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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1953
Page
4
Oswald Jacoby recounts Hard Luck Joe in a bridge column. Joe as South finesses and wins eleven tricks after overcalling three no trump. The error was North’s bidding not Joe’s play, as a quiet double would have pressured East to lose two tricks per suit and yield a large penalty.
Patrolmen Leroy Lewis and Harry Ross caught two robbers red handed at a Detroit gas station but left them slip away. The youths pointed to a sleeping attendant Marshall Van Fleteren who later reported being knocked out and robbed of 24 dollars.
Home owners are shown a quality Scrubable Flat paint option among many paints at the Street Paint Co store.
A word puzzle list offers clues for colors and related terms. The grid hints include primary colors, purples browns pale browns and rugged rocks with cross references to animals and objects like a male sheep nine Norse god and a love god.
A compact puzzle item listing clues with numbers and partial hints. It appears to map numbers to word answers like elements, names, and objects, including references to a river in Germany and a Celtic boy's name. The garbled fragments suggest a crossword style fill with definitions and cross clues.
Walter Winchell sketches a nightlife panorama from Broadway to Midtown New York. Celebrities such as Mickey Mantle Libby Holman Betty Grable Gwen Verdon and Jane Kean mingle with society figures at clubs premieres and events. Rumors range from network censors to divorce settlements and local scandals.
Radio and television listings show time blocks for Eastern Local Time with notes on hour adjustments for other zones. The schedule includes Kiddies Hour, sports broadcasts, news, dramas, and musical programs across CBS NBC and independent stations, plus early morning and afternoon lines and a final note that tank ships now carry 200 000 barrels of oil and others are built to carry 300 000 barrels.
Washington experts of the Agriculture Department forecast potato prices will drop by up to three cents per pound from 1952 retail levels if the large harvest materializes. A 385 million bushel crop could push prices to about 4½ to 5 cents per pound, though a late freeze could alter the outlook.
A large gambling operation faced a crackdown with several bookmakers jailed for accepting bets. Police say the ring ran across multiple venues and involved numerous punters seeking illicit wagers. The arrests follow investigations into illegal betting networks in the city.
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