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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
2
The article critiques a bridge play where South ruffed the opening diamond lead, cashed the ace of hearts, and led the ten of spades. It argues the correct plan is to ruff the first diamond then lead the king clubs, potentially allowing a slam if East cooperates and does not ruff.
A Hartford motorist asked a state inspector if he drove all right and, after reassurance, claimed he would take his driving test for a license. The stray clipping also notes fiber lay and weaving history as brief side items.
The piece analyzes government power over strikes in vital sectors, noting past actions from the Railway Labor Act era to Truman’s steel seizure and the push for Taft Hartley style controls. It questions whether any no strike law could emerge and how labor and business respond to federal intervention.
The 14 day General Conference of the Methodist Church closed with a pledge on smoking for candidates and a vote against full ministerial rights for women. Delegates agreed to reorganize 40 000 local churches and set up a new board to study social and economic relations. They urged elimination of racial discrimination and censured a left wing group. Unordained pastors may administer sacraments while studying for ordination. A record budget of 11 million dollars per quad for 1956 was approved.
Congress passes a law depriving labor unions of their main action the strike triggering fury among labor groups and prompting demands for retaliation or penalties.
President Truman, near 68, vows to target appropriations cutters and lobbyists he says aid Stalin. In a speech to National Housing Conference, he rails at critics, pledges continued whistle stop campaigning beyond his 1948 bid, and pledges to reveal what the government is doing to secure world peace.
A Raleigh column notes Mrs Nell Hayden Tucker as Guilford's only woman candidate in the House primary, while listing other women in nearby counties and a Negro male candidate in Forsyth. The secretary of state lists no sexual or racial distinctions on ballots, leaving voter choice to decide.
Sister Mary Fidelis joined nine other nuns touring the Bell plant at Niagara Falls. In a hat drawing she won a helicopter ride, believed to make her the first nun to ride in a windmill.
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