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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1960
Page
2
American men average 5 feet 10 inches tying Africa for height. Nilotic tribes are noted as among the world’s tallest. American women average 5 feet 5 inches. The cricket song comes from males only as female crickets are silent.
New York stocks edged up in early afternoon trade as the Dow Jones average reached 614.49 up 2.77. Bond markets were irregular with moderate turnover. Notable stock quotes included American Can, Allied Chemical, American Tobacco, The Borden Co, Bethlehem Steel, and Chrysler Corp among others.
Mrs. Hayworth described finding her neighbor Mrs. Clark and a four year old trapped beneath debris in a wrecked kitchen. She said she rushed for an ambulance after checking the Clark home where the pair had just left minutes earlier to visit friends. Cotton futures opened today at 20 cents a bale higher than the previous close.
A condensed OCR readout lists numerous companies with percentage stakes or stock values, including Dupont Dow Chemical Eastern Airlines Consolidated Edison Kodak Greyhound General Dynamics General Electric Gulf Oil GM Goodyear International Harvester Telus and others, with several price-like figures. The fragment also shows errors and misreads such as MAR dates and misaligned symbols.
The Dow Jones indicators list industrials around 613.79 at a.m. and 614.40 at noon with declines to 611.72. Utilities hover near 97.55 with total market volume between 700,000 and 3,500,000 shares showing varied trading activity.
A late 1960s Washington press room scene tracks Bobby Kennedy and Robert McNamara arriving for briefings. Miss Montgomery serves Mamie Eisenhower fudge while reporters wait. By 3:18 McNamara is named the secretary of Defense as sleet and cold deepen the scene.
Miller endured hours trapped beneath sand five miles south of town as rescue workers fought collapses and shifting banks. A hoed effort freed him, with oxygen supplied from above and crowds watching as temperatures dropped. His five children kept vigil, one fainted but recovered.
President Eisenhower said that a couple of phone calls helped push the Negro vote toward the Democratic column in the election. The Times noted he spoke while with industrial leaders and referenced calls by Senator Kennedy and his brother Robert. JFK phoned King’s wife in Georgia after King's sit-in arrest and bail was posted, aiding his release on bond. Nixon offered no comment on the King incident as campaigns distributed pamphlets noting Kennedy’s heart in contrast to Nixon.
New lands the fall was six inches or less with sleet and rain. The big Eastern storm started in the Southwest and no relief from subnormal cold was in sight along the seaboard though moderation was predicted later. New York and other shopping centers faced multi million dollar losses with doubtful recoupment before Christmas Day. Milk fuel oil and diapers deliveries were scarce though food deliveries to stores improved.
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