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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1954
Page
3
Arizona forecast hints rain along the coast of the Pacific Northwest with cooler conditions spreading to the northern third of the nation west of the Rockies. AP Wirephoto Map accompanies the brief.
Raleigh reports the Advisory Budget Commission begins hearings on state department requests for the 7 jennium. Officials from the Consolidated University of North Carolina and its three units appear as meetings run until Sept. 15 to gauge recommendations amid pressure to cut spending or raise taxes. Governor Umstead and commission members discuss the fiscal outlook and potential actions.
The seventh annual Mid Atlantic Regional Bridge Tournament closed with top finishes by Herbert Gersh of Norfolk and Ray Farber of Greensboro in the men's pairs. Women’s winners were Mrs R C Yuss and Mrs Rena Rosenbloom of Richmond, and the mixed pair champions were Dr A M Dye and Ann Zackard of Charlotte. A separate note reports a fatal shooting involving D P Coley, with Linwood Coley quoted on the incident. Approximately 200 English teachers from NC VA and WV are expected for a College English Association conference at NC State College on Oct 16, with Jonathan Daniels of the News and Observer slated to speak.
Two captains share the same name Leon Wallace and no middle name. Both Medical Corps officers from New York were transferred to Ft. MacArthur the same day, trained at Los Angeles County General Hospital, and entered the Army on the same day. One is a 29 year old psychiatrist, the other an internal medicine specialist. They receive each other’s calls and letters and are mistaken for each other. Both are similar in height and show baldness tendency.
Outlaw Stewart, once proclaimed outlaw by the state, was captured near Wilmington after fleeing from police July 27 while awaiting trial on three burglaries. He was wounded, hospitalized, and shackled, with plans to transfer him to Central Prison in Raleigh. Police traced him via blood from his stepson’s car, aided by bloodhounds and a tip about the stepson’s vehicle.
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