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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1962

Page

2

Market drifts after four day rise as Dow nears 600

Stock market eased in mid day trading as the Dow Jones industrial average neared 600 with the Associated Press index down 1.10 at 219.30. Losses were broad with Corning Glass IBM Xerox Polaroid and U S Steel among heavy decliners while some gold stocks advanced and a few issues posted gains. Corporate bonds fell and government bonds were unchanged in slow activity.

ED Morse AP Business News NEW York (Ap Wall Street Dow Jones Corning Glass IBM Xerox Polaroid U.S. Steel

Aluminum Workers Strike Across Major Aluminum Plants

About 16 000 workers walkout as wage talks fail over job security and automation. Alcoa and Reynolds shut or run at reduced capacity while union leader Eddie R Stahl cites displacement risks and declines in membership.

ST. Louis Afl-Cio International Union Aluminum Co. of America Reynolds Aluminum Robert W. Donnahoo Philaaelphia Federal Mediation Service Aluminum Workers International Union Reynolds Alcoa Chillicothe Ohio Lancaster Cresona Warrick Ind Lafayette Davenport Iowa Massena N.Y Wenatchee Wash Vancouver East St. Louis Ill Bellwood Louisville Richmond

FDA Drug Thalidomide Hearing Links Abroad Reports

Senator Humphrey cites a telegram from an Army major in St Paul reporting his wife took thalidomide in 1959 while stationed in Germany and their daughter was born with multiple deformities. Larrick notes Merrell informed FDA of a German claim of birth defects tied to the drug in 1961 and urged doctors to avoid use by women of childbearing age. The FDA reportedly found no deformities from US testing, but cases appeared where mothers obtained the drug abroad.

FDA Larrick William S. Merrell Co Germany U.S Humphrey St. Paul Minn

Finkbines Seek Abortions Amid Thalidomide Controversy

The Finkbines consider all options as Mrs. Finkbine seeks a legal path to end her 20 month pregnancy after thalidomide exposure. A hospital postponement and a court suit followed a doctor panel recommendation for abortion to save the mother's life, with further legal questions pending.

Federal Europe Finkbines

Senate Backdrops Filibuster Delay Across Foreign Relations Bill

Senate recessed until noon as John Tower objected to a procedural move. Everett Dirksen and Mike Mansfield pushed a 10 day referral plan to speed the Foreign Relations Committee, but Republicans balked at a rush amid protests and a possible closure petition.

John G. Tower R-Tex Senate Everett M. Dirksen Illinois Mansfield Foreign Relations Committee Dirksen

Russians Leave Area After U S Space Shot

Four Soviet instrument ships, spying on U S nuclear tests near Johnston Island, steamed away after the July 9 high altitude hydrogen shot. The vessels departed July 10 or 11, possibly to monitor new Soviet tests, while U S officials weigh next high altitude launches and President Kennedy must approve further tests.

Fred S. Hoffman Washington U.S Pacific Johnston Island Soviet Union Pentagon United States Ovei Kennedy

U.S. Debates New Bid for Nuclear Test Ban

U S officials study a proposed partial ban on atmospheric and underwater tests detected by existing systems. President Kennedy will decide on further tests after a disarmament conference and policy briefings with Secretary Rusk and Defense Chief McNamara amid debates over inspection and Soviet rejection.

John M. Hightower Washington U.S Russia Soviet Union Kennedy Dean Rusk Robert S. McNamara Woepeses United States Geneva

Gavin quits as envoy to France

James M. Gavin resigns as ambassador to France returning to private life. Kennedy offers warm personal thanks and says the move stems from personal and financial issues, not policy. a successor will be proposed to Paris soon.

Gavin France Washington James M. Gavin White House Kennedy Pierre Salinger Charles E Chip) Bohlen Moscow Dean Rusk

Bad Judgment Understatement in Bridge Column Tale

South overreaches in a three no trump rubber after attempting an overtrick. The end play against West hinges on a risky queen of clubs lead that yields the jack of clubs and two spades, revealing costly misjudgment.

South Dummy West East

President Kennedy signs four billion foreign aid bill

President Kennedy signed a 4.672 billion foreign aid authorization bill with bipartisan observers present. The measure allows limited aid to Communist nations and includes a four year Alliance for Progress program in Latin America, while facing potential cuts in the appropriations phase. Kennedy retains authority to extend aid behind the Iron Curtain if security interests and independence from Moscow justify it.

Washington Kennedy Congress Latin America Mili Senate Poland Yugoslavia U.S Moscow

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