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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1964
Page
5
An excerpt from a speed reading column discusses pre-reading questioning and eye-span, urging readers to pre-read, pose and answer questions, and then read in phrases. It notes completing the reading in 75 seconds and plugs a book with similar articles and exercises available for $1 by mail.
In Chapel Hill North Carolina AP Undersecretary of State George W Ball urged Western European nations to expand unrestricted aid to underdeveloped nations He said Europe must unite politically and economically before assuming broader responsibilities and spoke at the Carolina Symposium hosted by University of North Carolina students.
RALEIGH AP A State Utilities Commission decision ordering Carolina Power & Light Co to serve homes at Goldsboro will be appealed to Wake County Superior Court. Attorneys for Tri-County Electric Membership Corp announced Thursday they were preparing the appeal in the case. Seven of 14 homes being erected at Goldsboro by the L E Summerlin firm are within 300 feet of a power line mains by the electric cooperative.
Dr. Lewis Dowdy, 46, was named the sixth president of North Carolina A and T College in Greensboro. He succeeds Dr. Samuel D. Proctor, who resigned Feb 29 to join the Peace Corps as associate director. Dowdy had served as acting president from 1960 to January 1962 and is a native of Hastings, SC.
Mrs. George Clements presented slides of North Carolina flower gardens at a Tuesday night meeting at the Clements home in Archdale. Associate hostess Mrs. Robert Spencer urged members to attend a past presidents luncheon, help with baked goods for the council bazaar, and the club voted to donate $20 to the Archdale Trinity Community Center maintenance fund. Plans were set for a June luan, with devotions led by Mrs. Bobby Hyde.
Norfolk AP reports plans for a 50 mile ocean front toll road between Virginia Beach and Kitty Hawk North Carolina hinge on rights of way cost. Sidney Kellam Virginia Coastal Turnpike Authority chair says the figure could prevent or enable construction. Estimated land cost ranges from 3.97 to 4.33 million dollars with potential government and landowner donations.
Jackson Mississippi AP reports an all white jury hears more of the evidence in the Byron De La Beckwith case regarding Medgar Evers assassination. A half dozen witnesses including Evers widow testified after jury selection closed. Beckwith, 43, a Greenwood salesman and segregationist, is accused of shooting Evers in the back near his home after midnight on June 12.
Raleigh AP report says John B. Whitley, seeking the Democratic nomination for insurance commissioner, accused incumbent Edwin Lanier of letting the people’s earnings be confiscated under the assigned risk plan. He blasted auto insurance costs as intolerable. Lanier declined to comment.
Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Earl Welch and former Justice N. Corn faced federal indictments for income tax evasion. Welch said he is innocent and expects quick jury exoneration. Both 72 and 80 year old Democrats are free on $5,000 bond. arraignment not yet set.
An Atlantic Coast Line passenger train collided with a car at a crossing Thursday night in Rocky Mount North Carolina killing two people identified as Winwood Beal Vick Jr 36 of Wilson Rt 1 and Mrs Dorothy Dixon of Rocky Mount An AP report notes the fatalities from the crash.
Soviet Premier Khrushchev left by train for Moscow after a ten day Hungarian trip in which he blasted Chinese Communists and thanked Janos Kadár, saying they reached complete understanding on all questions. He spoke of unity among communist and labor movements and will be greeted in Moscow by leaders from multiple nations for his 70th birthday celebration next Friday.
North Carolina campaign exchanges center on development and fiscal policy as Dan Moore and Rich Preyer clash over promises to raise state worker pay and industrial growth. Preyer criticizes fiscal responsibility while Moore defends his plan and accuses Preyer of irresponsibility. Lake comments on communist speaker ban for private colleges. Preyer unveils a regional development proposal leveraging existing area associations across multiple counties.
At the Gulf of Mexico the U S Highway 1 ends and a new coffeehouse, named The Ultimate End, opens at the point where the highway dead ends. The project marks the quirky final stop of the longest north south route.
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