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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1957
Page
2
Huntington West Virginia television dealer J Ralph Thompson offered a free automobile with every TV set purchased. Buyers were wary with some fearing ties to expensive color sets while others wanted the cars themselves, noting the free car idea as the main draw. Thompson said the plan is straightforward no tricks.
New York—ABC TV host Mike Wallace draws fire for probing style and personal questions in Sunday night interviews. Charles Mercer reports Wallace defends ideal subject as accomplished and representative, noting trouble securing interviews and comments about paying subjects.
Police officer Harvey Tyrrell spends 49 weeks a year patrolling Atlantic City. When vacation comes he reveals a rare travel choice, saying he spends one week in Atlantic City for his break.
In a JACOBY ON BRIDGE column, North uses Stayman and a transfer to diamonds, two bids lead to a transfer to diamonds, South responds, North supports to four diamonds, and South proceeds to five diamonds. The play hinges on no trump distributions and potential finesses, with commentary on risks and outcomes for both sides.
12:20 Sign of 12:00 Hans Anderson 12:30 Industry 12:45 Baseball listed as a short afternoon lineup with three program times.
A Farm Journal segment from WBTV Charlotte Channel 3 features a reporter covering agricultural topics. The brief focuses on local farming updates and market observations.
The Winston Salem Channel 12 broadcast lists a Friday lineup with 12 44 sign on 1245 music 100 on farm 130 engineering and 200 sign off.
Charlotte detectives hid in a house Wednesday night and seized a large pile of duplicate number tickets, cash from the day’s payoffs, and one pistol. Detective Jack Porter said they walked in and took over as writers were arriving to collect. The operation was described as a butter and eggs market payoff scheme.
Two cannon balls from the Yorktown siege remain imbedded in the walls of the Nelson House in Yorktown Virginia, preserved as historic relics.
The Blue Ridge Parkway Association executive board adopted a resolution opposing adding lodging and restaurant facilities along the parkway as part of the National Park Service concessions expansion. The association did not act further and elected R. B. Hardin of Blowing Rock as president with other officers named.
Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota hosts one of the nation’s largest buffalo herds with about 2,000 animals counted in a census.
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