22 Nov 1951
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1951
Page
1
Tokyo reports a 16th century tale of Kokichi who built paper and bamboo wings to fly from his roof. He allegedly flew repeatedly, once landing near a picnic, prompting authorities to summon him as the governor warned about scaring people and wasting lunches.
A combined puzzle entry lists horizontal and vertical clues for a word game. It includes items such as Anger, Expunge, Symbol for cerium, and Palmetto State ab. The vertical clues feature Distinct part, Persian fairy, Olympian goddess, and Former Russian ruler, among others.
Puzzle clues list items such as Greek portico and mountain lake with several definitions. The set includes terms for very, exclamatio of sorrow, sword handle, atop, musical note, peel, goddess of discord, entranced, ledger entry, promontory, paying substance, malt drink, volume, Hebrew letter.
Norman Nadel, music critic for the Columbus Citizen, reveals his six year old son Mark’s ambition to marry Margaret Truman after seeing her on TV with Jimmy Durante. Mark says he will marry her because her father has lots of guns, while siblings Arlene and David react. The father notes this may signal changing entertainment tastes for the era.
A flying machine was confiscated and Kokichi was deported to another province amid community disapproval. The incident highlights tensions over aviation and municipal rule enforcement in the region.
Tallahassee Florida signals a shift as the Fish and Game commission authorizes hunting alligators between October 1 and February 1. Eight footers only may be killed as smaller reptiles remain protected. State reptile expert Ross Allen argues hunting will curb bold gators that have posed risks to homes and people.
Beaufort South Carolina report says George Schultz, 71, claimed as oldest bullfighter in the country, wrestled a charging bull for 15 minutes until two men rescued him. He was hospitalized with a broken leg as the bull was sent to a slaughter house. The story notes a French phrase Au jus meaning with natural gravy.
North Carolina state forester candidate Charles H. Flory turned down the job offer citing personal reasons. Director George Ross said the search continues to fill Beichler's predecessor and hopes a new appointee is chosen by the Conservation and Development Board meeting in January in Raleigh. Flory has 20 years in NC forestry, including roles as regional forester and soil conservationist in Spartanburg.
North Carolina gains two U S highway extensions. U S 241 extends from Baldwin Georgia through Cornelia Clarksville Clayton Franklin Dillsboro and Cherokee to Newfound Gap and Le Veirsville Tennessee, meeting U S 129 at Lake City. U S 13 extends from Bowers Hill west of Norfolk via U S 58 460 to Suffolk and Va Route 37 into North Carolina, then N C 97 via Winton and Ahoskie to U S 17 at Windsor.
William Thornton, 56, was robbed by a masked bandit who demanded his wallet but found none. The robber took Thornton’s dental plate from his vest, then stuffed the teeth into his own mouth and fled.
Loretta Young muses on smoking a pipe, preferring quiet comforts and a leather chair for a relaxing evening, drawing on psychologists’ findings about male pipe smokers as calmer and more methodical. She imagines an after dinner pipe and a book shaping a peaceful end to a hard day on set.
SALT LAKE CITY UP Bernard Davidson fallen two months old fractured ear drums doctors said he would not hear or talk now at 30 he proves them wrong. He hears well through a hearing aid collects Dixie jazz and speaks slowly yet distinctly he runs his own denture repair business and is happily married his wife is deaf and they converse in sign. Their two year old daughter Sherry has normal hearing and speech.
On opening day of Michigan's pheasant season Bill Bergdorff drove to a remote area 35 miles away but found his hunt hampered by missing hunting coat license and shells. In a separate note, Washington State earned about 39 million dollars in defense contracts in early 1951 while Hawaii described rain as liquid sunshine.
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