20 Jan 1952
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1952
Page
1
The Carolina Virginia Lumbermen's Club will hold its annual winter meeting February 5 at Sedgefield. A nominating committee will be named to select officers and directors for 1952.
New Courses Chapel Hill announced a program leading to a Master of Business Administration. The curriculum targets graduates seeking management level roles after gaining basic work experience.
Army aviation paratroopers and helicopters will perform for visiting civilian aviation leaders and army officials at Fort Bragg. Live ammunition will add realism while the 82nd Division plays the tactical field role in the plan.
Tokyo dispatch reports renewed Panmunjom meetings as Allied and Communist negotiators resume talks amid warnings of a possible collapse. Key issues remain armistice supervision and prisoner exchanges, with accusations of Allied violations continuing to surface.
McKeldin told a Raleigh crowd that Republicans must oust a “clique of mismanagement” in federal government. The North Carolina fundraiser drew a large turnout with ticket holders and spectators noting significant enthusiasm and pressure on the party as 1952 decisions loom.
Harold E. Stassen announced he would enter the Nebraska primary and seriously consider California New Hampshire and Oregon primaries for the Republican presidential nomination. He praised Earl Warren but kept his strategy flexible and said he would decide on California by late February based on funds issues and other primaries. Stassen noted Taft would not enter California. He also said Warren’s stance on key issues was unclear. A rival slate of delegates backed by Gop hawos and Thomas Werdel appeared in California for June 3 primary. Stassen listed Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio primaries to be entered.
In Asheville two men were convicted and sentenced for reckless driving and aiding and abetting related to a car chase that killed City Police Chief Harold Enloe. J. P. 22 received 12 months on the roads and Wayne E. Roberts the same sentence.
Dr William Agar acting director of the Division of Special Services United Nations will address the first session of the 1952 Institute of Religion at the United Church Monday night. His remarks may focus on The United Nations To Foster Peace Through Faith.
The former St. Louis Post-Dispatch editor Ben Reese will address the 27th North Carolina Midwinter Press Institute in Chapel Hill. The two day meeting runs January 24 to 26 at the university and in nearby venues. Reese co chairs the Columbia University American Press Institute.
Seven men were rescued by a rowboat guided to them by shouts as eight bodies were recovered shoreward after a transport sank in 15 feet of water off McChord Air Force Base. Salvage crews secured the wreck while a search for survivors continued.
Britain's Prime Minister arrived in New York for a brief meeting with Baruch at Baruch's East Side apartment. He spoke with four U S soldiers in his special rail car and shared a few words after passing police lines.
The United Nations General Assembly rejected a Russian call for a immediate Korean cease fire and armistice and for withdrawal of foreign troops. It backed Western powers to continue truce talks and referred arms control proposals to a new Disarmament Commission for study.
A crowded railroad overpass dropped debris and people onto tracks as an express train halted 200 yards from the station. About 120 were injured with 50 hospitalized. 300 people were aboard and the main line was closed for three hours while ambulances moved victims to Bury General Hospital.
Sen. Brien McMahon of Connecticut reveals he is considering entering the Illinois Democratic Presidential primary. The move sparks questions about President Truman’s possible support and prompts comments from Kefauver and Humphrey about countering potential candidates. DiSalle’s White House visit signals further political maneuvering ahead of the 1952 contest.
Amid renewed clashes in downtown Cairo, high school youths clashed with police and overturned streetcars near the YMCA bridge. British shells and mortars hit the city as demonstrations raged for hours. a police inspector was briefly detained and released.
Winston Salem January 19 Local attorney Winfield Blackwell who has served three terms in the State House said he will not run again this year He is the Forsyth delegation’s first to announce Calvin Graves runs for the State Senate seat held by Irving Carlyle.
A B-25 crashed into the guard house at Mather Field, Sacramento, killing three crew members. Second Lt. Peter A. Keck, First Lt. Robert C. Grout, and Technical Robert Harrah died from burns. About 32 prisoners were in the building. 15 men were trapped by the blast and fire.
Secretary Tobin announced the latest labor survey showing overall unemployment still high nation wide while several regions report easing. Sixteen areas show less employment than December with Detroit Flint and Fall River among centers facing serious unemployment and production zones shedding workers.
Today highs reach 56 degrees with a low of 28 at night. Yesterday’s high was 57 and the low fell to 45, indicating a cool pattern persists.
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