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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1951
Page
3
Editor promotes a seven day slimming diet for facial contouring with guidance on makeup and hair to match. Includes a sample menu across days and notes on wardrobe slimming, aiming to harmonize with a lighter face and body. The piece credits Alicia Hart and Ann Williams-Heller and references a Reducer’s Cook Book.
A 28 year old polio patient left an iron lung for the first time since November 3 to give birth to a seven pound daughter by caesarian section. Physicians delivered the baby during a 40 minute leave from the lung. The mother and her husband, a chemical engineer, also have a two year old son.
United Nations announces formation of a 14 nation collective measures committee to plan an international anti aggression army. The force would be authorized by the General Assembly and put military power against aggression in the hands of the assembly, with the Soviet Union lacking a veto. Members include Australia Brazil Britain Canada Egypt France Mexico Philippines Turkey United States Venezuela and Yugoslavia. A note mentions a pawn broker symbol dating back to the Crusades.
A compact word puzzle style clipping lists scattered items from Horizon ta pages. The mix includes color and particles entries with numbers and a note about the state capital, plus crossword style clues for various terms.
Seguin Texas March 5 Walter T Steves 52 year old boat ride concession operator died after giving life preservers to sixteen Gonzales teenagers on an inland Texas lake He went down with his motor boat Firemen recovered his body 17 hours after the craft struck an underwater stump and sank on Lake McQueeny He reportedly said I can swim and won't need one.
Bernard M. Baruch, 80, financier, is being treated at his New York home for a leg sprain. A family spokesman said the injury was slight and offered no further details.
Hollywood reports Jean Simmons secured exclusive rights with RKO and an MGM project plan. The British actor Stewart Granger has tied to multiple starring roles with Arthur Rank producing. Simmons will headline two pictures a year in a Shaw adaptation Androcles and the Lion with undisclosed terms.
Limestone is used in blast furnaces to combine with and remove slag.
Raleigh March 5 Some members of the general assembly consider striking back against state officials over pressure to control legislation. Rumors of threats to withhold highway funds from counties backing the senate bill circulate as lawmakers debate revamping the highway commission and curtailing its powers amid disputes with the governor and highway officials. The scene signals unusual political tension and potential retaliation in North Carolina politics.
The Wagon Mound, owned by an overseas tankship company of Panama, will reach Bombay tomorrow where Indian police plan to hold the entire crew for questioning. The report notes confusion about birds and winter hibernation lasting into the 19th century and mentions the first commercial electric sign reportedly placed at a New York theater in 1894.
In Bombay on March 5 a confrontation between communist and nationalist Chinese crewmen aboard the tanker Wagon Mound led to one death and several injuries. The 10,172 ton Panamanian-flag vessel was halted about 100 miles from port as authorities investigated.
A developing sense emerges that merit based delays may extend the legislature as much as or more than actions on the appropriation bill. The text signals cautious optimism about shortening the process if reforms yield faster passage.
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