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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1954
Page
2
New York stock list showed a downtrend with losses scattered across many issues. Motors advanced slightly while rubbers and aircrafts held gains. overall turnover faded, and several major names traded lower or flat in a cautious market mood.
Committees from the local school board and High Point College began tasks to find a solution about stadium control. Pruette said the session was to see what job lies ahead with no set deadlines or decisions to assign the title to the stadium amid protests from the school.
Adolphus Staton testified before the Senate Internal Security subcommittee that a wartime board briefly discharged radio operators on loyalty grounds. He said Stevenson warned against being too harsh on the Communists, remarking the board should not be too late on the Commies.
The group says they came to Washington for a political demonstration. They planned a violent vote based act with no Miranda rights and aimed to address their country. Miranda spoke of a simple aim to defend his country and the Senate as he refused to discuss the details.
Raleigh news reports that a hearing on milk distribution applications by Coble of Lexington will convene at the Agriculture Building in Durham at 7 p.m. The State Milk Commission seeks more information. many applicants are former Coble route men who bought Coble trucks. Coble plans to end retail and wholesale milk distribution and sell equipment to drivers who will become distributors, selling milk at a platform price with a one cent per quart premium to retailers. Applicants span Guilford, Wake, Alamance, Randolph, and Vance counties.
Police hunt an unidentified man with tastes for fat cigars smoked sausage and old coins after breaking into the Wellington Grocery on St along with pennies liver pudding and other items. Citizens report a slight-built man prowling nearby around midnight as authorities describe the suspect.
Dr Charles S Sydnor 55 dean of the Arts and Sciences Graduate School at Duke University died in Mississippi after a heart attack while on a lecture tour of Mississippi and Louisiana colleges. A native of Augusta Georgia he held honorary doctorates from Princeton Davidson and Washington & Lee. He was married with two sons and had lectured at Oxford as Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Lecturer.
A stolen car was wrecked when it hit a utility pole after thieves fled on foot. An unrelated drunken driving arrest involved a 2 year old housewife, whose car collided with another on N Main Street. Damages were minor and no injuries reported.
Joseph W. Griffin 39 of 808 E. Commerce St was tried on assault and escape counts. He received a 12 month sentence suspended for five years with child support and costs. The case followed his arrest on a capias after an earlier escape from a city detective in City Hall.
Greensboro attorney B Gordon Gentry, 41, accepted appointment as the first judge of the Guilford County Domestic Relations Court. Named unanimously by the High Point and Greensboro City Councils, the post becomes effective immediately. Gentry, a eight year Greensboro resident born near Seville, has a long career in law and public service, including work with the state employment office and the Tennessee Valley Authority. He is active in Church and arbitration groups and is married with two sons.
Republican National Committee Chairman Leonard W. Hall said he cannot go along with Senator McCarthy when he attacks those fighting communism as he did in recent weeks. He criticized the Army McCarthy clash and Stevens Browbeating of witnesses. The President did not back Hall's remarks nor Eisenhower support on Stevens claim to protect Army witnesses.
The State Board announced parole actions for eight inmates including Virgil Wilson paroled for a 1947 Pitt incident, Rex R. Wyatt granted parole after two years for burglary and assault, Guy Menton for assault and abandonment, Joe Ta Woodard for store breaking larceny and receiving, Lizzie Nortis for fornication and adultery, Leon Douglas for assault and related counts, and Lee Wright for assault on a female.
Mrs. Lebron waved a Puerto Rican flag at police headquarters and insisted her Nationalist group are patriots not criminals. She said the shooting aimed to raise awareness of high prices, calling the coin not free. The detainees are Nationalist party members linked to a 1950 Truman assassination attempt.
An old ad warns kidney function slows causing backache fatigue and poor health. It promotes Deans Pills a mild diuretic claimed to help kidneys flush waste and restore energy offering comfort after use.
The passage notes a small minority favors independence while most Puerto Ricans prefer remaining under U.S. authors. It mentions offers of self-government on demand and anti independence claims that separation would cut American aid and that full self rule is not yet attainable.
Benson Vermont Franklin B Kellogg 79 seeks re election today to his 57th straight term as town clerk. He follows a family line dating to his father who held the post for most of the last 120 years.
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