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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1951
Page
12
The High Point Enterprise recounts quirky items from campus life and local manners, noting ghost drivers and turpentine drippings, and recalling a tale of an old graduate returning to a dormitory room. The Home Front column hints war conditions compare favorably to home life as insurance data show automobile Century leads in lives saved.
Tourists in Paris use the SVP service by dialing for visitors information and escorts. The program, once a general info resource, now offers complete information, escort, travel, and errand services for francs and dollars. Rates include $1 a month for individuals and eight days of service for visitors, with $1 to $1.20 hourly for escorts. Mrs. E L Beasley of 1705 Green Street is listed as recently ill.
Manhattan Kansas endures a brutal flood aftermath described as a mud stained battlefield. Mayor Hook estimates damage at 22.5 million as residents confront debris, empty downtowns, and a devastated college town housing about 20 000 people.
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover reports six percent rise in overall crime in the first five months, with property crimes up auto thefts 22 percent and larcenies nine. Rapes exceed 1950 by over six percent while murders fall four percent manslaughter nine percent robbery eight percent burglary two percent and aggravated assault under two percent.
New York reports the NCAA will televise about 40 college football teams on seven of 10 Saturdays this fall on a Westinghouse sponsored non live program. The experiment runs Sept 22 to Nov 24 with blackout of three regions and a Dec 1 Navy game affecting coverage. The NCAA aims to study attendance impact with data from the University of Chicago NORC.
Fragment notes that the Greeks named the plant tree woot and grew it broadly, but they utilized only a small portion of it, suggesting limited practical use despite wide cultivation.
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