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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1953
Page
3
At their annual meeting the Roman Catholic bishops say a process of degradation is at work in the nation driven by liturgy of advertisement entertainment and literature. They warn about depersonalization and urge reverence for God to restore dignity and decency through education society and state.
Sen. Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina proposed that FBI reports on presidential nominees be submitted confidentially to Senate committees. He would create three person subcommittees to receive reports, increasing safeguards against Communist infiltration. The move follows testimony about the White nomination to head the IMF in 1946 without disclosure of FBI concerns.
National Guard anti aircraft units across 26 states and the District of Columbia are to prepare for air defense of major industrial sites and populations. Ninety one AA battalions will participate with District of Columbia units first to man gun sites as the program spans several years. The Army chief of field forces sets training standards while the Army supplies updated anti aircraft equipment. States involved include North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Georgia.
Arthur Leiby testified in Atlantic City court about his car being stolen while he spoke, noting it had been stolen and recovered days earlier. The incident underscores recurring auto theft issues in the city.
Mrs. Ben McNeil found a dollar bill after lifting a brick in her front yard in Wetumka Oklahoma. Her husband says she has turned over all stones and bricks on the property in search for more treasure.
Governor Umstead planned to attend the formal opening of Sealevel Hospital, a 34 bed facility built by the Taylor Foundation. The four Taylor brothers Dan and Leslie of West Palm Beach and Alfred and William of Norfolk, plus their parents Maltby and Mrs. Taylor of Sealevel, funded the project.
Sir Edmund Hillary announces a plan for a new expedition in next year to penetrate mountain areas east of Mount Everest. He and Sherpa guide Tenzing climbed Everest last June.
The Geological Survey says its Atomic Clock dating method uses radio carbon in ancient rock, plants and artifacts to determine ages up to 20 000 years with potential for 30 000 year relics. Developed by J W M Libby and refined by Dr Hans Suess, the method measures very small radiocarbon levels via Geiger counters and acetylene gas.
Eastern Belt final sales completed at Rocky Mount and other towns as prices fell this week. Week sales totaled 7,045,420 pounds at 43.79 per hundred. season totals reached 480,010,691 pounds at 57.09. Middle Belt sales 12,475,794 pounds at 39.31. Old Belt 29,517,805 pounds at 41.17. Virginia and North Carolina weekly and season totals shown.
A Birmingham crowd waited for King Paul and Queen Frederika as their train halted for 25 minutes. The royal couple did not appear and the Greek consul in New Orleans blamed no appearance, while locals accused him of neglect.
Bozeman Montana reports the Homer brothers Lee Ed and John operate a large spray irrigation system. By a switch they can apply three inches of rain to a half mile by 80 foot plot in six hours.
Adlai Stevenson the 1952 Democratic presidential candidate visits Montgomery Alabama to meet Gov Persons and supporters. It is his first Alabama appearance and follows his campaign pause while his running mate Sen Sparkman led Alabama efforts. Stevenson travels with William Blair and Ernest Ives and plans departures to Raleigh or Baltimore.
Aust in Minn Hormel Institute researchers report a method to raise disease free pigs. Pigs are removed from the sow's uterus after the sow is subjected to carbon monoxide, then raised to maturity on pasteurized cow's milk while the sow becomes meat.
Rome FAO reports falling prices and rising unsold stocks threaten wider hunger despite a slight per capita increase in food since World War II. The 68 nation UN FAO conference opens with warnings of unbalanced growth, excess US stocks, and uncertain 1952-53 gains.
Norman Finstrom age eighteen of Kandiyohi Minn drinks coffee at Willmar's annual Kaffe Fest. He downed 52 cupfuls in eighteen minutes establishing a remarkable caffeine record.
In Leaksville a 43 car Carolina and Northwestern Railroad freight train struck a truck on State Highway 770 near Draper. Albert Ox, 67, was pulled from beneath the wreckage and Lemuel Lawson, 53, died in the crash. Both men were residents of Spray.
Premier Sir John Kotelawala of Ceylon will visit New Delhi in mid January to meet Prime Minister Nehru about nearly a million Indians living in Ceylon and their concerns.
Ankara reports President Celal Bayar will tour Canada after his February visit to the United States as part of ongoing diplomatic engagements.
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