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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1953
Page
2
Howard Leroy Booker, 33, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for an armed robbery that netted him $1.50 and two streetcar tokens. Mrs. Sarah Babbitt, 28, testified he dragged her into a thicket, beat and cut her, then fled with her purse and the tokens. It was the second time Atlanta courts imposed death for armed robbery.
In Bridgeport Henry Lyles took a long taxi ride and refused to pay a $5.70 fare. When he tried to exit the cab, the driver, a woman, slammed him in the face and held him until police arrived.
The notice explains time standards for radio programs across time zones. It states Eastern standard time applies, with Central one hour back and Mountain two hours back. It notes some stations adjust relay times to fit local schedules and that last minute changes cannot be included.
The Wright brothers built their powered aircraft in their bicycle shop after no satisfactory engine could be found. This historical note appears amid TV listings and brief notices in the page.
Witness John F. Wright recalls two cars near the field where a Darlington killing occurred, a .45 slug ending a life, and a car with windows down. Evidence includes an empty cartridge shell, Watts' hat pierced by a bullet, a wallet, a gun in the glove compartment, and tracks leading from the car. Courtroom crowd listens as sheriffs and SLED officers testify about the scene and matter.
About 20 members of the Southeast District of the National Institute of Diaper Service meet in Winston-Salem for a square pants frolic and discussions on nursery unmentionables. John V. Alcorn of Atlanta will preside, with Richard Leeds of New York City speaking on nursery etiquette and awareness.
Dispatches report 96 persons were drowned or missing in floods along the El Bravo River north of Guayaquil. Twenty six bodies recovered in Jaramijo, Manabi province, as searchers in rowboats comb the village. Seventy missing. President Velasco Ibarra visited Manta where four drowned and many homes washed away, including the Hotel Manabi.
Publisher Floyd Clymer says a letter from Harry S Truman confirms the ex president owned an early Stafford car and rebuilt it into a hot sport roadster in 1917. Truman recalls driving it to Camp Doniphan and using it as a transport for Battery KF before selling it to a sergeant. He also details bore stroke engine specs and notes Stafford’s Topeka and Kansas City origins.
Con tractor James R. Scott advised home builders to stage a new house by week. If unsold first week, fence it. Second week landscape it. Third week add a barbecue pit. Fourth week, move in yourself.
In San Francisco teacher Sarah Hagerty told her first grade class to name the tune played before Friday fights on television. A student in the back cried out that it was The Star Spangled Banner, noting its regular Friday TV airing.
Hillsboro Ohio report states Sheriff E F Gustin found Caleb Allen on the living room couch inside his home. Allen explained he mistook the residence for a church and was arrested for drunkenness.
It is estimated that about 70 percent of the meat eaten in North Carolina is pork.
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