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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1963
Page
2
The Associated Press reports a volatile start to the week on Wall Street with gains in major stocks and a higher Dow Jones average at midday. Trading volume remains light as investors weigh favorable price moves in industrials and mixed results in sectors, while cotton futures show no early trades.
Demonstrating students, many on scooters and motorcycles, walk as authorities enforce curfew and censorship. Police clear roads near Lodger’s residence while barbed wire barricades seal the city. Protesters jeer a truck bearing a U.S. aid emblem amid a regime crisis over religious discrimination and Diem’s Catholic leadership.
Officials feared deaths as rescue workers drilled toward a capsuled group in Washington. The operation drew lines to past protests, with figures like Throne and Fellin staying hopeful while medical tests and safety measures were planned, and as the crew prepared a long, deep escape hole under tense conditions.
Supporters of a ban on all but underground tests brace for Senate debate as reservations threaten the pact. Sen. Fulbright cautions against crippling edits while Javits warns against unwarranted changes. A Defense Department $100 million plan outlines rapid underground testing and monitoring if violations occur, prompting possible extra hearings.
Declines in grade averages occurred for several grades with losses mostly 1 to 3 dollars per hundred pounds, up to 8 dollars in worst cases. Largest drops were for low quality primings and nondescript leaf grades. Best prices by grades improved as June opened. Gross sales for the week totaled 38 794 258 pounds at 60.97 dollars per hundred pounds, up 2.64 from prior week. Border Belt sales reach 100 685 201 pounds at 53.32 per hundred. same period last year 198 922 227 pounds at 90 51 average. Belt ends its fourth sales week Friday.
Beulah hurricane warning reaches Bermuda as small craft are told to seek safe harbor. Winds intensify with the storm moving within range and peak conditions possible as the system nears land.
Dear Miss Feeley suggests luring a spouse into budgeting by appealing to desires beyond finance. The advice recommends starting with a concrete incentive such as a strip, color TV, or a practical upgrade to spark interest in economic stability.
A Wisconsin reader asks how two 17 year old cousins living with a young couple should split costs. With each earning 53.50 a week and 13 a week paid to the hosts plus a 1.50 weekly bus fare, the note weighs whether the arrangement is fair and sustainable. The writer considers laundry costs, meals, and future payoffs from the furniture investment while seeking advice on living within income.
Police recovered a gun hidden near a drum as a night club noise complaint led to an on site confrontation. Officer Voto and Detective Tedesco were shot during the incident with Voto struck in the back and chin and Tedesco wounded in the abdomen and chest. Voto was detained nearby by a patrolman who spotted him in a weeds clump within an hour of the shooting.
Rep Horace Kornegay of North Carolina says the House committees have given parties time to settle the dispute through collective bargaining. Since they have not agreed, public interest calls for legislation to bring a settlement. He hopes the resolution will spur early resolution of all issues. Parties still can settle before the board is established or before an award is issued.
Report describes a dynamite theft plan from a pickup described on page 1A. Deputies Ken Cunningham and another officer were about 130 feet away as they approached three parked cars and a truck when the dynamite detonated. Both officers sustained cuts and bruises but avoided serious injuries.
The passage explains that CC Censor referred to the two Roman officials who oversaw the census to assign duties. Their term lasted a year and a half and a censor’s acts required a colleague's approval to be valid.
CREEDMOOR NC AP The Glasgow 21 of Durham were charged with prearranged racing on NC 50 near Wake Forest. Seventeen arrested, including Jimmy Ray Coates 16 and Donald Ray Smith 22, with cars confiscated and bonds set under 1000 dollars. One spectator charged with speeding and concealed weapon. Several racers and spectators escaped.
Don D aged 27 is described as insanely jealous in marriage, suspecting wife of infidelity for ordinary acts. Article discusses causes of jealousy, sexual insecurity, Kinsey influence, and cautions readers to analyze the jealous partner rather than blame the spouse.
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