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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1962
Page
2
Unofficial bid and asked prices from the National Association of Securities Dealers and other sources serve as a guide to approximate ranges securities could have sold for June 7 1962. Origin of quotations available on request.
Michael Day of Hardin Illinois and Nettie Crawford of Roswell New Mexico were named co champions after 11 rounds of rival words. The contest featured 70 entrants narrowing to two finalists amid tough terms and Secondered by Scripps Howard papers.
A Georgia mother sues C. J. Moffett Medicine Co. in Greensboro alleging Dr Moffett's Teething Powder caused injuries to her one year old daughter Pamela Browder. The suit seeks 100000 dollars claiming three doses at seven months led to illness including turning purple and swelling of fingers with later red skin and impaired movement. The product was bought at a Decatur drug store.
Henry Mills of High Point pleaded guilty to giving false information on a security pass application for the Oak Ridge atomic energy plant. In United States District Court he received a suspended three year sentence and a $600 fine for a five year period. Mills worked for a High Point firm with Oak Ridge contracts and supplied misleading past criminal history on the form.
A fragmentary account recalls a scene with blindfolded prisoners facing a firing squad as a commander exhorts them to aim at the heart and cries Vive l Algeria Francaise before the shots.
Washington AP reports two finalists, a 13 year old girl from Roswell New Mexico and a 14 year old boy from Hardin Illinois, survived 15 rounds over two days to reach the final encounter for the national spelling bee crown and a $1000 prize. Nettie spelled melliferous correctly in the 15th round as others were eliminated.
Western N C Methodists call for Ministry Sunday to attract new members as the Television Radio and Film Commission led by Rev. Earnest A. Fitzgerald urges support for a Radio-TV ministry fund for broadcasts. The report stresses essential steps to meet growing church demands.
A 12 member Senate House committee drafted a handbook aimed at aiding 1962 congressional campaigns. It targets Kennedy era policies from medicare to labor management, Berlin crisis, and the Cuba base issue near Florida. Dwight Eisenhower influenced the document, which was approved by Republican caucuses.
In Bisbee Arizona a thief who took 120 shoes from a salesman’s car wasted his time. The salesman told police he had been robbed. Authorities investigated the incident and pursued leads.
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