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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1962
Page
3
U S Steel chairman Roger Blough says a 50 cent price boost is unlikely to recur and profits must fund plant upgrades, dividends, and debt repayment. He notes a weak economic backdrop and urges cost cuts while ruling out major price changes and White House talks.
Kennedy ordered atmospheric tests to stay ahead of the Soviet Union in weaponry. The two powers exchange testing as talks for a permanent ban drag on. Khrushchev counters with more tests and pressure mounts for disarmament talks.
Rome AP reports Elizabeth Taylor, 30, treated at Salvator Mundi Hospital after an Easter yacht getaway with Richard Burton ended in a violent quarrel. Attendants said her condition was not serious and she later returned home. secretary denied food poisoning and conflicting reports of doctor visits.
Forest rangers monitor North Carolina dry woodlands as a statewide ban on trash burning near woods enters its second day. Fires have scorched over 5500 acres this week amid unusually dry conditions. State Forester Fred Claridge notes ongoing patrols beyond burned zones to ensure sparks stay out. A 3000 acre timberland fire north of Laurel Hill in Scotland County rekindled by winds, burning near Pine Forests owned by Reigel Paper Co. and Cape Fear Woods Corp.
Edward L. Smith reports Mark Ferree, ANPA president, defends newspapers against critics. Ferree asserts critics overstate decline and cites space age adaptation plans including a new scientific advisory committee with members from the University of Minnesota, Bell Labs, and Hycon Manufacturing. He notes nine of ten homes receive papers, seven of ten readers thoroughly read them, and ad spending and circulations hit record levels.
Abderrahmane Fares, head of the Algerian Provisional Executive, arrived from Algiers via Geneva on Tuesday and may meet with President Charles de Gaulle.
A local ad promotes a wide selection of Masonic rings new and redeemed priced to save money. It encourages buyers to visit Nash at 127 North Main Street for Father Husband Son or Friend gifts and pledges lasting value with the store slogan Nash Saves You Cash.
The Office of Saline Water names J A Jones Construction Co of Charlotte NC as apparent low bidder at 833700 for a 15000 gallon daily pilot sea water to fresh water plant at Wrightsville Beach. A 250000 gallon daily demonstration plant is planned there with bids opening July 17. Struthers Scientific and International Corp of New York City awarded 165000 to develop a new freezing process for saline water conversion.
The Army Engineers chief approved a 25 million dam on the Cape Fear River in Chatham County. The dam at New Hope is central to a flood control program backed by the Rivers and Harbors Board and sent to Interior, Public Health Service, Soil Conservation Service, and the North Carolina Water Resources Department before congressional consideration. Rep Harold Cooley backs soil conservation plans and Rep Alton Lennon backs the big New Hope dam proposal.
The Utilities Commission approved a new shorter Charlotte to Raleigh bus route for Carolina Coach Co and Greyhound Corp. The line would run via Asheboro on U.S. 64 and NC 49 with faster schedules, though Greyhound cannot stop between Asheboro and Charlotte and Carolina Coach cannot serve between Apex and Charlotte. Two commissioners dissented from the order.
Patro and her constant companion sparked renewed rumor of a divorce from singer Eddie Fisher after the announcement. Burtons returned to Rome alone on Tuesday, with speculation following her travel and appearance abroad.
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