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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1961
Page
4
The Associated Press reports slight quality decline and mostly steady to higher prices in flue cured tobacco sales on the North Carolina South Carolina border belt.
New York AP reports tobacco markets showing steady to higher prices amid mostly light volume. Primings lead gains with several grades advancing while nondescripts remain weak. government and market data indicate regional price variations and continued stabilization efforts.
Lawrence J. OConnor, recently confirmed to the Federal Power Commission, said he has begun disposing of his stock and will finish by Monday. Senator William Proxmire warned of a potential conflict of interest and criticized the appointment during a lengthy Senate floor fight. OConnor plans to return to Washington after in Houston, awaiting work on the commission.
In Charlotte the Teamsters Union announced plans to form what a field representative called the most powerful political organization in the Carolinas. Wayne J. Smith said organizing drives will span Greenville South Carolina Winston Salem North Carolina and Columbia DC with about 10 000 members in the two states. The Drive Democratic Republican Independent Voter Education chapters will be set up as part of the union’s political arm. Hoffa may visit Charlotte next week to assist Local 71 in contract talks with local tracking firms.
In Springfield Ohio a woman asked police to force a lot owner to cut weeds, named an attorney as manager. Police learned the attorney no longer held responsibility after the lot sold. the new owner was the complainant who said she was unaware of the sale. She was given five days to clear the weeds.
Ernesto Ravinet of San Francisco recounted on arrival from Havana that a hijacker pulled a pistol and distributed a bullet to each crew member, forcing the crew to sit in the cockpit as the pistol was shown as a souvenir. The plane diverted to Havana for a long layover before resuming to Panama. Ravinet and his wife Anabelle, traveling on business, witnessed Fidel Castro greeting the passengers and the Colombian foreign minister. The hijacker was described as demanding the plane be released to them. In Minnesota, J. C. Christianson, 63, longtime superintendent of the University of Minnesota School of Agriculture, died Sunday after a stroke.
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