FCC color TV ruling narrows CBS method path in 1950
The FCC released a report backing CBS color as the best method but delaying a final decision to probe CBS improvements and rival plans. It urged manufacturers to switch to black-and-white receivers capable of CBS color, or risk a forced CBS standard. Deadline set for Sept 29.
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Max Hall
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Columbia Broadcasting System
Radio Corporation of America
Color Television, Inc
CBS
Ssue
Radio- Television Manufacturers Association
F. A. D. Andrea
Prsident
Andrea Radio Corp
Pioneer Radio and TV
Eight Get Off Light In Affray Case At High Point
Lack of sufficient evidence leads to not guilty verdicts for eight High Point youths tried in recorder's court on affray charges from a skate rink fracas. Two more defendants face trial Monday. list includes Charles Edwards and Jack Kearns among others. Separate rulings: Harriston fined. Hawkins non-support dismissed. Sturgis license condition and damages settlement. Hare rank and disorderly conduct. Frank speeding. Edwards not guilty to assault. Bumgarner reckless driving with conditional discharge for sureties and payment.
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Everette Rollins
Flower Street
James Morgan
Mangum Avenue
Bill Craven
Centennial Avenue
Bill Dillon
Lake Street
Bobbie Fields
West Green Street
Ben Atkinson
English Street
Recorder’s Court
John Lee Harriston
Kahler Street
Earl Hawkins, Jr
Lexington
Ridgeway
High Point
Olin Hare
Walker Street
Hobart Lee Frank
Fred Allen Smith
Hickory
Sherman Edwards
Thomasville
Tommy Lee Bumgarner
Taylorsville
Sam S. Davis
Edd Wike
Herman Davis
Thomasville Democrats Elect New Township Executive Officers
George L. Hundley was elected chairman of the Thomasville township Democratic executive committee, defeating W Howard Steed. Carl C. Wilson was retiring chairman. Officers chosen for two-year terms include C T Kennedy Mrs W E Tomlinson Mrs Vera Green Phillips Russell Van Landingham and Mrs Pricilla Shore Doak Finch as treasurer. Precinct chairs Sam Elliott Ernest Byerly Preston Bray Avery Kay Wayne Elliott Grant Harris Wade Hoover elected for seven precincts. About 150 people attended the meeting in the city hall courtroom after a May postponement.
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Thomasville
George L. Hundley
Thomasville Township
Hundley
W. Howard Steed
Carl C. Wilson
City Hall
C. T. Kennedy
W. E. Tomlinson
Vera Green Phillips
Russell van Landingham
Pricilla Shore
Doak Finch
Sam’ Elliott
Ernest Byerly
Preston Bray
Avery Kay
Wayne Elliott
Ten Days Missing Girls Reported By Police
Two teenage girls Christa May Rogers and Helen Chilton were reported missing for more than a week. Rogers, 15, of 307 Hood street, and Chilton, 17, from Pilot Mountain, were house guests. They reportedly went to Wilmington with peers on August 25 and were sent back with Travelers Aid. They were last seen boarding a bus for High Point in Greensboro on August 26. Rogers wore a brown print dress. dark blonde, 5'6", 132 pounds. Chilton, red-haired with freckles, wore a dark green dress. 5'3", 120 pounds.
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Christa May Rogers
Hood Street
Helen Chilton
Pilot Mountain
Rogers
Wilmington
Travelers’Aid Agency
High Point
Greensboro
Chilton
Thomasville Businesses Observe Labor Day Holiday
Thomasville settles into a near standstill as Labor Day closes many shops banks and city hall offices with police and fire departments excepted. The post office operates 9 am to 1 pm with no deliveries except parcel post. Many factories including Thomasville Chair plan holiday.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Chair Company
Woman Hurt When Struck By Bicycle
A 44 year old local woman, Rosa Taylor, was injured at 3 40 p m while crossing Commerce Street. She received treatment at Memorial hospital for possible arm fracture and facial injuries after being struck by a bicycle ridden by James Thomas 10 and Hubert Thomas 5 of 606 East Commerce. Police say she stepped backward into the bike’s path as a passing car approached.
