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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
2
Unofficial bid and asked prices listed as a guide to rough trading ranges. Quotes come from the National Association of Securities Dealers and other sources. Origin of quotations available upon request.
New York doctors prescribe a three medicine asthma formula now sold over the counter. The pills claimed to open bronchi, ease congestion and calm nerves provide minutes of attack stoppage and hours of relief at 98 cents.
A reader asks about tax loss on a $12 stock, insider tips from a company friend, and a potential turnaround. The adviser cautions on insider judgment, suggests tax loss on the $12 stock, and notes the $7 stock may still have potential if the friend is trustworthy.
Reprinted excerpt describes Herod’s palace in Jerusalem on a tense night. Spies report Magi departed Bethlehem for Persia, while attempts to locate the newborn family fail as Bethlehem’s stable and inn are found empty. Tomorrow promises the Massacre of The Innocents.
In Jogjakarta Sukarno denounces the Netherlands for its stance on West New Guinea, saying the Dutch promised recognition of Indonesian sovereignty but betrayed it. He notes Papuan and Indonesian ethnic differences and cites the 13 year anniversary of Java’s capture during the early postwar struggle.
The Dow Jones averages show the industrials at 727.71 near midday with the rails at 142.79 and 143.16, utilities at 132.07 and 65 stocks at 246.47. Trading volume grows from 730000 to 730000 and 3,810,000 across readings.
Huldah Clark a 14 year old Newark girl who was sent to the Soviet Union in September to escape Jim Crow schools will return home for the holidays. She will visit her parents for about two weeks before going back to the Soviet Union. Clarence Coggins of Jersey City president of the Committee for the Promotion of the Education of Negroes in Russia confirms the plan.
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower with granddaughter Mary Jean depart Harrisburg by train before 2 AM for an extended vacation on the West Coast headed to Palm Springs California.
ADLAS Nations cautions against dramatic statements as the UN debates its course. Britain’s No. 2 leader Lord Home warns the Congo situation could force Britain to withdraw support from the world organization amid rising colonial concerns.
The Netherlands says it is willing to negotiate a peaceful settlement of the West New Guinea issue with Indonesia through the United Nations. It rejects Sukarno's mobilization and urges forming a 17 nation UN committee to mediate, while stressing continued dialogue with the U.S. and UN General Assembly.
In Guilford County North Carolina fifteen infant graves were found south of Greensboro after a half buried foreign make car was located by rabbit hunters. Mortician Nathaniel Everett Hargett Jr. 34 was arrested after claiming the car was stolen and authorities found a nearby house with assorted items. He faces a false reporting charge. his family runs funeral parlors in Greensboro.
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