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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1956
Page
19
A fragment notes President Eisenhower considers the crisis with an open mind while acknowledging that ongoing fighting may impact his re election prospects. The remark frames political risk tied to wartime decisions and public opinion.
A Thomasville minister, Joseph Kennedy, is reported missing and possibly captive in Hungary after a travel delegation left via Vienna. The family reports letters from him and a planned return home on November 17. No confirmation of captivity or capture time is provided.
A High Point couple sold a four month old two headed calf named Princess Faye. Bids poured in from across the country including Canada though the buyers planned to showcase the calf at the Georgia State Fair in Savannah. The sale stirred local attention as residents joked about the announcement and publicity glare.
Dr. Angus C. Sargent will open an internal medicine office at 519 N Main St tomorrow. He is a Wake Forest College and Bowman Gray School of Medicine graduate, completed an internship at Georgetown University, and did residency at Indiana University. He comes from Charlotte and resides with his wife and two children on Otteray Dr.
Postal receipts here for October rose more than 16 percent from 1955. Current October receipts totaled 86,658.61 dollars, up from 74,537.89 dollars last year, an increase of 12,120.72 dollars. Postmaster Walter York called the rise considerable, noting parcel post shipments by manufacturers as a major factor.
Forrest Dates outlines the High Point election forecast comparing local and national trends to the 1952 race. He notes registration and party strength shifting, with a potential slight Eisenhower advantage and split Democratic ballots affecting outcomes in Guilford County.
W A Ragsdale expects to push a two county city hall project at a planning meeting in about two weeks. The city and county bought about 4% acres near city hall to develop a governmental center with offices moved from the present city hall. He said funding could come from county sources in the 1957 58 budget and possibly federal aid to speed construction.
Police detained a blood smeared ten year old car and two people after conflicting accounts on a hand wound and car hood blood. Investigators sought blood samples while officers pursued a Virginia fugitive later captured nearby after a tip. King, wanted in Virginia for statutory burglary, was found in a car with a Gretna, Virginia connection.
A humorous column by Forrest Cates discusses blood donations and hospital banking, a fire department investigation into local arsons, a court case involving a kidnap trial with attorney Dan Whitley praised by a judge, and city plans to vote on a sewer water bond. It touches Marine recruiting sentiment in Winston Salem and High Point, plus musings on Middle East war talk and raft status.
Residents in the West End heard a loud explosion late at night prompting frantic police calls. Officers later determined the blast was a giant firecracker possibly tossed from a car by late Halloween revelers.
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