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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1961
Page
2
The New York stock market rebounded led by rails and selected industrials as the Associated Press average rose 1.10 to 228.40 at noon. Dow Jones industrial average climbed 3.39 to 632.25 with bonds also advancing amid expectations of Kennedy administration guidance this week.
The report notes Eisenhower praising resolve to avert a great war and warning that weakness would have led to global catastrophe. He also cracked a smile over November 8 as a disappointment and declined to detail what went wrong in the election that ended Republican control of the White House.
Hollywood novelist Erskine Caldwell 56 a Southerner says education is the route to integration in the South. He tells reporters that young people should be schooled in equal rights for everyone noting the old generation will die off.
The Furniture Design Assn met in the Wrerna Street Wing of the exposition building yesterday and elected Walter Baermann of Waynesville president for 1961, succeeding Hubert Rockwell. Offi cers include Jack Cartwright, Norman Hekler, and Shirley Dreyer, with plans for a dinner during the April market in High Point and a social event at Emerywood Country Club tonight.
Realty transfers show multiple deeds across High Point Township Deep River Township and Jamestown Township. Names include Lloyd K Clodfelter D H Parsons Cicero H Pierce Marshall G Frazier and Harold Reddeck among others with transfers to spouses heirs and companies for numerous lots tracts and parcels including Brentwood School Park Pickett Cotton Mills property and Golf Crest Subdivision.
A four vehicle crash on U S 301 south of Florence South Carolina killed two people and injured four others. Mr and Mrs J M Ward of Effingham were named as victims. A northbound trailer truck with a flat tire blocked the pavement and a chain of collisions followed. Hospitalized were Charles Floyd Bessie Lee L Taylor Williams and Richard McKenzie.
Senator Jordan praised Hodges as unusually qualified for commerce secretary citing his governorship and growth in North Carolina. Hodges avoided specifics on policies but said he aims to boost exports and strengthen the domestic economy while keeping discussions on industry protections for textiles and shoes noncommittal. He noted past textile expertise from his time at Marshall Field and Co. with no opposition indicated on the committee.
President Eisenhower discusses a potential transition plan moving the start of the executive term to November about 80 days before Congress convenes. He notes no fixed dates and mentions a meeting with Kennedy on Thursday to finalize details.
D. T. Redfearn was re-elected president of the four state Coble Dairy Product Co-operative at its annual meeting in Lexington North Carolina. Joe Spencer of Lenoir and 5 R Mc Gowen of Cherryville were named to the board along with other re-elected members. The cooperative reported a 1960 profit of 285000 though officials say the figure excludes substantial facility improvements. Other officers include L O Fields secretary Eston S Stokes treasurer. Vice presidents elected include Charles F Phillips W C Watts Guy H Gardner H C Hall Mack Rogers Sam P Wehunt and E L Young.
Premier Khrushchev urged tougher penalties for Soviet bootleggers who steal state crops for moonshine and for their customers. Pravda reported he interrupted two Ukrainian speakers at the Soviet Central Agricultural Session to denounce moonshine participants.
Crown prosecutor Claude Noiseux said he will charge Abel Vosburgh 63 with murder over the death of his wife and 11 children found in their burned shanty near Noyour Quebec. A coroner's jury found Vosburgh criminally responsible as the sole survivor.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe two lively events involving Kirk Douglas and a relief threesome, with unclear scope and context. The readable text hints at performances or scenes but lacks concrete details, names, or dates to confirm specifics.
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