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Rosa Taylor
Mangum Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Commerce
Perry Streets
James Thomas
Hubert Thomas
East Commerce
Funeral Services for Two Local Residents Scheduled
Funeral for Milton J. Honeycutt 19 of High Point Route 5 after Friday accident will be at Piney Green Baptist Sampson county at 3 p m burial in church cemetery. Funeral for Thomas Yancey Marshall 78 retired barber of 1005 Kearns Street will be at Main Street Methodist at 3 p m burial in Oakwood cemetery. The body to be placed in church at 2 p m.
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Milton J. Honeycutt
High Point
Route 5
Tomlinson
Piney Green Baptist Church
Sampson County
Thomas Yancey Marshall
Kearns Street
Main Street Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Marshall
Lloyd Garners Enroll in Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Rev. Lloyd W. Garner Jr and Mrs. Doris McNeill Garner leave for Fort Worth Texas to enter the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary which opens tomorrow. Garner previously served as supply pastor at West End Baptist church and resigned from Hutchison Avenue Baptist in Charlotte to study. Mrs Garner worked in bookkeeping at High Point Savings and Trust and is a Mars Hill alumna.
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Lloyd W. Garner, Jr
Fort Worth
Texas
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Garner
West End Baptist Church
Doris McNeill
High Point
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Mars Hill College
Wake Forest College
Hutchison Avenue Baptist Church
Charlotte
Spencer Hodgin Reunion Set Near Glenora
Members of the Spencer and Hodgin families schedule a reunion next Sunday at J. E. Spencer’s home near Glenora. Jack Spencer of Greensboro serves as president. Morning and afternoon sessions will be separated by a picnic lunch.
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Spencer
Local Girl to Teach Nurses Classes at High Point Hospital
Ruth Williard, daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Williard of John Son street, will teach nursing arts at High Point Hospital this fall. She begins preparations this week with classes starting in two weeks. A 1941 High Point High graduate, she attended Woman's College Greensboro and Duke University nursing, with roles at Duke Hospital and Colorado General before returning to High Point and later rejoining Duke Hospital staff in Durham this February.
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High Point
Ruth Williard
C. H. Williard
Johnson Street
High Point Hospital
Ruth
High Point High School
Williard
Woman's College At
Greensboro
Duke University
Duke Hospital
Colorado General Hospital
Denver
Colo
Duke
Woman's College
Oak View School Opens On Thursday
Oak View School plans a 9 a.m. Thursday start with about 385 pupils expected for day one. Principal Lawrence H. Robbins Jr. notes faculty of 11 will join Pleasant Garden PTA for a pre opening meeting and buses will operate for high school students on Wednesday.
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Oak View School
Lawrence H. Robbins, Jr
Parent-Teachers Association
Pleasant Garden
Bessemer
Robbins
Oak View
Belle Carmichael
Lena Shipwash
Vernie Sue Williams
Donna Burns
Frances Davis
Betty Bottoms
L. R. Peacock
A. Eugene Perryman
Blanche H. Owens
UNC grad Bob Brooks lands Boy's Life staff post
University of North Carolina journalism graduate Bob Brooks, 21, received a offer to join Boy's Life magazine in New York City, departing around September 15. An Eagle Scout and assistant scoutmaster, Brooks began photography during World War II with wartime Corsair wreckage, later building a darkroom in an attic and contributing pictures to the University News Bureau.
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Chapel Hill
Bob Brooks
University of North Carolina
Brooks
Pris
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Democrats
Grant Harris
Wade Hoover
Milton Honeycutt
Thomas Marshall
Lloyd
Baptist Seminary
Spencer-Hodgin
By Wink Locklair
Carolina
University
Morehead Planetarium
Bob
Liz
Crysto
Pontiac
S. Wrenn St
High Point, N. C
Perkins Pontiac, Inc
Thomasville, N. C
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