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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1950
Page
10
High Point relies on the pass to gain yardage as Bears prepare for Lenoir-Rhyne with Bill Loyd at fullback absent injuries. Freshmen Donald Brown and Allen Smith substitute solidly and advance tickets are on sale as Dick Short hopes for a strong turnout.
Captain James F. King of Worcester and Lt. Anna Jacobs of Muskogee were married in a shell torn building at U S Tenth Corps HQ Korea. King, an intelligence officer, and Jacobs, a nurse, met at headquarters ten days earlier. Chaplain James M. Bragan officiated. Cpl. Thomas Banks served as best man.
Members of the Heritage Furniture company's softball team were honored at a banquet at Waddell's on the Greensboro road. Edgar Hartley, secretary of the High Point Y.M.C.A., was the featured speaker. A program of movies followed, including sports reels and naval action pictures. The Heritage team was runner up in the Industrial league playoff this summer.
In Holyoke Doug Mediey from Louisville defeated Joey Carbido of Youngstown by decision in 18 rounds. Sonny Boy West of Washington outpointed Char lie Salas of Phoenix in Baltimore. Tommy Baker from Newark bested Spider Thomas of Louisville in Chicago. Billy Kilgore of Miami beat Tony Masciarelli of New York in Miami.
Police say Genie Coste, 12, admitted cutting her two year old second cousin Samuel Polizzi's throat and kissing him on the forehead as he lay dying in a strawberry patch on Sullivan's Island. The body was found Saturday. she was taken to State hospital in Columbia for 30 days of observation.
Athens newspapers warn of new trouble over a tiny Evros River island dividing Bulgaria and Greece. Greek and Bulgarian troops clashed three weeks ago after Greeks accused Bulgarian builders of damming Greek soil to alter the boundary. Bulgarian peasants reportedly fortifying as officers meet UNSCOB observers to mediate tensions.
The banjo, a distinctly American instrument about a century old, embodies a key chapter in the nation’s musical development, tracing roots through African American and folk traditions and shaping regional soundscapes.
Golf writer Alex J Morrison argues for changing putting methods to improve results. He warns that golfers resist altering their swing and that tension ruins performance. A pupil learns a light grip and relaxed wrists yield better touch, though pressure soon returns to old habits.
Federal security administrator Oscar R. Ewing warned that defense labor shortages could push extensive job training for women, the physically handicapped, 4F registrants, and the elderly. He spoke at the industrial college of the armed forces, saying manpower will be a major challenge and that the nation may need more mature and retired workers than in World War II.
The 30-year-old Shah of Iran disclosed plans to marry 19 year old Saroya Esfandiari, a half European daughter of an Iranian tribal leader. The engagement notice gave no wedding date and marks his second marriage.
In Pasadena California Institute of Technology a blast tore part of a lab wall during an oxygen transfer injuring Dr Howard J Teas 30 a two year researcher studying radioactivity effects on corn from Bikini tests He was hospitalized at Huntington Memorial with facial and leg injuries and in unknown condition hours after the incident
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