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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1950
Page
3
Santa Monica officer Robert E. Clark marks 25 years in the saddle as highways speed rise from 40 to 90 mph. He recalls Model T chases, two way radios and bootlegging days, noting more drunk drivers yet timeless patrol habits. He started in 1925 with a 300 strong force now 55 is top sergeant.
At the national jamboree in Valley Forge a 16 year old Craig J Whitmire Jr of Canton NC earns Eagle Scout rank after three years and 52 merit badges. He aims for about 70 badges and contemplates careers in medicine preaching or aviation while honoring his God and country award. He enjoys folk dancing foreign coins model planes and cattle farming on his father's farm.
Former head of the state highway patrol C R Tony Tolar says he did not speed before his indictment for reckless driving and improper siren use. He testified he was en route to a Red Cross dedication in Williamston and had no knowledge of passing a funeral. The state dropped the siren charge after acquitting the reckless driving count.
Charlotte police detained 34 year old Jessie Mae Smalls on murder charges after a room night invitation ended with a fatal shooting near Charlotte's main street crossing. The victim was identified as Thomas Mason Jr., a 228 pound farm worker from Cabarrus County, killed with a pistol in an adjacent alley.
In Little Rock Arkansas surgeons removed a .45 caliber bullet embedded in Jack Daniels head for 12 years. Daniels 26 farmer from Jamestown Arkansas was shot at age 14 after being mistaken for a chicken thief. The four and a half hour operation left prospects for recovery good. He had married and has two children. The bullet had gravitated to the back of the skull and affected brain regions controlling muscles.
The University of Cincinnati evening college selects Mrs. Reba Gilbert of New Richmond Ohio as the All American college mother for 1950. She will graduate this month and five of her seven children will also graduate from other universities and colleges this summer.
In London 7 000 yards of apple green French cotton arrived for a bathing suit maker. All 26 workers sneezed repeatedly, with 18 at one time at home due to attacks. An expert found magnesium aluminum silicate in the material, not harmful but causing sneezing. Some suits were finished. management faced with the remaining fabric.
Major General Claire Chennault announced that 30 to 35 Civil Air Transport planes could be made available to U S headquarters for the Korean campaign. A headquarters spokesman said no commitments had been made to charter commercial aircraft.
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