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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1960
Page
4
The Pioneer V spacecraft weighs 94.8 pounds and centers on solar exploration. It will reach 74.7 million miles from the sun at its closest approach, travel a 311 day solar year, and transmit solar data for long periods. The mission demonstrates deep space capabilities and military implications of rocketry.
Proponents failed to secure cloture for a multi purpose civil rights bill ending debate on school integration and job discrimination. Senate votes 312 to 93 for voting rights measures, House likely to pass, signaling limited federal action on school and labor issues. Lyndon Johnson is implied to have aimed for this outcome.
The two most populous states voted down abolition efforts last week. California kept capital punishment amid Daryl Chessman’s case and Gov. Edmund G Brown’s stance. New York Assembly narrowly defeated a bill to require life if the jury recommends it, leaving judges to choose the death penalty in felony murder cases.
The Commodity reports that the SE C and Commerce survey signals higher plant and equipment outlays than 1959 with consumer attitudes due this month. Meanwhile stock markets slump hints at a bear market while experts predict a 6.2 percent rise in gross national product to about 510 billion for 1960, per a Federal Reserve Richmond survey.
Washington observers expect some increase in Social Security benefits in 1960 with a likely rise for widows and a possible small boost for retirees. The medical benefits plan faces long odds, while calls for higher taxes and broader coverage spark debate on Capitol Hill during an election year.
Rep Frank Thompson coins dimpleomacy as Eisenhower smiles in South America. stories include Paul Butler Notre Dame link, Texas trip with five teams, chaplain interview, Nixon chants, Whistling Shrimp hors d oeuvre, Mundt on reporters, and press conference humor in Washington.
A compendium of remarks spans Eisenhower on defense opportunism, Medwin on American women and bachelors, Truman on political preference timing, and Chessman on Governor Brown’s difficult reprieve. The quotes reflect views on elections, social biases, and the death penalty debate.
Bill Bailey, longtime North Carolina prisons director, resigns to pursue private business and return to High Point with Margaret. Gov Hodges praised his seven years leading eight institutions and 86 camps, transforming the system into a rehabilitative, smoothly run operation.
Richard G Stockton honored at High Point College dinner as a dozen business leaders pledge advisory board work for 27 church related colleges. Dale Gramley urges support to keep colleges financially strong amid state school competition and broader business backing. The group aims to double last year’s contributions and notes education and morality as drivers of free government.
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