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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1961
Page
14
Ex Vice President Richard Nixon and wife enjoy a warm welcome at Los Angeles International Airport as about 2 500 people cheer. The couple, sunburned but in good spirits, promise to seek a house a job and a California driver license.
Robert Lee Henry Jr., 23, of Atlanta, was sentenced to life for first degree arson after admitting to setting fires at Mars Hill College. He wrecked the Old Auditorium while damage to a dormitory and another building remained limited. Henry received a mandated medical and psychiatric evaluation while in state custody.
The sun will set today at 6 15 p m and rise tomorrow at 6 49 a m. The weather note from associated press reports daily solar timings for the area.
Scattered light showers moved eastward across North Carolina ahead of a low pressure system. The low tracked through North Carolina and Virginia, with warm spells in the south and cooler air following behind. Showers spread southeast with a cool easterly wind and a chance of drizzle tonight, then a new low over Georgia brings light rain possible.
The stock market slowed in mid day trading with the AP 60 average down .80 at 238.10 and the Dow off 1.95 at 660.13 as traders take profits from recent gains. IBM, Zenith, and Brunswick slipped while Texaco rose about a point and several major issues led the decline.
Raleigh AP reports the House Judiciary Committee advanced five and rejected three lawyer bills. Favorable measures include requiring life tenants in partition cases to state birth dates and recognizing a testament signer, extending judgments under justice court to ten years, allowing district judges to rule on motions when a judge disqualifies, and shortening executor notices to four weeks. Unfavorable bills would require realty bond increases for estate sales, limit appeals from suspended sentences, and equalize peremptory challenges for state and defense in criminal cases.
The Dow Jones averages show intraday figures with Industrials at 661.50 and 662.08 near a 29 point change, Rails at 43 stocks with volume of about 5.83 million, Utilities and other sectors listed with multiple trading figures from the furnishing by Bache & Co.
Forecast calls for cloudy cool conditions across North Carolina with scattered light rain or drizzle this afternoon. Highs mainly in the 40s with southeast 50s, tonight rain ending before daybreak and lows in the 40s. Thursday brings clearing skies and warmer afternoon. In South Carolina expect cloudy mild weather with a few showers this afternoon and tonight, highs 50s to 60s, lows upper 40s to 50s, then clearing and warmer Thursday.
The House Education Committee temporarily derailed a bill to create a commission to study how local units choose their boards of education. Opponents feared the panel would push for a uniform law to pick local boards, while Chairman Henley argued the commission would merely study the issue.
Britannica notes that the earliest parks originated as royal land grants intended for public pleasure, marking a shift toward shared green spaces rather than private preserves.
RALEIGH AP The House approved a bill to halt licensing of new small loan agencies while lawmakers study tighter regulation of the industry. The measure passed by voice vote with no opposition and marked one of the early statewide actions of the 1961 General Assembly.
Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor R. Haugen told the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers convention in St. Louis that the first US manned spacecraft Dynasoar would fly within three years. He described a gliding craft boosted by Titan II to orbit and return to a conventional landing, and urged drastic cost cuts to make space operations feasible.
Mexico City officials suspend beer sales at bullfights and warn the ban could spread to soft drinks and all sports events unless spectators stop tossing bottles. Francis Hopkinson's Seven Songs touted as the first music book published by an American composer.
In Raleigh the House laughed as Rep Ed Kemp of Guilford claimed a Welcome Cousin Wayland banner at Greensboro Woman's College targeted Rep Wayland Sermons of Beaufort. Sermons denied being Wayland, noting he was tied up with a customer, while Rep Spruill accused Sermons of never being Wayland and teased a Raleigh presentation awaits.
Barbara Jean Cameron 37, former model, files for divorce from Arthur A. Cameron 60, a oilman, after testifying he feared he had erred. Married last June, separated January. She gains $1,000 monthly for five years plus $10,000 yearly for five years for two children, and ownership of an $80,000 Beverly Hills house.
Parents puzzle over space themed school lunch names printed in newspapers. Daily menus feature Pluto dog in radar sauce cosmic corn tomato and onion orbit satellite supreme cake and milky way with flying saucers. Only the beverage milk escapes the new terminology.
A home remedy promotes RU-EX Compound as a treatment for rheumatic and arthritis pain. Mix with a quart of water and juice of four lemons, take three tablespoons twice daily. Claims rapid relief within hours with a money back guarantee if not improved.
Archaeologists reveal secret Nevada excavation by Sparks trio locating a dry Lake Winnemucca cave. They report a well preserved baby skeleton, water baskets, a rare 18 inch grooved throwing stick, chert knife, matting, cordage, shell horns and beads linked to California traders.
In Clemson South Carolina specialists from 10 states meet to set farm problem priorities for solutions. They include farmers processors and manufacturers and belong to Cotton and Cotton Research and Marketing Advisory committees of the USDA. The group is part of 25 such regional sessions nationwide with an order of priority to be announced by Thursday.
Judith Elwell of the Norwich Public Utilities defied a manager’s ban on informal attire by wearing low heels to work. She was suspended for three days after initially complying, saying the dress rule is an American democracy issue and noting she types fine in low heels.
Taxpayers in Coahuila state vote to strike and refuse tax payments in protest of recent increases. The decision comes after a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce officials industrialists farmers and ranchers held Sunday.
The tuatara is a lizardlike creature native to New Zealand islets. Its eggs take almost a year to hatch, reflecting its unique reproductive cycle.
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