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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1960
Page
2
On Preakness Day in 1931 Detroit was captured in a historical note. The fragment mentions Co British in the War of 1812 and notes jockey Joe Guerra winning five of six races at Pimlico, with no mount in the feature race a year later.
Channel lineup includes Millionaire at 9:00, Got a Secret at 9:30, Circle Theater at 10:00, Weather at 11:00, Sports at 11:05, News at 11:10, and a Movie at 11:20.
HAL BOYLE muses on modern America turning to sun worship. Aristotle would call this sun worship a cult madness as Americans chase tans, with people at beaches yards, parks, and backyards seeking bronzed skin and virility. The piece notes health risks from sun and predicts a future anthropologist judgment.
Harvard University Film Study Center will send a crew to western New Guinea to document Kurulu people in the Baliem Valley. Filming is slated to begin in May 1961 and run about six months. The project aims to capture daily life and cultural practices in situ.
LILLINGTON NC AP Supt Glenn T Profitt says the Harnett County School Board has denied four Indian children admission to Dunng School after a Monday hearing. No new facts were presented to overturn the previous decision. The initial rejection followed filing form issues and a prior year’s late submission ruling.
Uniontown Alabama police officer Risten Spence 32 surprised two suspects as they burglarized a business. While arresting them one suspect grabbed his revolver and fired twice but the pistol misfired due to lack of ammo. Spence credited luck and the firearm’s low load with saving his life.
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