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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1952
Page
5
HAL BOYLE humor column notes couples who buy a country retreat soon invite weekend guests. The piece wryly lists household etiquette, faux pas, and props that make guests memorable, from sunburns to canasta losses, aiming to spark gossip and repeat visits.
The Republican National Convention amended rules to grant national committee seats as bonuses to states yielding a popular majority for the ticket, boosting faithful representation and curbing Southern influence while drawing contrast with Democratic praise of bonus delegates. Extensive publicity and media coverage marked the event, with radio television and print outlets streaming results and negotiations openly.
A fire roared through the three story Pioneer Hotel in Fairbanks early yesterday destroying the building within two hours. Police reported five missing and eight hospitalized with burns. One confirmed casualty was Bill Vanderpool of Alaska Freight Lines who died from burns in a hospital.
The Advisory Budget Commission planned two stops today at Elizabeth City State Teachers College and East Carolina College in Greenville as part of a month long tour to gather needs for the 1953 55 biennium. The panel still has Aug 13 to finish and will later draft recommendations for the January 1953 Legislature. Earlier stops included Rocky Mounts Eastern North Carolina Training School and Wilsons Eastern North Carolina Sanatorium where requests surfaced for cafeteria and maintenance funds and a 30000 dollar incinerator laundry appropriation was deemed insufficient.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced that 97.2 percent of investigated cases led to convictions for the year ending June 30. There were 9 036 convictions with 8 316 or 92 percent on guilty pleas, and 1 , the rest from trials. FBI agents located 11 100 fugitives and 12 310 stolen cars during fiscal 1952.
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