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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1951
Page
9
The State Budget Bureau said bids will be opened on four elevator installations for the Capitol Building as part of the road bond program. Five projects fall under the road bond plan.
A car left the road near Morganton. Benjamin Henry Hunter, 31, died later at a hospital. John Nelson, 26, and James D. Phillips, both of Morganton, sustained serious injuries.
For four hours yesterday two monkeys roamed Elizabeth City attacking people. Police pursued and a posse captured them after they terrorized a neighborhood. One monkey attacked Mrs. W. L. Wman as residents endured the ordeal.
State Auditor Henry L. Bridges reports Black Mountain Sanatorium reduced its food costs by 16796 dollars and 29 cents last year due to improved inventory controls. Rising food prices persisted, yet the hospital maintained savings through tighter sourcing and stock management.
Crowds toured Northera State Fair as programs featured an accuracy bait casting contest for fishermen a public induction ceremony for 35 armed services recruits a folk festival and a tractor and machinery parade.
Two men identified as Fred Eugene Clark 46 of Charlotte and Rufus Lee Carter 48 of Greensboro awaited trial in Tarboro after being arrested in Scotland Neck on forging a doctor’s name to a narcotics prescription. Police said the pair drove a car with Pennsylvania plates linked to a similar Tarboro case.
Oil issues drove fractional gains in early New York stock trading. Deep Rock Oil and Texas Pacific Land Trust rose, Sinclair Standard of New Jersey and Skelly Oil hit new highs, while U S Steel slipped and Bethlehem Steel held.
President Truman signs legislation allowing the Navy to finish and convert the submarine Ulua into an experimental ship to test shock resistance of atomic equipment.
Pakistan mourns the assassination of Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan as Khawaja Nazimuddin is named second premier. The slain leader was shot at the start of an address to 20 000 Moslem League members. The funeral was planned near Ali’s grave. Jawaharlal Nehru called Liaquat a great steadying influence.
The U S 7th Cavalry endured a brutal nine day fight at Heartbreak Ridge from October 3 to October 12. Half of the infantry who pushed the Chinese line were killed or wounded while enemy losses exceeded 5 000 dead or wounded. Officers and observers fell as com panies advanced under heavy fire and rear elements provided support as medics and supply crews moved in.
Cairo reports show nationalist crowds press for evacuation of British troops as Ismailia hospital treats dozens of youths with bullet wounds. British forces fortify the canal zone while Egyptian police move to assume control of Ismailia. Egypt ends the 1936 treaty with Britain, shifting toward independent governance.
In Michigan City Indiana a baby bottle found beside U S 12 two miles west of town was crushed by a car ending a key clue in the abduction of eight day old Lawrence Lyons from St Anthony’s Hospital. Police cited the loss of the clue as the search continued with dogs and tips.
General Douglas MacArthur warned the nation faces a critical time without leadership capable of rising above petty politics. He urged the Legion to bolster rearmament and atomic weapons programs, dismissed inevitability of World War III, and said ally nations could be aided without large American ground forces if human and industrial resources are mobilized.
Mrs George Sandlin of Marion was elected president of the North Carolina Education Association Western District at the district meeting held yesterday in Asheville. Mary C Nesbitt of Asheville was chosen vice president and Charles Elledge of Marion was elected secretary succeeding Gilmert Graham of Asheville.
In Washington Democratic leaders warn a tax increase may still pass in days. The House defeated a 5.732 billion compromise, risking over 100 million in revenue and squeezing plans for weekend adjournment. A Senate House conference may revive a similar bill within days.
About 1,300 inmates at a West Virginia state prison returned to their cells after a 22 hour mutiny. Warden Orel J. Skeen urged orderly entry to the cellblocks and promised food once prisoners lined up.
Senator Taft announced his bid for the 1952 Republican nomination drawing early mixed reactions from Eisenhower backers. Some praised the move while others urged a later entry, with Taft attacking Truman era policy on health and spending and prompting talk of convention timing in Washington and Chicago.
A short quip notes that a person who boasts about himself is unlikely to have his wife assist him musically, implying reliance on praise over partnership.
An air sea search with over 100 planes and ships converged 490 miles east of Cape Cod for 11 missing men from an Air Force Stratocruiser. A blinking life light and faint SOS calls spurred hopes, while Coast Guard units and 15 B-29s joined dawn patrols over 304000 square miles, seeking survivors among life rafts and radar signals.
United Nations forces advanced toward Kamsong with infantry surrounding about 800 Chinese Reds on a 22 mile front. Reports say vanguards of three divisions pushed 1 000 to 2 000 yards, while U S First Cavalry faced heavy Chinese resistance near Yonchon. Naval shelling from the New Jersey aided South Korean units as talks over armistice stalled in Kaesong and Panmunjom.
Peanuts growers gathered with North Carolina and nia Farm Bureau committees to plan orderly marketing of the year crop and discuss storage options. R Flake Shaw of Greensboro executive vice president of the State Farm Bureau warned that without orderly handling growers may face selling under low price conditions.
Official weather data shows tonight's low near 583 and tomorrow's high around 74. Today's high was 75 with a low of 34 last night. Records tabulate temperatures across stations including Charlotte Asheville Atlanta Charleston High Point Los Angeles and New Orleans with varying highs and lows in the 40s to 70s.
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