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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1953
Page
12
North Carolina faces an optimistic vegetable outlook with higher forecasted production across snap beans watermelons early Irish potatoes cantaloupes early summer tomatoes cabbage cucumbers and green peppers. Watermelon output is expected at 1 935 000 melons on 9 000 acres up from 1 784 000 on 8 700 last year.
Raleigh reports the Agriculture Department has formed a five member field force led by State Veterinarian Dr H J Rollins. The team includes Dr Nelson McCoss and four inspectors to enforce a July 8 1953 law requiring commercial hog lot operators to boil garbage at least 30 minutes before feeding it to swine. They will work with a federal group in a cooperative program and start inspecting garbage feed lots statewide. The personnel are David R Perkins Zollie T Farmer Ervin T Kornegay and Charles G Reavis Jr.
Melvin Loveless of Charleston stands charged with murder and conspiracy in a Logan burglary that led to Mrs. Sarah Reed’s death. The trial proceeds amid judge protection after a threatening letter. Loveless is the fifth defendant in the case with four men already sentenced to life.
Salis bury Maryland reports surface vessels resumed dragging Tangier Sound as aircraft join the fourth day of the search for a missing plane and four young passengers. Coast Guard and Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission boats worked near Wenona where an oil slick appeared likely to mark the plane's water entry. Pilot George Ackerman 23 of Washington led the flight from Washington to Salisbury with fi ancee Sara Mitchell 22 George Yost 22 and Romaine Sanders 19 aboard. Mitchell is an employee in the office of Rep. Alexander.
Edward Scheidt on becoming North Carolina motor vehicles commissioner said patrol leaders should be promoted from the Highway Patrol ranks. The $11,000 a year post comes after Gov. Umstead pledged a non political administration and public service focus. The policy was started by former Gov. Scott and Lt. Col. W. B. Lentz helped found the Byte group in 1929.
A meeting of Randolph County court officials and local lawyers drew fire as the district solicitor Zeb Morris Conway H Wade Yates and G Ed Miller faced criticism. The board of commissioners approved a resolution to have Morris receive all case facts to push earlier trials. Also noted were Central Telephone’s expansion plans adding about 1000 lines and a suspect, R A Lee, linked to passing worthless checks with warrants issued.
Gateshead England the town council had spent a year seeking the owner of a plot for a local project only to learn the land actually belongs to the council after a records search. The discovery halted plans for a compulsory purchase order.
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