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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1961
Page
9
Pentagon says National Guard and Army Reserve callups do not exempt college students from active duty. Navy moves to ease impact, offering deferment for Reservists entering fall semester with limits based on start dates and other factors.
Maria Beale Fletcher returns home from New York City as Miss Asheville and Miss North Carolina titleholders prepare for Miss America pageant. She dances with the Rockettes performing 28 shows weekly and fits in rehearsals and free time between shows. Her two weeks at home will be filled with fittings and appearances as she readies for Atlantic City.
Belgrade hosts 24 nonaligned states in a five day summit likely to split into pro West many favoring the East and others opposed to both blocs. Nehru and Sihanouk to push moderating stance on topics from Berlin to decolonization and U N reorganization.
Police report a masked burglar invaded the Costa Rican embassy residence in Washington injuring the ambassador's wife Mrs. Manuel Escalante and her sister Mrs. Carmen McCurdy while stealing about $60 from a dresser and jewelry valued at $5 000 along with $85 in cash. The women, sedated, aided police after hiding in a closet for 20 minutes. Ambassador Escalante had left Washington for Costa Rica.
The Army states that National Guardsmen and Reservists sent to Europe cannot bring dependents during travel. After arrival, dependents may be brought under regular procedures if the service member meets criteria of corporal grade and four years of service, and may qualify for government transport of dependents.
Three lawyers from Hartford and Boston were arrested after a 10 week sting in which IRS official Charles McCaffrey pretended to accept a $10,000 bribe to drop income tax evasion charges against Nathaniel Bergman. Saul Glassman and Paul Gorin faced charges of bribery conspiracy and defrauding the U S Treasury.
The Textile Workers Union of America announces a campaign for higher wages and fringe benefits to align textile industry pay with other sectors. At its quarterly meeting in Monticello New York the TWUA Executive Council described current pay as inequitable and cited a 15 percent improvement in economic conditions since 1961. It noted 4.5 percent annual gains in man hour production and rising product prices, while highlighting a new multilateral agreement curbing imports from low wage countries.
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