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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1950
Page
6
In a major tournament hand the defense was correct at only two tables as West opened hearts and declarer claimed five trump tricks plus two hearts, two clubs, and a diamond. At two tables East misled by a weak takeout double for fear of penalties, prompting a different ruffing sequence that defeated the contract.
Sophronia Swaim, 83, died today at 5 PM at her niece and nephew Iro and Cleo Swaim’s home on Sophia Route 1 after two weeks of illness. Survived by eight nieces and three nephews. Member of Union Methodist Church. funeral Monday at 3 PM at the church. Burial in church cemetery. Body to Sophia Route 1 residence at 3 PM today.
The State Highway and Public Works Commission shifts weight limit decisions to engineers who will post limits and, with highway patrol, enforce them. Overloaded trucks threaten light pavements and raise maintenance costs. signs will cost up to fifty thousand dollars the first year.
In Waterbury Connecticut a 60 year old brother and his 47 year old sister were committed to Middletown State Hospital for 30 days observation. Police said the woman Miss Mary Elizabeth Galligan was kept prisoner for years and that the brother kept the bedroom locked to control her. Doctors called them disoriented and cited a history of mental illness.
A 20 year old man confessed to police that he choked and beat to death 16 year old Bonnie Lou Merrill a car hop from Silver Creek Neb after she resisted his advances. He told how he hid the body in weeds by Lake Bab cock three miles north of Columbus and threw the hatchet into the water. Named in the first degree murder charge is Roland Dean Sundahl of Norfolk Neb a laborer with a wife and two children.
Raleigh Sept 2 An enrollment record is expected at Meredith College with well over 600 students arriving for the 1950 term. Dormitory space is full for 500, but non resident applications continue. Freshmen and upperclassmen begin Sept 13 orientation. full registration starts Sept 18 for new students and Sept 19 for returning students. Classes convene Sept 30. Students hail from 75 NC counties 14 other states and six foreign regions including Costa Rica China Palestine Puerto Rico Cuba and Hawaii.
In Urbana Illinois the report notes that about four thousand acres of cotton are grown each year in southern Illinois, highlighting the scale of cotton farming in the region.
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