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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1961
Page
11
A Raleigh House committee will hear Thursday arguments for and against a Senate passed bill to redraw districts placing Republican Congressman Charles R. Jonas and Democrat Paul Kitchin in the same congressional district. Guilford Rep. Fd Kemp chairs the committee.
A recommendation may be made to Mecklenburg County Board of Education to desegregate at least three public schools including Bethune Elementary Harding Junior High and Zeb Vance Elementary. Greensboro urged total integration while some board members push for compliance with pupil assignment laws and maximizing classroom use.
The article discusses extending the 4 percent sales tax to coin operated laundry services and vending items. It notes uncertainty on how to pass the tax to customers of laundromats and five cent dispensers. Proposals include an extra coin slot to collect tax and notes the law's aims to tax laundry services and equipment purchases.
Republicans plan a late night rally to attack Kennedy domestic policy with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in attendance. Eisenhower may avoid foreign policy criticisms as his brother Milton attends the for Freedom Committee. The event follows cost-cutting talks to reduce dinner expenses and collaborate on party platform work in Washington.
Cambridge AP report says Harvard’s Glee Club chose James R. Pusey, a junior and son of Harvard president Nathan M. Pusey, as new club president. He succeeds Loring Conant Jr., a relative of former Harvard president James B. Conant.
A note announces May 18 as Senior Citizen Month in North Carolina highlighting programs, activities, and community support for older residents across cities and counties.
Dr Arnold L Gesell a leading pediatrician and child development expert died Monday in New Haven Connecticut He founded the Clinic of Child Development at Yale Medical School in 1911 and was widely known for his influential work and writings
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