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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1956
Page
5
Washington noted farm prices fell for the third straight month from mid August to mid September by about a half of one percent. An Agriculture Department official expects a strengthening trend as harvest continues, with prices for most vegetables and potatoes down while fruit cotton and dairy rise.
Retired Admiral Chester W. Nimitz will be aboard for the debut of ABC TV's Navy Log, a dramatic series, airing October 17. The program promises historical insights and naval perspective from a high profile former commander.
The Senate Post Office Committee moved hearings from Dallas to Washington on charges of job selling bribery and improper political influence in the Texas postal service. Chairman Olin D. Johnston says the Oct. 8 hearings will cover allegations extending to top administration and Civil Service Commission, seeking access to more facts.
Luigi Curaso, 21, became a first time father and fainted after seeing his newborn son. He then shattered a glass telephone booth in the hospital corridor, fled to the roof when police arrived, and was sedated before returning home with both mother and baby reported much better by doctors.
The lineup lists Grand Opry at 6:30 followed by Soldiers Fortune and Jackie Gleason. Gale Storm and Hey Jeannie air around 8 and 9. Gunsmoke, Counterpoint, Studio 57, My Little Margie, Spotlight, a 9:9 movie and Signoff complete the night.
Channel 3 lists a Saturday lineup with Joe and Mabel at 5 0.0 PM followed by People’s Choice Buccaneers Jackie Gleason Gale Storm Hey Jeannie Gunsmoke airing from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.
WSLS TV Roanoke presents a 6 30 lineup with People Funny at 6 30 and Perry Gon dosenoener at 7 00 followed by Hit Parade at 9 00 Lawrence Welk at 10 00 Cinema at 11 00 Ragelin at 11 30 Cinema in the late slate.
In a London briefing Arthur Gavshon notes Britain could shut the Nile by halting Owen Falls, threatening Egypt’s water supply and Uganda Kenya power, while risking economic havoc at home and in Sudan and Uganda. Lennox-Boyd rejects any threat and says no intent to offload control.
A Washington official urged revising the compulsory schooling age beyond 16 arguing some students are not mentally ready to stay in school. Lawmakers discussed the district policy of promoting students despite failing grades and the impact on social adjustment and white academic gap.
The ashes of Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias will be buried near Beaumont Texas amid plans for a large monument at Beaumont Country Club across from Forest Lawn Park. Cremation today in Houston followed 400 mourners at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Her husband George Zaharias sobbed as funeral rites ended.
In a Jacoby on bridge example Mrs. Margaret Wagar opens with eight of clubs. After dummy’s king, East’s play and two unblocks decide the hand as South defends against a faulty no trump contract. The article notes the unblocks were essential to defend and avoid running clubs.
South Africa's foreign minister Eric Louw told Johannesburg's American Luncheon Club that rock and roll, comics, and pulp magazines from the United States should be dropped. He recalled banning the jukebox as economic measures and urged his successor to maintain the prohibition despite GATT concerns.
James A. Finnegan campaign manager for Adlai E. Stevenson is set as the NBC TV guest on Meet the Press this Sunday October 7.
Honeymooning Miss America Sharon Kay Ritchie tells reporters she will not become a waddling housewife after marriage. She wed singer golfer Don Cherry of Wichita Falls, Texas, in Denver last Saturday night and stayed in Estes Park before heading to Dallas.
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