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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1954
Page
2
A schedule listing daily and tonight programming for multiple stations with adjustments for time zones. Includes news blocks, sports briefings, family shows, dramas, and late night fare across CBS NBC and local affiliates with program titles and approximate times.
Former Maj. Gen. Kurt Meyer, once head of a Panzer division in Hitler Youth, was released in Wern Deutschlands. he had been sentenced to death, commuted to life, and freed after years of wartime service related to the Normandy campaign and Canadian prisoner shootings.
New York stocks edged higher in early afternoon trading with aircraft and steel shares ahead while railroads lagged. Trading volume neared two million shares. International Telephone and American Cable & Radio moved on late blocks amid favorable broker talk as industrials and utilities posted gains.
A study reported for the era national Congress of Pathology by Dr. Harold F. Dorn shows cancer rates differ by sex and age. Men have higher risk after middle age, especially for skin lip throat and reproductive organs, with environmental factors like ultraviolet radiation contributing. The research pools international data from 39 countries to identify geographic patterns in cancer incidence.
Markets in the Carolinas including North Carolina Middle and Eastern belts resumed activity after Labor Day. Dealers reported no sales yesterday across the regions.
A Raleigh coroner opened an inquest into Eleanor Rush 18 who died in an isolation cell at Woman's Prison. An autopsy cited a broken neck while guards said restraining cuffs and a gag were used during disturbance. Fifteen witnesses and a 30 page SBI report are to be entered.
Obituaries for Willie B. Miller 71 farmer Route 1 Trinity and Flora Gurley 74 of Sherwood Drive High Point, plus Lee C. Andrews Charlie V. Yates and Mary Owens Denton note funeral plans, residences, family survivors, and burial details in Hopewell Methodist High Point and Owens Cemetery.
John Pritchard died at a local hospital after an illness. Survived by his wife Louwella Jordan Pritchard. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at East Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church. Body at Pugh Funeral Home until 2 p.m. prior to service. Pastor Carl J Sparks and Reverend G F Settlemyer to officiate. Interment in the church cemetery.
Luther Grimes 79 retired businessman of Thomasville died Sunday morning after an extended illness. Services were conducted Monday at Grace Lutheran Church with Rev Charles S Wessinger officiating. Pallbearers included Edward Sechrest Sigmon Sechrest Paul Sechrest Harry Ashmore Paul Nicholson and James Grimes. Burial was in Holly Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery family plot. His home was 415 Lexington Ave. in Thomasville.
A Guilford County proposal calls for immediate exploration of uniting Greensboro and rural Guilford schools into a single countywide administration. The recommendation emphasizes maintaining current standards, reducing costs through shared space, and extending educational access while preserving local control.
A 6 year old boy in Downey California fired a .22 revolver frightening off a prowler outside his home. The accidental discharge struck his left foot as he searched for the intruder and he was taken to a hospital.
Dallas report states Elrena Marie Harris 23 died after falling from a third floor window at Parkland Hospital while awaiting a second child. She delivered a baby boy minutes later by Caesarean section. Justice McBride withheld verdict pending investigation.
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder praises heroism in Korea where Sgt. Mize is cited for sustained valor. He was twice wounded, killed enemy soldiers with a rifle and entrenching tool, and saved comrades. Despite being blown down three times by shells, he repeatedly returned to fight.
West Hartford Connecticut. Jeffrey Truesdal eight year old argued with officials to enter the West Hartford pet parade and yesterday received second prize for his entry a can of angle worms.
President Eisenhower outlined a plan to pool atomic materials with six nations including Russia to advance peaceful power generation. The move follows a December proposal and aims to show U S interest in atomic development and foster international collaboration while addressing power shortages.
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