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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1961
Page
9
Fidel Castro's government will repay at most 10 000 pesos to most Cubans who exchanged cash in the weekend reform. An exception allows up to 20 000 pesos for old persons and cripples. Deposits before the drive are unaffected.
Nine survivors from the Swiss bus tragedy arrived back in the United States at Idlewild Airport. They recalled a narrow air pocket that saved them as the bus plunged into Lake Lucerne. Survivors include Pauline Hudson and Julia Schultz of Altoona with others from North Carolina Washington and Florida. Ten more survivors sail back home.
A two month wildfire within five miles of Musgrave Harbor Boating Cove Ragged Harbor and Carmanville forces evacuations by air and sea. About 2 000 residents are endangered as Canada helicopter evacues Gander and Fogo Island actions continue against a 400 square mile blaze spreading since June 12 with poor weather and no rain in sight. Premier Smallwood toured the area calling the event catastrophic.
Hollywood AP With August typically a month of TV promises the season readies its new shows and stars. This year executives show restraint keeping predictions low and lean toward social issue dramas rather to bold action plots while several comedies look promising.
Winston Salem AP report says Walter E. Johnston Jr. of Winston Salem is among candidates for a second federal judgeship in the Middle District of North Carolina. Nominations include John D. Larkins Jr. and J Braxton Craven. others named are Malcolm Seawell and L Richardson Preyer. Johnston has served on the Superior Court since 1954.
A family humor show faces removal after criticism targets its portrayal of a father labeled as a dope. The decision reflects public pushback to perceived negative stereotypes in light of ongoing media scrutiny.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Charles F. Gold announced a plan reducing auto liability rates by 10 percent for drivers with three years of no chargeable accidents and $100 property damage limit. Violators face rate increases up to 150 percent for eight points, with extensions to collision coverage and assigned risks.
Gov. Sanford told the Franklin Chamber banquet that tourism should be cultivated like a crop. He cited tourism as North Carolina’s third largest industry and Macon County’s top sector, urged better roads, and noted $3 million in Macon County road funds with half for U.S. 64 reconstruction. He warned against overcharging tourists and highlighted a $1 billion loss from 50,000 Western North Carolina youths leaving the area.
The auto wage talks affect millions beyond plants as settlements shape prices, pay scales, and living costs. Auto industry links to steel and electric sectors mean wage patterns ripple through many regions and products, with escalation mechanisms adding steady, automatic increases and a funded pension aim shaping long term security. Saratoga, N. Y., famed mineral springs health center context noted.
In Cleveland Ohio a mother gave birth to a boy and a girl two minutes apart not as twins. Doctors say they were conceived at different times from separate eggs and are rarer than quadruplets. The girl Michelle Lynne weighed 4 pounds 3 ounces the boy Michael Lee 6 pounds 0 ounces. Both were born on Leonard Shaffer’s fourth birthday.
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