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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1952
Page
1
Eisenhower prepares for a brief briefing with Truman as both sides contemplate unity on UN and Korea. Aides signal Ike wants no binding commitments before his Jan. 20 inauguration while awaiting New York talks with GOP leaders. Teaser notes Cabinet names debate and possible southern Democratic appointments.
Ground broke for Westinghouse Electric Corp. new meter plant a 1,000 foot facility one mile north of Raleigh on U S Highway 1. The factory will employ 2,500 people and produce meters for homes factories and defense needs with production slated to start late next year.
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At the Southern Governors Conference in New Orleans 16 governors opposed creating a fundraising foundation to support a shared higher education program, warning it would become a new bureaucracy. The group voted to expand programs while delaying the foundation for a year.
Eight of 16 men aboard a C-119 transport were killed when an engine dropped away after a propeller detached. The plane crashed into a creek bank near Billings Montana after taking off from Great Falls en route to Greenville South Carolina during Alaska maneuvers. Survivors and bodies were pulled from the wreck by local residents.
Greensboro report outlines new officers elected by mail as the North Carolina Ready Mixed Concrete Association closes its annual convention. Officers will meet with the board before the convention ends today after presentations by current leaders and expert speakers yesterday.
Raleigh reports R C Corderman of Western Electric Winston Salem was named communications advisor by the North Carolina Council of Civil Defense. Civil Defense Director E Z Jones announced the appointment. Also in Raleigh the Agriculture Department said September Grade A milk and cream purchases rose to 42 824 804 pounds, up 7 9 percent from a year earlier.
The lone utilities commissioner planned a hearing today on a boat passenger and freight franchise for the 30 mile Ocracoke Portsmouth Atlantic run. Commissioner Fred Hunter presided over the Ocracoke applicants Elmo M. Fulcher and George F. O'Neal of Ocracoke.
The three modern turkey plants near Raleigh process 125000 birds daily but storage shortages push over 250000 pounds to Charles Town warehouses in West Virginia awaiting action. Poultry marketing specialist Ralph B. Kelly noted this is the second such instance in recent weeks.
An Indian proposal to end the Korean war under a five member repatriation commission faced heavy pushback from the United States and other nations. Washington insisted on no force to compel prisoners home and warned the plan risks stalling at Panmunjom. India has sounded out China but received no assurances from Russia. critics say the proposal delays a final settlement and leaves a single exit for prisoners.
Washington report notes a thaw in the Truman Eisenhower dispute as both leaders show willingness to speak. The campaign era feud centered on Korea policy corruption and anti Communists, with Truman criticising Eisenhower as unfit and Eisenhower labeling Truman a demagogue and clinging to past errors.
Senator Hickenlooper of Iowa said the Congressional Atomic Energy Committee will review the hydrogen program with focus on security slips tied to H-bomb tests. He warned against complacency as nations pursue more powerful weapons and urged vigilance over restricted data amid ongoing investigations by a task force of AEC and military branches.
United Nations aircraft backed by tanks and artillery hit the approaches to Sniper Ridge as Chinese forces reportedly sent reinforcements. Air Force Navy Marine and South African planes conducted 63 sorties dropping tons of explosives and firing napalm over seven hours.
Sen. Robert A. Taft said he recommended names for Eisenhower’s cabinet and would not reveal them. He also stated he is not running for any office and favored enlarging the congressional group at White House meetings. Taft plans to confer with Eisenhower in New York on the legislative program and did not specify a secretary of state candidate.
Congress opened a probe into tax exempt philanthropic and educational foundations including Rockefeller Carnegie and Ford, to uncover any un American or subversive use of resources. Rep Cox leads the House panel with members Hays OToole Forand Simpson Goodwin and Reece to assess misuses beyond established purposes.
The forecast shows a low of 50 tonight and a high of 70 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 70 with a 44 degree low last night. The sun will set today in Sillium and rise tomorrow at 7 am.
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