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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1961
Page
8
A jumble of numbered clues across and down includes many partial definitions and cryptic style hints for words such as Saint Sainte tapering to small answers. The grid seems to mix terms from various categories including occupations places and objects.
The article describes handling a rock-crusher hand with nonforcing but strong two bids. It discusses opening two clubs, a near-automatic two diamond response, and partner responses. South reaches seven spades after a sequence including a six hearts jump and a ruff of the club lead.
The insignia features crossed pistols inspired by the Harpers Ferry arsenal flintlock pistol, as noted by the Encyclopedia Britannica.
President Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will meet in Bermuda on December 21 and 22 to outline final strategy for Berlin negotiations with the Soviet Union. They will also discuss arms control and a nuclear testing ban with international inspection.
Dr. Theodore McCown of UC anthropology said seven pounds of bones and teeth unearthed on Saipan are not Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan remains. X ray and microscopic tests indicate the bones belong to Orientals. The discovery was sent by San Francisco radio announcer Fred Goerner for analysis.
The meeting schedules the election of officers on Tuesday, December 5 at 7 30 PM. Frank Slayden is named High Priest and E L Green serves as Secretary.
Revenue collections show North Carolina in line with 1961 estimates. November general fund receipts reached 28.1 million and highway fund 9.6 million, with gains from the prior year and stable sales tax despite a larger food levy.
Duke University will raise tuition by 200 dollars per year starting 1963 64, bringing total annual cost to 1200 dollars. Hart cited reasons include exhausting Duke Endowment grant funds for salary improvements and that tuition will cover less than 40 percent of operating income, lower than peer private universities.
An ice yacht was clocked at 144 miles per hour marking a remarkable speed on frozen water. The record showcases the potential of ice sailing and the skill of the crew.
In Portsmouth Thurmond charged the Kennedy administration with tolerance of international communism and called for a top-to-bottom cleaning of the State Department. He urged firmer military voice, condemned UN aggression in the Congo, and denied any U.S. plan to surrender nuclear weapons to the UN. One of every five Americans changed residence in 1958.
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