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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1952
Page
3
North Korean prisoners on Koje Island staged a drill in enclosure 11 Sunday. UN guards broke it up and two US platoons entered. One NK detainee died and 13 were hospitalized among 75 injured overall. Camp commander Col. Harold L. Taylor blamed ongoing harassment.
Raleigh report notes the Utilities Commission hearings on Southern Bell Telephone Co. rate increases totaling 3.43 million dollars yearly, with Assistant Attorney General Beverly Lake appointed to represent the public. The company cites higher costs and taxes and the need for capital for new construction. The commission already approved 1.24 million and later 802 thousand in prior requests, with another 1.5 million sought for Carolina Telephone later slated for December 9.
Four North Carolina party leaders from Democrats and Republicans will discuss what a party victory would mean for the state in two half hour programs. Democrats Thurmond Chatham and Mrs. B B Everett will appear with Republicans J M Baley and Mrs. Ann Hickman. WFMY will televise and radio broadcast the event with moderator Mrs. John Gillin.
Washington debated Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s attack on Adlai Stevenson with reactions from the Democratic National Committee and Stevenson supporters. Critics labeled the speech a smear while supporters argued it reflected McCarthy’s stance in the campaign.
RALEIGH The number of Tar Heels registered for the next Tuesday election is reported as the largest ever. Raymond Maxwell secretary of the State Board of Elections places the figure at upwards of 1 800 000, comparing with 1 600 000 in 1948. He notes about 100 000 were registered in the three weeks ended last Saturday and predicts the state may top one million votes.
More than 290 rioting convicts at Menard prison demanded to speak with Gov Adlai E Stevenson and threatened to hurl seven hostages from a 40 foot cell tier if gunfire was used. Lt Gov Dixon planned to fly to the prison as officials sought to avoid bloodshed while warden Munie refused to endanger guards.
Virgil Lemay a 15 year old Nashville youth faces a federal hearing in Chattanooga on November 10 as one of three men linked to a crime spree that kidnapped or robbed 20 people across Tennessee Georgia and Florida. Lemay remained jailed in Nashville after bond of 12000 was not posted. FBI sought Francis Hill 29 of Framington Mass and Charles Hopkins 19 of Jacksonville Fla as leaders and partners in the gang last seen near Atlanta and Scottsboro Alabama. Lemay says Hill forced him into the spree due to a prior parole record from the Tennessee reform school. He is charged with kidnapping Herschel Myers Spencer Tenn the 20th victim and transporting a stolen truck across state lines.
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