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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1961
Page
2
A Nike Zeus anti missile test at Point Mugu exploded seconds after lift off. The second stage burn failed during a Pacific range test and no official cause was released.
The Interior Department reports American Indians enrolling in college or advanced vocational programs nearly doubled from 1954-55 to 1960-61, from about 2,300 to nearly 4,900. Twenty-nine tribes fund scholarships with over $500,000 annually from oil, timber, livestock, or government awards, while federal grants total about $250,000 for 623 students.
Canada seeks a General Assembly resolution urging an intensified UN led study of radioactive fallout in light of Soviet open air tests and growing fallout concerns. The move aims to quicken progress reports from the UN Scientific Committee and pressures for stages to curb further testing.
Illinois data show average annual student expenses at 1744 with tuition 289 and other costs. Debate divides into public aid through taxes versus higher tuition funded by loans and scholarships. concerns include long term debt, equity for women and families with multiple children, and access to graduate studies.
Driver William G. Moss 18 of Redding Street says a tire blowout caused yesterday’s accident on Courtesy Road. His car crossed the lawn of N. R. Davis and toppled a three inch tree. Moss and two passengers escaped without apparent injuries.
Fire department answered three calls yesterday including a dryer fire on S Elm Street where foam rubber clothes ignited. The second call involved a flooded oil furnace on Cable Street and the third was a grass fire on Mobile Street. No dryer damage occurred.
Furniture executives and members of the High Point Furniture Club held a breakfast meeting to discuss hospitality for the fall market. Tentative plans included a dance on Monday Oct 23 to honor visiting executives. James Best spoke to the two members present on customer relations in the furniture industry.
Dr Robert Rostahl of Woman's College will be guest speaker at the Greensboro Artists League meeting in Greensboro Thursday. The program follows a short business meeting at 7 30 p m and features Rostahl speaking on Aesthetic Forms.
Four West Berliners were seized by Communist border guards on the East side near the French sector. Three were released after about 10 hours and forced to crawl through fence wire. the fourth was wounded before detention and later taken to East Berlin for questioning.
Pearl Ella Teague daughter of Mr and Mrs Charlie Lee Teague of Rt 2 High Point received a one year DuPont scholarship to Wingate College for 1961 62 based on scholastic performance personality and leadership traits.
Trans World Airlines navigators walked out Saturday then returned minutes later after TWA agreed to replace a navigator on overseas work with a copilot trained on the new electronic navigational aid. The dispute led ALPA to withdraw from mediation and threaten a strike date for about 1500 pilots.
Washington DC superintendent Carl F. Hansen outlines the Amidon Plan a rigorous elementary education experiment stressing early reading writing and phonics. He defends the program against critics noting teacher leadership and improved subject mastery while acknowledging some morale concerns among staff.
A Derby Aviation DC3 with 34 aboard crashed into Mt Canigou in the Pyrenees near Perpignan. All were killed. passengers were British tourists. The plane left Gatwick Friday night en route to Perpignan. Authorities said no fire occurred and search teams found bodies among trees and wreckage.
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