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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1956
Page
2
Two teenagers leaped from a Dallas city bus as a police patrol car arrived. They claimed the jump was for kicks to dodge the fare required at the end of the trip. Police escorted them to the station.
A blaze at a bank in New Smyrna Beach caused four firemen to be hospitalized. Twenty five others received first aid for minor cuts and burns. Officials say the fire likely started from a defective electrical wire.
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A partial timetable shows 8 55 weather and 9 00 Garry Moore with Arthur aeaer at 9 55, 10 30 Strike Rich, 11 00 Second Breakfast, 12 00 Red Predswoot, and 12 30 to 2 00 slots with Love of Life and Guiding Light in mid day.
TV listings show WBTV Charlotte Channel 3 with 1:00 Convention 3:00 Brighter Day 118 Secret Storm 130 Edge of Night 4:00 Fashion Fair 6:05 Movie Matinee Sky King and other daytime fare.
A quiz feature lists seven multiple choice questions about social security, seat belts, Adlai Stevenson, trotting horses, Mrs. Roosevelt, Babe Ruth’s managers, and the Blackwood convention. It notes answers on Page Three-A and adds a note about New Guinea natives wearing little clothing and smeared pork fat for warmth.
A nationwide AP survey shows AFL and CIO mergers advancing in 14 states with 9 to 12 more possible before year end. Delays stem from leadership rivalries while larger states like New York and California lag. The AFL CIO supports Stevenson Kefauver ticket and may compel mergers after December 1956 if needed.
A two year old named Danny Brentlinger awol from his mother ducked into a street in Columbus and was struck twice by cars. He sustained only a black eye and was later returned to his mother by police.
Vice President Nixon opened the second week of a 15,000 mile campaign by accusing Democrats of misrepresentation. He spoke in Colorado Springs before heading to Phoenix and Salt Lake City, saying the Eisenhower administration will rest its case with a truthful record of peace prosperity and progress. He predicted Western states would stay in the Eisenhower column on November 6.
Coburn Hollow women and some husbands plus a county road grader began filling holes and leveling a mile and a half road to the hollow home to 50 families. They expect completion today and hope for blacktop coating after election promises. County Judge Pruitt says the grader is roaming the area by chance.
President Eisenhower told Congress that during fiscal 1956 nearly half of the 1.6 billion dollars in non military U S foreign aid was obligated for the Far East. Most of that went to South Korea China and South Vietnam with defense support the key purpose.
Liza Grey Chaplin, 48, former wife of Charlie Chaplin, married Pat Longo, 30, a bank clerk, in a Saturday ceremony at the non-denominational Little Brown Church. The union marks Chaplin’s ex-wife's third marriage and Longo's first.
The interior arid region receives minimal rainfall due to the absence of mountain ranges that would otherwise lift moist air and cause precipitation.
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