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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1963
Page
10
The airport weather man reports today will be generally fair and milder. Temperatures fell to about 50 last night and a high near 82 is forecast with little rain. Yesterday’s high reached 86 and the low 66.
Dewey Hinkle assistant secretary of Cosmopolitan Insurance Co. died of a heart attack late last night. He resided at 609 Overbrook Drive and was dead on arrival at High Point Memorial Hospital. The body lies at Sechrest Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
Nixon denounces the administration for a Cuba policy he terms a retreat from victory. He accuses the White House of provoking Soviet pressure, praising a blockade then withdrawing it, and warns Khrushchev gains strength in Cuba. He declines to seek office in 1964.
Bobby Powell and Suzy Bowles of Thomasville Senior High claim the Aycock Cup as best debate team at the 51st North Carolina High School Debating Union in Chapel Hill. Powell earns a Morehead Scholarship to Carolina. Bowles as a Wake Forest Scholar.
Lt Cmdr William J. Cowhill testified the Thresher crew was among the finest trained and that the Portsmouth yard workmanship on welding piping and main propulsion was excellent though he noted silver brazing limits. He said air and hydraulic systems were reliable with caveats and found no safety issues in his assessment.
Three Republican lawmakers led a Washington trip naming the Kennedy administration as too passive in Latin American affairs. They accused the Democratic party of purging southern conservatives like Basil Whitener to help reelect him, while pressing a tougher stance on Cuba and coordination with OAS.
In Birmingham Alabama Rev Martin Luther King Jr and Ralph Abernathy were released from the city jail at 12 30 p m after eight days in custody following a desegregation march. More than 100 people face contempt of court citations for defying a state injunction and hearings are set for Monday. King defended the actions as legal and necessary to secure civil rights.
North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford urged Arkansas Young Democrats to unite the Democratic Party and push education for tomorrow's leaders. He warned against faint-hearted leadership and criticized Barry Goldwater as a bully, speaking extemporaneously to about 200 attendees.
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