20 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1962
Page
1
Ouagadougou report indicates ex General Raoul Salan, head of the Secret Army Organization, was arrested in downtown Algiers after riot police and troops sealed off a section and searched cars and buildings. He was en route to Paris when detained.
State Forester Fred Claridge ordered immediate cancellation of all burning permits in 38 Piedmont and western North Carolina counties due to hazardous forest fire conditions. A ban on burning in or near wooded areas remains in effect until further notice. The affected counties include Cabarrus Catawba Cleveland Gaston Lincoln Stanly Buncombe Henderson Madison McDowell Mitchell Polk Rutherford Yancey Alexander Alleghany Ashe Avery Burke Caldwell Stokes Surry Watauga Wilkes Cherokee Clay Graham Haywood Jackson Macon Swain Transylvania Davidson Guilford Iredell Randolph Rowan and Yadkin.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin warned he might quit the 17 nation disarmament conference if the United States conducts atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific within a week. He said such tests would create a tense international atmosphere and endanger negotiations.
In Columbia South Carolina Douglas Clee Thorne 26 white man convicted of rape and Ray Sandy Young 30 black man convicted of killing a Greenville liquor store operator were executed in the electric chair early today Thorne went first followed by Young both from Greenville County and executed on Good Friday in South Carolina.
In New York, about 6,000 Manhattan and Bronx plumbers seek a move from seven to five hours, while 11,000 bricklayers push from seven to six. The push follows last January’s five hour day won by 9,000 electricians after an eight day strike, amid mixed federal reception.
About 10 000 Easter marchers, many teens in denim and sweaters, head from Aldermaston nuclear plant toward London. Police security surrounds barbed wire sites as a piper leads a parade featuring mothers with strollers and a Dixie band. Rally shifts to Hyde Park after a London group blocks Trafalgar Square for an Easter Monday meeting.
DAR calls for congressional probe into the Army suspension of Maj Archibald E. Roberts after his DAR speech alleging Communist leanings by Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty and G. Mennen Williams. Sen Thurmond favors Army investigation and cautions before judging.
In Augusta Georgia a white 16 year old was killed and another teen wounded in a racially tense incident. Police arrested seventeen people including fourteen teenagers as officers restricted unrest with extra patrols and weapon seizures.
Arab Christians and pilgrims gathered at dawn inside the walled city of Jerusalem to honor Good Friday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Skies drizzled as Jordanian troops watched from sand bagged walls while thousands more were expected to march the Via Dolorosa later. The Easter week drew visitors, with about 6,000 pilgrims already in town and hotels crowded ahead of April 29 Eastern church celebrations.
In Goldsboro and Rocky Mount editors spar over which city makes better barbecue. Don Hall of the Roanoke Rapids Herald will sample both cuisines for six weeks, alternating weeks, to render a verdict. The wager begins amid rival taunts and savory trash talk in a regional food feud.
Soviet trawlers made two close approaches to Texas Tower No. 2 at Georges Bank about 110 miles off Cape Cod causing Coast Guard escorts and temporary evacuations. In autumn one vessel neared a half mile before turning back. February sighted 15 ships 16 miles away. No boarding occurred but tensions rise over international waters and fishing activity near the U.S. warning system.
A U S Air Force twin engine C123 crashed near the 17th Parallel dividing North and South Viet Nam. One crewman was injured and hospitalized in Da Nang. the other two were unhurt. The plane may have been on a routine flight and was linked to defoliation experiments in the area.
A large forest fire in Rutherford and Cleveland counties raged for days, destroying vacant homes and taking the life of logger Clinton Herman Hamby. About 75 firemen fought the blaze with bulldozers and late crews, as winds up to 40 mph whipped flames toward Casar. Fire officials planned backfires to contain it near Moriah Creek Road while avoiding Casar and the 20,000 acre South Mountain refuge.
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