High Point Wins AAU National Women Swim Meet Bid
High Point defeats Los Angeles Toledo and Spokane to win the 1963 National Senior Women's Swimming Championships bid. Detroit convention saw a 48 hour push by a local task force led by Mayor Carson Stout and Mercury Club president Bill Bennett to secure the event for August 89-10-11 at High Point Municipal Park and Pool.
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Red China Says Troops Withdrawing
New Delhi India AP civilian administrators will take over territory vacated by Red Chinese troops. A government spokesman did not confirm a Chinese pullback. Peking said withdrawals were beginning and Indians would pull back to form a 25 mile demilitarized strip or face renewed fighting. An Indian army chief of staff flew over frontier areas but could not confirm movement.
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Airliner Crash at Idlewild Kills 25 in Fog
A DC-7B with North and South Carolina travelers crashed in fog at Idlewild Airport killing 25. Two Charlottes die, one Rock Hill survivor. The Newark bound shuttle, one of seven daily flights from Charlotte, had just arrived and was about to depart. The incident prompts broader Cold War coverage as Mikoyan heads home after Havana talks.
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Survivors Run From Flames in Idlewild Crash
A four engine Eastern Air Lines jet crashed at Idlewild during fog and fire, killing 24 of 51 aboard. Survivors crawled from exits as flames engulfed the forward fuselage. Pilot Bechtold reportedly considered landing in Philadelphia. Names of survivors include Leonard Clementi and Lou Louis, with others from Charlotte and Rock Hill. The incident followed a fogbound approach and left a scene of scattered debris and a quick, fiery descent.
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Miss America Advises Girls Be Yourself
Miss America Jacquelyn Jeanne Mayer of Sandusky Ohio urged pageant contestants to be natural and inwardly beautiful. She spoke at Emeryland Country Club before the Miss High Point pageant and planned to return to Northwestern University for further studies after relinquishing her crown next September.
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Ledford High School Drill Team Captures Precision
For your Sunday reading the Enterprise previews a feature on Ledford High School girls marching team noted for soldier like precision. The paper also marks the 20th anniversary of the atomic era and highlights a suspenseful survey of Southern industrial growth from Louisiana to North Carolina.
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