Parade Opens Yule Season With Hdg Holiday Spectacle
A massive parade kicked off the Yule season drawing nearly 90 000 spectators. Hopalong Cassidy on Topper led floats and Miss North Carolina Faye Arnold appeared with Miss High Point Arlene Hobbs. Shriner and band units moved past cheering crowds as pristine floats drew praise for their design and colors.
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Aes
Shriners
Junior
Pop
Cassidy
Faye Arnold
North Carolina
Arlene Hobbs
High Point
Christian Endeavor
The
Oak Hill Friends Oa
Resignation Ends Conduct Probe
Washington The resignation of Hugh W. Cross as chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission ends a Senate investigation of his conduct. The Investigations subcommittee may publish behind closed doors testimony. Cross resigned announced yesterday in Gettysburg where Eisenhower recovers from a heart attack. Cross cited baseless charges but said lingering questions hinder continued service on the commission.
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Washington
Hugh W. Cross
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Cross
Subcommittee
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Ross Denies Entering Court Drunk in McK Solictor Trial
In Harnett County courtroom Ross, 47, denies entering court intoxicated while facing four counts of malfeasance in office. He claims not all traffic cases were pressed to avoid affecting anyone and cites accumulated docket. Indictments span 1944 to 1955 with 4500+ cases handled.
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Harnett County
Neill McK. Ross
Ross
General Assembly
Cecil Fuquay
Grand
Hodges Report On State Problems
Governor Hodges announced a radio and television news conference to outline state problems since succeeding the late Gov. Umstead. He will not discuss future political plans and hopes to name a nine member committee to search for a successor to Gordon Gray. He will miss the White House education conference in Washington next week.
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Raleigh P
White House
Washington
U N Tries To Break Deadlocks In Assembly Session
The United Nations Assembly seeks to end deadlocks over a Security Council seat and 18 nation membership bids. Debates on disarmament and colonial issues in Morocco and West New Guinea loom before the December 19 windup. France’s return after quitting the Algerian question may ease a path to broader consensus. The United States reportedly eases opposition to Outer Mongolia’s bid amidst Soviet warnings on non communist applicants.
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U.N. Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Morocco
West New Guinea
India
U.N. Disarmament Commission
France
Thomasville Welcomes Miss America Parade in Holiday Thrill
Tens of thousands packed downtown Thomasville for a Christmas parade led by Miss America 1956 Sharon Kay Ritchie of Colorado Nebraska. The procession featured church floats, local beauty queens, school bands, and a Santa finale after a banquet at the Woman's Club.
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Sharon Kay Ritchie
Thomasville
Thomas
Memorial Park Dr
Salem St
Main St
Unity St
Carl C. Wilson
W. T. Green Jr
Lindsay Loftin
Paul M. Shore
Woman's Club
Miss Ritchie
Colorado
Woman College
Denver
Crabbe
Iss America
Captain Gallant
Miss Trinity
Davis‘Townsend
Pilot
Hasty
North Davidson
Fair Grove
Church St. School
Ashmore
Trinity
Church St
Denton
Asheboro
Thomasville High School
Santa Claus
Debate Over Grapes and Wine in FAO Resolution
The FAO wrapped a three week meeting with a compromise to include grape products after Nazir Ahmad of Pakistan objected to removing wine. Norway Sweden and several wine producing nations argued wine is a key agricultural product. Delegates from France and other wine regions defended wine while the body urged more money to alleviate hunger and malnutrition worldwide.
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Eee
U Thet Su
Burma
FAO
Khrushchev confirms Soviet hydrogen bomb test
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announced Russia had exploded a nuclear device of maximum strength equaling about a million tons of TNT. The U S Atomic Energy Commission stated the blast was among the greatest ever, in the millions of tons range, indicating a hydrogen bomb test.
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Bangalore
India
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Russia
Khrushchev
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Seventeen Crew Rescued From Wrecked Freighter Kismet IT
The Liberian freighter Kismet IT ran aground off Cape Breton in heavy snow and high winds. A Royal Canadian Navy helicopter saved 22 to 30 seamen clinging to a 1,000-foot cliff using a breeches buoy and cables as surf churned the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Halifax
N. S
Breton Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Syarute
Suasanie Hemee Deere
Sydney
Mvc
the Gulf
Royal Canadian
Vyees
Filant Gment
Peter Highfield
Roger Fink
Fink
Barchemain Satias
Kelguier
Kismet
Philaea
School Fund Report Delayed Amid Formula Study
Raleigh the special committee on distributing 25 million dollars in school construction funds postpones its report to December 6 as it studies local spending and bond issues since June 30. The 1953 bond plan totals 50 million, with 17.5 million allocated so far and Rutherford County voters facing a 1.5 million issue next week.
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Raleigh
J. A. Pritchett
Pritchett
Rutherford County
Freet Ie Ang
Tarboro
Rockingham
Wayne County
Jackson County
Jackson School
Grand Jury Clears Socialite In Death
A Nassau County grand jury found no indictment in the death of socialite William Woodward killed by a shotgun fired by his wife Ann. The 10 hour session yielded no evidence of crime as Mrs. Woodward testified and signed a waiver of immunity while recounting the incident at their Long Island estate. The couple’s children slept through the shooting as observers described the dramatic aftermath and social upheaval surrounding the case.
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Mineola
N.Y
William Woodward
Ann
Nassau County Court House
Woodward
Railroads Face Knotty Desegregation Challenge Across Venues
Rail executives say the ICC order to desegregate interstate rail and bus travel, waiting rooms, and rest rooms poses complex issues. States maintain separate facilities for whites and Negroes, raising doubts on implementing mixed accommodations after January 10. Many factors include evolving court rulings and evolving car and hotel practices.
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Continental Divide
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Supreme Court
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carollina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
South Carolina
Virginia
Mat Banee
Parades Highlighted in High Point and Thomasville Tomorrow
The Sunday Enterprise previews tomorrow’s city parades with photos from both towns. An behind the scenes interview with Hopalong Cassidy is planned. Also featured is a restored colonial home near Thomasville and a High Point girl’s 10 week Europe trip.
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High Point
Thomasvills
Enterprise
Snares
Hopalong Cassidy
Thomasville
Europe
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Bill Southerland
Tommy Holmes
Timothy Sherton
Topper
Hodges
U.N
Merchants Association
Bulletin
Cape Breton Isle
New York
John Pratting
Manhattan
Woodwards
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