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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1961
Page
2
New York stock trading shows a modest drop in early afternoon as the AP index fell to 252.70 with industrials rails and utilities lower. Nervousness over Dag Hammarskjold’s death and the threat of a nationwide GM walkout temper trading amid stalled labor talks.
Hurricane Esther neared the Carolinas with 150 mph winds and 350 mile gale radii. Coastal residents moved trailers to higher ground from Atlantic Beach to Irehead City while authorities warned of rough seas and potential impact along Cape Hatteras and Outer Banks.
The following bid and asked prices are from the National Association as a guide to approximate ranges within which securities could have been sold or bought at the time of compilation on April 28 1961. Origin of any quotation will be furnished upon request.
In a first degree murder trial, Cutter testified after three days of cross examination. He claimed innocence while admitting confusion over event timings and failing to test the victim’s pulse or breathing at the scene.
Guilford County Commission postpones awarding a milk supply contract after identifying two identical bids of 14 865 75 from Borden Company and Lindale Dairy of High Point. The board also approves Kirkman Park purchase for 26 000 by High Point schools and considers a regional preparedness seminar with Guilford and Davidson counties.
Belgian Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak arrived in Moscow on Monday night for talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. He declined to reveal topics of discussion.
San Marino chose Giovanni Vito Marcucci of the Christian Democrat party and Pio Galassi of the Democratic Socialist party as chiefs of state. They will serve a six month term in this 38 square mile republic in central Italy.
The Waterbury Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a proposal to place able bodied men on relief to work on Civil Defense projects including fallout shelter construction. The plan advances to the State Welfare Department for final approval under 1961 Connecticut work relief authorization.
Meredith Willson writes a 60 minute calisthenics song to aid school kids in fighting chicken fat. The project needs $30,000 in private funding as government funds are unavailable. Willson collaborates with Ted Forbes and Bud Wilkinson while urging national support.
William Howard Childress 54 of Rt. 2 Mount Airy died Sunday at Northern Surry Hospital an hour after suffering a heart attack at his Quarry section home. He was a stonemason and is survived by his wife Josie Pack Childress three sons three daughters mother and three sisters. Funeral held at Church of God at 2 p m with burial in Skyline Memory Gardens.
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