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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1960
Page
2
A California department store issues silver dollars to sales personnel for courtesy and sends the same to regular customers with a note to pass the gift to any employee who provides outstanding service. The brain's two hearing nerves relate to sound and balance, affecting rhythm and movement.
The piece cites Roosevelt on ill fed and ill clothed Americans and cites Harvard professor Arthur Schlesinger Jr. on widespread poverty. It recalls cracker barrel production links to flour supply and a cynical view of competition and labor costs. It notes early medicine red yellow ingredient usage and Washington’s first inauguration at Federal Hall.
The lineup features People’s Choice at 8:00 and Beat The Clock at 3:30 followed by Who You Trust at 4:9 and Thin Man at 4:30. Kilgo Kanteen appears at 5:00 with Clown Carnival at 6:25 and Sports News at 6:40. NBC News at 7:00 precedes Whirlybirds io Bronco at 9:00 and Colt 45 at 10:0 with Alcoa Presents and Jack Paar closing the night.
A. J. Johnson a meat market operator reported organizing a statewide radio network to present the Protestant position against Catholicism. He has signed stations in three cities and aims for 25 to 30 stations, with a committee of Baptist preachers to manage speakers and materials.
Lt. Gen. J. H. Trapnell arrived at Fort Bragg and reviewed troops on the parade ground at 9 a.m. He met with Maj. Gen. Dwight Beach and Brig. Gen. Joseph Stilwell Jr. to discuss operations. He succeeds Lt. Gen. Robert F. Link as commanding general of Fort Bragg 18th Corps and STRAC.
Police said farmer John Costa Martin fired on boys playing cowboys and Indians in a field he leased near Tiverton. Michael Coughlin, 13, was hit by over 30 pellets and underwent emergency surgery in Fall River. Martin was charged with violent assault and held on $50,000 bond with intent to murder added at arraignment.
Senators debated Eisenhower’s two proposals, one granting authority to a Nixon-headed committee on fair employment in government contracts and the other funding for school districts facing integration costs. Southern filibuster threats and Republican tactics to table the measure met with Democratic plans to advance housing, school construction, medicare for the elderly, and wage increases. Kennedy and Johnson signaled a push if a “responsible program” could win GOP support, while Nixon’s aides praised the President and discussed Rockefeller campaign plans for extended, coast to coast activity.
London AP report quotes Lord Home Britain's new foreign secretary asserting that no Russian propaganda will shake his belief in the British American alliance. He notes Britain cannot go it alone and cautions on war risk, urging Russia to seek disarmament at the conference table.
A large offshore earthquake near Humboldt County was felt in Eureka at 12 40 a m. No damage was reported. Eureka lies about 285 miles northeast of San Francisco.
The United States sponsored Antarctic development treaty faces delay as Sen. Clair Engle seeks postponement until a new administration reviews it. Sen. Gale McGee notes Soviet presence in Antarctica and challenges critics to eject them by force. Senate Armed Services chair Richard Russell argues the pact ties US hands and could cede rights to the Soviets and Red China. The treaty was the reconvened Senate’s first business. Eisenhower urged ratification anew.
Braniff International Airlines Mexican manager Elias Gonzalez Castro said there is no basis for claims a C46 cargo plane crashed while en route from Managua Nicaragua to Dallas. He stated the aircraft arrived safely and denied the Vera Cruz crash report.
U S Postmaster General Summerfield urged Cuba to halt use of its free franking to ship unsolicited anti American pamphlets to the United States. He told Cuban Minister Raul Curbelo Morales that the material is untrue abusive and hostile to US policy and cannot be opened for inspection.
Mt Etna erupted again Monday with an explosion shaking villages about 20 miles away. In three weeks of unusual activity ash and dust have ruined crops but there is no danger to surrounding villages on Sicily's east coast.
BUENOS AIRES AP Israel Korngoll 35 held on charges of stealing 700000 in travelers checks. Police arrested him after reports of a lavish tipper. He carried 120000 in cash. Checks disappeared in February en route from First National City Bank NY to its Montevideo branch and appeared later in France Italy Germany and Buenos Aires.
Pakistan's government reports 18 additional cholera deaths in West Pakistan, raising the epidemic toll to 350 as the outbreak continues to claim lives in the region.
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