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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1954
Page
2
Columbia legislator George Davis reports a new re election platform after a truck toppled onto his campaign sign board. The vehicle, branded as his attorney’s trademark, carried water barrels and signs. Davis has not disclosed the upcoming platform details, noting his prior one was twenty years old.
Hollywood gossip lists Nora Flynn Haymes claiming poverty to support two daughters, Rosemary Clooney upset by a blue note on Bob Hope’s show, Ava Gardner denying reconciliation with Frank Sinatra, and Rhonda Fleming heading to divorce court. Errol Flynn hopes for a quieter life while Denise Darcel heads to New York for a CBS show after Vera Cruz. Alan Ladd denies TV stardom links as Alan Ladd Enterprises forms to produce films and TV. Gloria Grahame and Cy Howard deny marriage talk, while Dan Dailey secures big network contracts ahead of Fox exit.
A scrambled summary of celebrity moves and industry chatter. Mentions Travis Kleefield billed by RCA Victor, Katharine Hepburn amid London trouble, Gene Evans and Patti Powers ending engagement, Josh White’s recovery after osteomyelitis, Betty Grable’s Three for the Show, Ronald Reagan eyed for Comedy Hour, and Gene Autry’s critique of Red Garters as western satire.
More than 512 thousand visitors flocked to the Blue Ridge Parkway Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Wright Brothers Memorial at Cape Hatteras during the first quarter of 1954. The gain over 1953 totaled 169 thousand with Blue Ridge Parkway up 187 thousand while Smoky Mountains fell by 19 thousand. State parks nearly doubled with 144 thousand visitors versus 74 thousand.
Radio and television program listings note local Eastern Time with adjustments for Central and Mountain zones. Subtract one hour for Central, two hours for Mountain. Stations may shift relay times to fit local schedules. Last minute changes cannot be reflected.
Evening and Tuesday program listings show a dense mix of news drama and variety slots across CBS and ABC with Beulah Sketch and Opera highlights. The article closes noting the U S Army built a waterborne towboat that can be assembled in water to tug barges, measuring 96 feet and drawing two and a half feet.
The text contrasts training requirements for mechanical skill, noting energetic, obstacle‑driven individuals show aptitude while quiet, dreamy people tend toward intellectual focus. It also touches on argument fallacies, suggesting that weak arguments reveal faulty logic and that one should welcome such missteps as learning.
The text discusses how people resist changing their fixed ideas and react badly when plans fail. It argues that a well planned home vacation can be entirely restful, emphasizing absence of worries and routine change as keys. It notes that new scenery helps only if expenses don’t add worry. It suggests staying home if the goal is to escape work.
Puzzle style list of crossword definitions and clues with numbered entries across and down. Facts include translations and wordplay hints across general knowledge terms from various categories. The mixture features people places and objects such as summers in French and Italian terms and classic phrases.
BELLEFONTE Pa. Joseph Bibalo a 23 year old farm worker was electrocuted early today for luring a sportsman to his death on the promise of showing him a good ee e victim year old Anthony Sreman of Forest City Pa. was found beaten knifed and shot to death with his own rifle in a lonely wooded section of northeast Pennsylvania near the New York border on Dec. 10 1951. Bibalo's attorneys based their fight to save his life on the contention that he was not mentally responsible for the act. Police could find only one motive for the slaying: Bibalo who didn't own a drivers license wanted Shema's car.
In a Jeopardy of misplacements a deal unfolds with West leading spades, East confusing king of spades with clubs, and South pushing for nine tricks. East’s slip alters the defense, West overcalls with ace of spades, and the hand ends with quiet victory and praise for the correct play.
Charles Waldrop borrowed a motorcycle to visit Flora Watts home. Waldrop allegedly started well then veered, struck a bar, and jammed between a bar and ceiling support. He was hospitalized unconscious with head and internal injuries. Patrons suffered minor scratches.
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