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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1961
Page
24
The American Cancer Society reports UC scientists immunized rats against five human like cancers using tuberculosis bacteria, live and dead. The TB vaccine showed up to 90 percent protection, with long lasting immunity lasting at least three months after inoculation.
Police Commissioner Bernard J. Schmidt ends the annual free New Year’s Eve taxi service for intoxicated individuals. In recent years, only a few people used it and police cruisers can be better utilized elsewhere.
Hollywood UPI George Burns will sing with Nat King Cole and Dinah Shore on Shore's TV show next week. Burns jokes about his voice and career while noting Cole sells records and he does not.
Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges reported new records in personal income and durable goods orders, plus rising corporate profits. He noted strong gains in manufacturers sales in early 1962 and a growing inventory buildup. He credited Kennedy policies for a broad upswing, while cautioning unemployment above 6 percent remains an issue.
EAST LANSING MICHIGAN UPI Charles Wilder of Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies calls for nationwide museum accreditation standards. He says current museum images range from fair to poor and that high standards would improve facilities research acquisitions restoration and staff training. He urges regional or state level start with a view toward nationwide standards.
Washington reports James J. Saxon rejected the proposed merger of National Bank of Westchester White Plains into First National City Bank of New York. He argued for a balanced system with both small and large banks rather than dominance by one group.
Gertrude, a 10-year-old sheep in Newport Isle of Wight, nibbles fodder with plastic false teeth. The veterinary designer believes the dentures keep her fat and could lower future mutton costs, addressing the problem of sheep losing teeth early to disposal.
Interior Minister Kamal Jumblat orders a ban on twist and rock and roll in Lebanon. A newspaper protested the rule with a front page image of an Arabic belly dancer and a caption attacking the dance as the sort that should be banned.
Little Lord Linley 62 weeks old, fifth in line to the throne, was christened by Archbishop Ramsey in Buckingham Palace's music room. Queen Elizabeth II named chief god parent with Elizabeth Cavendish and others present as water from the Jordan was used for the rite.
London AP reports two veteran P & O liners the Strathnaver and the Orontes will be broken up for scrap in the coming year. The ships served Britain to Australia for over 30 years with a wartime troop carriage pause during World War II.
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Queen Elizabeth officially opened a new transatlantic telephone cable from Buckingham Palace. By 1968 the 3,000 mile line will link Commonwealth nations with 82 two way circuits and cut Canadian British rates by about 25 percent.
In Damascus Syria a group of hunters tracking a gazelle found a statue of a lion. Experts now declare the relic from the 9th century B C, highlighting the discovery as a significant archeological find.
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