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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1953
Page
2
Residents protested industrial zoning on Springfield Ave and urged denial. The city council tabled the proposal for study, voting 63 to defer, while advocates urged preserving a Class A residential neighborhood on the southern city border.
Weakness in aircraft shares triggered a broad market decline with active selling from Boeing, Douglas, Lockheed and others. Trading stayed quiet overall with sporadic bursts of activity while railroads, steels, oils, chemicals and radio TVs also slipped. Major names like General Electric, American Tobacco, DuPont, Eastman Kodak and Gulf Oil posted losses as the market’s tone remained negative.
Senators discuss power policy as a major campaign topic next year. Sen Aiken argues GOP response centers on REA operations while Democrats accuse the administration of favoring private power. Other lawmakers weigh farm programs, prices, and employment trends shaping the political battle.
The article reports rumors surrounding a kidnapping case in Kansas City involving a boy linked to wealth figures. FBI agents visited Washington for questions but gave no comment, and no official Lindbergh-law entry was confirmed. Police officials indicate the family asked for privacy as authorities investigate the French Institute of Notre Dame de Sion connection.
Mrs Alice Paige White compiled a history of the American Association of University Women detailing the organization’s origin before the merger of its southern branch. It lists colleges open to women up to 1895 and includes a register of notable women born 1800 to 1890 who promoted education and reform.
The partnership of T C Millikan and C J Hiatt operating as M and H Frameworks in Archdale North Carolina is dissolved by mutual consent. From now on T C Millikan handles operations and debts, while C J Hiatt bears no further responsibility for the firm. Dated September 1053.
A 28 year old mother Peggy Gibson and her 6 year old daughter Sherry were treated after a two car collision at Boulevard and Lindsay Street around 5 30 pm. The other driver Thomas A Green 24 of Randleman Negro was not charged. Estimated total damage 125 dollars. A later report notes a 3 year old boy injured on Main Street when he ran into a car. Driver Sam Henley 57 of Route 2 was not charged.
North Carolina Motor Carriers Association elected officers led by president Grier of Cherryville. Other officers include W. W. Miller Jr. of Charlotte as first vice president J. K. Glenn of a nearby area as second vice president and J. Akers of Gastonia as state vice president. The session featured the annual report and remarks from F. Carey president of the American Trucking Association and Edward Scheidt of the North Cocoa motor vehicles commission.
E O Lane former district governor addressed Oak View Lions Club during a barbecue supper at Oak View School. The event included a club meeting and a guest appearance by Ples Transou. Receipts from the annual broom sale totaled over a stated amount.
Charles Towery Prospect Lt. of 508 Towery reported a theft early this morning. A lady’s black handbag containing a driver’s license and an unemployment check for seven dollars was taken from a bar parked in front of his house at 12 15 a.m.
Command details staggered by Thimayya on possible compulsion to attend interviews for anti Communist prisoners amid two breakouts and bloodshed. Clark defends UN policy on truce terms and prisoner rights in the Korean War context.
The State Highway Patrol will issue about 2500 Stig awards to drivers with safe driving records and courtesy. Recipients names and license numbers will appear on citations printed in local newspapers, with tickets entitling free State Fair admission. Awards are in cooperation with State Fair officials and will be distributed statewide.
The New York Shipping Association and the International Longshoremen's Association reach a split on a wage boost in a new contract. The ILA seeks 13 cents an hour in a wage welfare package, while employers offer an 8 cent increase. The current basic rate stands at $2.27 per hour.
A building permit for about 12000 is issued to Green St Baptist Church to rebuild on the Redding St site of the West End Baptist Church after a fire. The concrete block structure will be built by day labor. Other permits include a 6 room Leonard St residence for 5000 and a Broad St warehouse addition for Mann's Drug Store costing 2000.
Budget Bureau Assistant Director Coltrane warned state departments that Jones statutes ban private use of state vehicles. He urged agencies to keep cars in designated garages overnight and restrict weekend and after hours use unless in emergencies.
M. G. Mann of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Assn urges farmers to store cotton under government loan due to market instability. He says rushing ginned cotton to market wastes money and warehouses have ample space, countering rumors of space shortages.
An executive committeeman of the UNC board says the best teacher certification is tied to a diploma from a women's college. Maj. L. P. McLendon of Greensboro spoke at the 61st Founders Day at Woman's College, noting 31 million children are enrolled nationwide amid a teacher shortage while urging adherence to a standard set for teacher education.
Dr. I Nott of Graham named top chiropractor for the North Carolina central district which covers 16 counties. The announcement, made by Dr. J B Morris of Durham, notes Nott’s leadership in the State Central District Practitioners Association and his establishment of the first chiropractic hospital in the state.
Gravely Sanatorium a 100 bed tubercular hospital in Chapel Hill will be dedicated at 2 p m. The state funded institution cost 1 186 000 and will open to patients November 1 with speakers Dr J R Norton state health officer and D S Coltrane assistant state budget director.
Guilford County cast the state’s heaviest vote Saturday with 8,120 voters and a 9 to 1 margin approving school and mental hospital bonds. The count was certified at a special canvass meeting. Bonds: $50 million for schools 7319 to 801. $22 million for the hospital 7317 to 712.
A hearing is set in Municipal Court tomorrow for Diffie Wade Staley 26 a Seagrove farmer charged with injuring his 11 year old niece at her home in High Point The charge was brought by the parents authorities say the incident occurred Saturday afternoon while the parents were away and Staley is jailed without bond.
Registration will be held at 7 30 tonight at Blair Park Clubhouse for Arts and Crafts Workshop courses. Classes meet there each Tuesday evening including weaving china painting fiction writing and silk screening according to directors.
Nitrogenous material from decaying plants is held in the soil by fine particles called colloids.
Earl Warren, age 62, becomes the new chief justice, presiding with a warm, relaxed demeanor unseen in two decades. He takes the oath confidently, greets justices and lawyers by name, and signals a softer public face for the high court.
Pvt Robert Drane of Louisville Kentucky was reported over the hill for the second time since going AWOL in Korea. He slipped away from a prisoners work detail at Camp Stoneman California Thursday and rode a troop transport back to the United States. He was in custody three days earlier near the Presidio of San Francisco after disembarking from a troop transport from Korea.
A school custodian credits four guard dogs for preventing vandalism over seven years at the campus. He says the dogs deter nightly tampering and even small intrusions, noting that offenders avoid being bitten by stray canines.
Californians paid the biggest state tax bill of any state in 1952. The total for the fiscal year ended June 30 1953 was 1 300 620 792 dollars, up 3.6 percent from the prior year.
The forecast shows a low of 48 tonight and a high of 70 tomorrow. Today’s high was 78 with a low of 53 last night. Sunset is at 5 57 p m and sunrise at 6 20 am tomorrow.
A Superior Civil Court jury awarded Miss Mary H. Mc Gougan 350 for damages after a truck backed into her car on April 2. The driver Gurney Williams faced the suit. the incident occurred on a steep incline when brakes failed and railroad crossties shattered the windshield. Judge Susie Sharp presides as the term continues.
The city fire department begins its annual house to house canvass during Fire Prevention Week to find fire hazards. Assistant Fire Chief Gene Horny warns thieves may pose as firemen. residents should only allow uniformed department personnel inside. Firefighters will carry inspection pads and hand out safety literature.
Guilford Welfare Supt. Louis M. Thompson said August hospitalization costs reached 10 968 07, over 4 000 more than July. August expenditures totaled 34 490 10, with 1 148 62 for Sternberger Hospital improvements as the department plans a permanent move into the building.
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