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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
2
The Congo Republic selects Alphonse Massamba-Debat, described as a moderate leftist, to head a provisional government after Fulbert Youlou’s ouster. Massamba-Debat, 42, becomes premier, replacing the nation’s first president since independence three years ago.
Venezuelan ex-dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez was secretly smuggled from a Brazzaville jail to a Venezuelan airliner at Miami International Airport where authorities awaited to take him into custody. The stay denial by Judge Goldberg followed arguments over extradition and embezzlement charges. In other wires, rail and stock markets showed mixed moves as unions and labor disputes hovered over potential strikes.
NASA official Kraft describes Mercury astronauts Glenn Carpenter Schirra and Cooper overcoming flight issues. Three used manual control during reentry of the 22 orbit Mercury mission led by Cooper last May. Gemini will send two men in one capsule, first flight in about 124 months, with maneuvering capability built into Gemini and Apollo for orbital and reentry path changes.
Goldberg reviewed litigation starting in 1959 on behalf of Perez Jimenez and stretching through many protests in state and federal courts. Perez Jimenez has been jailed in Miami since December 32, 1962.
Workmen digging the San Luis reservoir site near Sacramento uncovered bones of mammoths and prehistoric horses, plus possible charcoal and a bone tool. Archaeologist Francis Riddell called the discovery of national importance, noting bones remained in natural positions as if killed on site and cooked.
Three months into the investigation Mrs. Clark spoke to reporters about fear and secrecy. A contest over 260000 pounds rewards efforts to apprehend the gang with John Maris, a 33 year old herdsman, guiding detectives to a farm hideout 18 miles from the scene.
Survivors recount hijackings and escapes in Cuba and Haiti while in Vietnam a Buddhist suicide sparks martial law in Hue and Nhatrang. Reports describe guards, protests, and clashes as U S personnel are restricted and Buddhists demand rights.
Readable fragments show numbers like 119.02 718.55 and 72.56 175.04 173.26 with references to Sacks and Volume figures 920,000 and 1,480,000, suggesting a ledger or financial table snapshot. Entities include Raila and CMM, but details are unclear and not tied to a full event.
Washington AP reports organized crime bosses are alarmed by Senate testimony from Joseph Valachi. They fear the Justice Department may not reveal the full Cosa Nostra story as Valachi, allegedly in his 30th year of crime, continues talking to FBI agents. No date set for Capitol Hill testimony.
A fragmented news montage reports the Conservative Party retaining a parliamentary seat as Prime Minister Macmillan's party wins Stratford, amid implications for Britain's next general election. The piece notes a narrow margin and past scandal surrounding Profumo, with broader underworld and crime references interwoven.
In Charlotte, a defect in the warrant charging Mrs Lillian Dean Watts Self with murder of her policeman husband last Saturday led to a likely release today. Superior Court Judge Francis J Clarkson reduced the charge to second degree murder and set bond at $12 000 after her lawyer argued the warrant lacked deliberation and premeditation. If freed, Mrs Self will reside with her father J D Watts and family at their Landis area home.
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