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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1961
Page
3
The excerpt discusses self control and emotional behavior, infant care impacts on future emotion, and the nature of genius. It cites Paul Goodman on institutional nursing for infants, notes possible emotional coldness if personal care ends after the first year, and questions whether high IQ equals genius with examples like Bonaparte and historical figures.
Gov elect Terry Sanford says tax boosts may be needed to cover expanding state operations and pledges to study finances thoroughly. He plans a statement soon and aims to push school and fiscal reforms while tackling redistricting and reapportionment concerns following the 1960 census. Hodges prepares to depart for Washington as secretary of commerce.
The Army publicizes a new portable nuclear device named the Davy Crockett. It fits a wastebasket sized warhead launched from jeep or two to three man tripod. The yield is under one kiloton with minimized fallout and a two mile safe distance. Secretary Brucker says it dwarfs current firepower and can be moved quickly to trouble spots.
Durham AP report states the 1961 YDC state officers will be installed January 14 with Gov elect Terry Sanford delivering the principal address at a banquet. Former YDC presidents Basil Whitener Horace Kornegay will participate, and Samuel H. Johnson leads the 1961 state YDC.
A three year old boy Richard Pierce died from a liver tumor that caused premature virility and advanced bone structure. Physicians at the University of Kansas Medical Center say the rare case, diagnosed in London in 1952, is only the second such report in medical annals.
Dallas fire department champion checker player Capt. C. G. Sartain battled the IBM 704 electronic brain to a draw after losing the first game. He then used a new approach that stumped the machine, which conceded when Sartain had a king and five men versus the machine's king and four men. An IBM expert warned the method will be countered as the series is taped for later play.
Dennis Crosby and Pat Sheehan greet a second son James Anthony Crosby born Friday night in Santa Monica. The couple also has a nearly two year old son whom Crosby has adopted, and Crosby’s 3 year old daughter from Marilyn Miller Scott remains in Los Angeles Superior Court proceedings.
Secretary-designate of Defense Robert S. McNamara sold 24,250 Ford shares and forfeited $3,000,000 in expected gains to comply with conflict of interest rules. The piece argues such laws unfairly deter capable executives from public service and suggests a broad disclosure regime for all officeholders.
Mary Lyon founder of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts became the first woman chosen for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University in 1905.
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