from another county, with heavy guard precautions planned at the jail.
Capt Henrik Kurt Carlsen received a high decoration in London for his brave handling of the tanker Radiant, which ran aground near Dover. Crowds welcomed him as he returned by Pan American flight after a dramatic rescue that involved tugs guiding the ship to safety.
Roy W. Holsten of Greensboro will assume the role of assistant dean of students at the University of North Carolina on February 1. He succeeds William C. Friday, who was appointed assistant to President Gordon Gray last April for the consolidated UNC system.
Zeppo Marx and producer Alex Gottlieb were involved in a street fight outside a Beverly Hills drug store with no injuries or arrests. James Mason also made headlines by slapping author William Saroyan in a cinema altercation.
Former riot court judge Hubert E. Olive of Lexington announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor in the May 3 primary. He cited long service and his wartime and public life record, joining opponents William B. Umstead Manley Dunaway Ernest A. Gardner and others in the race.
Rescuers faced gale winds and 45-foot seas as 11 planes aided surface ships in a widening search for 46 crewmen of the abandoned freighter Pennsylvania near Seattle. Coast Guard teams pursued Capt. George P. Plover and 45 men who radioed leaving Wednesday. No lifeboats or wreckage found. air searches suspended amid worsening conditions.
The Local Government Commission will open bids tomorrow on four bond issues totaling 522000. They include St. Pauls 12000 water bonds, Bessemer City 340000 water and sewer bonds, Raeford 30000 water bonds, and Amarews 140000 water improvement and refunding bonds.
The United Nations Command demanded an apology from a Red general amid heated exchanges in Panmunjom over armistice negotiations. Rear Adm. Libby rejected unfounded charges and urged adherence to the agreed terms as the subcommittee discussed a possible truce and prisoner repatriation.
Reports reveal renewed rivalry among the Air Force Navy and other services over atomic propulsion. Gen Hoyt Vandenberg pressed Joint Chiefs for a test aircraft power plant while Navy pushes ahead with an atomic submarine hull contract awarded to Electric Boat. The disputes show interservice friction beyond Defense Department lines and external influence.
Chinese forces repelled a United Nations assault on Christmas Ridge causing heavy casualties while briefly losing and regaining hill positions. A U.S. battleship shelled targets on the East Coast area as Korean and Allied troops engaged in renewed combat with the Chinese Reds.
Members of the House Armed Services Committee forecast quick approval for a national UMT program. They propose induction of all able bodied men at 18 into a six month training corps, with seven to twelve years in the reserves and potential active duty after training.
Governor Theodore R. McKeldin will chair a roundtable with Republican precinct leaders and officials from six Eastern North Carolina districts. He will be keynote speaker at a Saturday night fundraising dinner in Greensboro.
Ottawa reports a barter deal agreed among the United States Great Britain and Canada involving American steel Canadian aluminum and Malaysian tin. The talks followed high level discussions in Washington with Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and leaders including Winston Churchill and President Truman. The arrangement would supply Britain's rearmament needs and would see Malaysia aid U S aluminum shortages while Britain would loan metal to Canada and the United States.
FBI agents arrested John A. Pearson in Tunica Mississippi after a tip led to a vehicle stop. Pearson, a wanted liquor suspect with bonds totaling 50 000, faced charges in Tennessee Oklahoma and Illinois for conspiracy to violate the National Prohibition Act.
The fragment mentions tonight’s weather and tomorrow’s high, listing an odd 170 and a 60 alongside a 52 as readings. Unable to confirm exact values due to garbled OCR but indicates temperature expectations for the near term.
Official Weather Bureau data report temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 30 a m. The document lists measurements across locations with figures for highs lows and rainfall amounts recorded during the period.
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