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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1957
Page
3
Frances Lewine reports that the inaugural has expanded into a ceremony costing over one million dollars. The piece traces Washington’s 1789 start, compares word counts of addresses, notes long speeches from Harrison to Roosevelt, and recalls parade origins and traditions.
The piece recalls William Henry Harrison’s 1841 inauguration and illness, notes Eisenhower may join in 1957, and traces past inaugurations from Madison to Truman. It cites dates, attire, and weather patterns affecting ceremonies, including broadcasts and insurance details for 1949.
In daylight at a Salem sidewalk a pair of gray haired men chat near a drug store. They remark on two pretty flappers as a cold wave blows in from the Arctic and a highway wreck is noted.
A local reminiscence recalls a minor traffic mishap in Davidson County and Thomasville's post holiday recovery as 1957 forecasts reveal expected growth across auto, farm machinery, food, milk, highway construction, and electronics sectors. Industry optimism targets gains in car production, farm equipment, food sales, and rising radio and color television markets.
Navy scientists unveiled a tiny radio controlled thermometer capable of broadcasting a wearer’s body temperature from up to 50 feet. It has two forms for penguin eggs and human use and may aid in testing protective clothing and understanding enzyme action at low temperatures.
In Waco Texas Officers Sam Aday and C M Watson investigated an upside down car at an intersection. A woman crawled out and argued that she was driving and had the prerogative to turn it over wherever she chose. She was jailed on a drunkenness charge.
In Waco Texas L N Dunn interrupted a burglary as two men attempted to steal from a tool shed. He rammed the attackers' car windshield with a shovel blade causing them to speed away. Dunn reported the incident to authorities.
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