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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1952
Page
8
After a quake and tidal waves, 14 to 22 dead and 18 injured were reported. Damages reached 21 million dollars as 1,245 homes were swept away and 55 houses destroyed. Communal relief efforts were hampered by broken roads and railways.
Walter Winchell returns to the column desk March 1 and writes from Israel about Terrie Aiarian, Shirley Temple’s planned harness reentry, and the era’s sea duties. Joey Adams reports food shortages in Israel with black markets thriving for soap and meat.
Mrs. Sarah J. Jones sues H E Butt Grocery Co for 75600 alleging a Mercedes Texas loaf contained steel wool or wire or similar substance and caused her illness after eating two slices. Her husband joins in the suit in district court.
Police in Canada and the United States hunted three men after a Montreal bank robbery yielded 94 606 dollars. Investigators believed the bandits were Americans and fled in a stolen car. The heist ranked as the third largest in Ontario that year.
Addressing backache fatigue dizziness and wakeful nights the ad promotes Dean’s Doan’s Pills as a mild diuretic to support kidney function. It touts decades of use and claims relief by millions, urging readers to obtain the product now.
Washington sources predict the three and a half year old freeze on new television stations will be lifted this month. The move could add 10 to 20 new stations by year’s end, with as many as 23 possible later, as applications flow in and transmitters become available. The FCC will set a filing period before processing resumes, and hearings may occur where multiple applicants compete for a local channel. There are 108 stations now serving 64 markets with about 88 million people.
Sen Mundt suggests the electoral college could select a president or vice president if no candidate wins a majority. He notes past cases where the House decided elections and says electors still report state results. Russell and Southern Democrats influence the Democratic nomination as Southern states hold significant electoral votes.
KITTY HAWK N C Com Faene and crew began operation Porpoise to drive 60 porpoises from Currituck Sound into the sea. A fleet of boats will rendezvous near the Wright Memorial Bridge while a warden plane surveys a 200 square mile area. Small charges and clanging bars may be used to deter the mammals as crews aim to herd them out. The plan notes porpoises eat about 18 pounds of fish daily. It cautions they may return.
A Greenwich Conn board member cites parental approval as a factor as the high school weighs allowing students to smoke on campus during defined periods. Leonard S. Clark states that with parental permission, enforcing bans becomes difficult.
A Fort Worth report notes a Texas Christian University poll on why students pick schools. A freshman reply reveals the lure of receiving a free catalog.
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