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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1955
Page
5
A Boston landmark steeple near the midnight ride site was toppled by Hurricane Carol last August. The AP Wirephoto notes the historic marker was damaged in the storm.
Health officials reported 88 postinoculation polio cases with five deaths after the Cutter vaccine recall on April 27. The mass immunization program was suspended for safety checks as 60 of the 88 cases involved Cutter vaccine and 28 involved other manufacturers. Total polio cases since April 10 stood at 682 across all ages.
The bodies of Frederick C. Hadden and Bert Woodburn, both 21 and students at Edinburgh University, were discovered in a snow filled gully on Ben Nevis. RAF rescue team members said they likely died quickly from severe injuries after falls.
In Rochester, Vice President Nixon urged Americans to back President Eisenhower and avoid sniping over the upcoming four power conference among the United States Britain Russia and France. He praised Eisenhower and Dulles as trusted leaders who will resist appeasement and seek peace with honor.
London reports that four Communists contest tomorrow’s election and all seem bound to lose. Since 1900 only four Communist MPs have existed. in 1950 they ran 100 candidates, earning 102 780 votes of 28 769 477. In 1951 they reduced to 11 candidates and 21 640 votes of 28 596 695.
A cocktail waitress Elvina De Groupet, 38, was fined 100 dollars and given 90 days to pay after attempting to smoke out her estranged husband with burning newspapers. Judge Clayton W. Horn delivered the lecture from experience while bandaged hands showed scorched skin from lighting a barbecue pit.
Lois Frederick claims Mrs Jessie Hall gave her a four month old screw tail bulldog in February. Hall says the dog is hers and custody was not transferred. Judge Mike Foster compares it to a child custody dispute and will consult divorce and custody precedents before ruling while a vet will care for the dog meanwhile.
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