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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1965
Page
5
Dear Dr Molner outlines the spectrum of mental retardation in children from mild delays to severe impairment. He notes varying practical skills, learning limits, and the role of special schooling, stating some can function well in society while others require ongoing care.
Four people died in North Carolina traffic incidents during the holiday weekend. Mary Lucille Fisids, 38, of Rt 4 Louisburg, was killed on N C 58 in Franklin County in a two vehicle crash. Betty Louise Williams, 17, of Laurinburg, was killed when the car she rode in struck a building near Maxton. Fred Lee Lambert, 54, of Concord, died in a crash on NC 49 miles south of his home after attempting to pass another vehicle. Thomas Lee Harrington, 19, of Monroe, died when his motorcycle struck a power pole.
Hayneville Alabama AP report notes desegregated Hayneville High School opened with Negro pupils absent while county deputies and four FBI agents observed. White spectators gathered as tension remained after a recent civil rights worker slaying near the school.
SCLC leader Dan Moore urged Governor to revoke the Ku Klux Klan charter and expand voter registration. At Plymouth, North Carolina, 300 demonstrators heard that federal registrars would be requested if books were not opened full time. A gunfire incident near SCLC headquarters caused injuries amid ongoing protests following clashes between Negroes and Klansmen.
Dr. John Stuart Gaul, a longtime Charlotte orthopedic surgeon since 1923, died Sunday in Blowing Rock. He established clinics for crippled children in North Carolina and built a statewide service, founding hospitals in Hickory and Charlotte during polio epidemics. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church.
In Atlanta the state launches desegregation as 50 plus school systems open to Black students. Hall County and Habersham quietly admit Black pupils without incidents. State education chief Claude Purcell hopes for orderly progress while federal-funds compliance actions proceed.
In Raleigh a long time NC College Conference member argues regional accreditation matters more than state level, while Dr. Jaynes F Hillman calls for regional yardsticks. Secretary Thad Hare proposes a state accrediting body to counter the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools which may withdraw accreditation over the Speaker Ban Law, seen as political interference by the SACS. The law bars known Communists or those who pleaded the Fifth in loyalty hearings from speaking at state colleges.
The New York Times says President Johnson accepted the vice presidential nomination in 1960 only after Sam Rayburn, then House Speaker, agreed to support him. Washington dispatch by Arthur Krock notes two Democrats, Hale Boggs and Edward Foley, urged Rayburn to approve, aided by Thomas Corcoran from the Roosevelt era.
LA JOLLA Calif AP ten day underwater mission goes 206 feet below in Sealab 2 as divers hook up a communications and data unit to an undersea trailer. Navy spokesmen report visibility higher than expected for marine biology experiments though earlier dives were hampered by murky water and low clarity.
Kathleen Kennedy, 14, daughter of Senator Robert F Kennedy, was hospitalized in Hyannis Port after a horse mishap left her with a mild concussion. Her brother Robert Kennedy Jr. was treated earlier for a severe leg wound at the Kennedy compound. Doctors planned to discharge Kathleen as soon as possible.
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