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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1951
Page
2
The article notes a debate over foreign policy with President Taft’s stance on dispatching a limited number of American divisions to bolster Western defenses. Senator Wherry of Nebraska challenges the idea, calling critics compromisers who want only a token force to spur Europe to defend itself.
Naval units including the battleship Missouri and Task Force 77 pummeled Kansong with heavy 16 inch and 5 inch shells. Air strikes followed at dawn as allies hold a 40 mile front from Suwon northward with continued clashes near Ichon and Tanyang.
Charleston gangs caused a Saturday scene on East Bay street when a building supply company truck alarm sounded during unloading. Workers frantically moved a cargo of paint as sightseers watched. The driver fled toward Wilmington to retrieve a special key needed to disable the alarm.
In New Mexico many Indigenous peoples continue to live in villages linked to their ancestors over 400 years ago, maintaining traditional ties to land and community while navigating modern pressures and policy changes.
Defense Production Administration official William H. Harrison spoke in Baltimore on allocating basic metals by midsummer. He cited aluminum output rising about 75 percent and steel production increasing toward 12 million tons over the next 12 to 18 months. Copper specifics were not detailed.
C M Abernethy announced four nominations for major NCEA offices in Lencir North Carolina. President candidate is A B Gibson of Laurinburg, the current vice president. Other nominees include Lee Miller, C C Linnemann, and E N Howell. Balloting takes place March 19 with counts at the Asheville convention April 12 14. Ballots must be clean no marred or erased ballots counted.
Guidance clarifies radioactive fallout from atomic blasts. Ground, underwater, or underground bursts create localized contamination. air bursts leave no lingering radioactivity after a few minutes. Stay sheltered during and after blasts. avoid rain and moisture. rights to aid others after initial danger.
Washington reports the National Bureau of Standards seeks materials that let foot sweat escape while blocking water. Leather remains best so far, but a new device speeds testing from four to five days to six hours.
The U S agriculture sector has seen the total number of tractors on farms more than double over the past decade. Growth reflects expanding farm operations and mechanization, with higher horsepower models entering common use nationwide.
A Burke county movement formed from a county citizens meeting to back Associate Justice Sam J. Erwin for governor in 1952. A courthouse gathering was set for Saturday at 2 p.m. to organize an Ervin for governor group with Beatrice Cobb named publicity chair. Ervin, a Morganton native and UNC and Harvard Law School graduate, has served as a special superior court judge and is well known statewide.
In Washington on January 30 the Federal Communications Commission announced an inquiry into television show content. Officials say it will cover topics like off color humor low necklines and horror programs. The piece notes critics within the commission and elsewhere have challenged current programming. It also mentions Billy the Kid, the outlaw, buried near Fort Sumner New Mexico.
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