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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1965
Page
2
Dr Edward Teller argues that civil defense shelters and anti missiles are essential to deter aggression. He warns that without strong defenses the survivability of scientists and citizens would be uncertain. He notes Russians and Chinese prefer not to risk war, and urges public awareness before any costly system is chosen.
A young mother and her four children perished in an early morning house fire two miles east of Uniontown. Firemen reported all were asleep when the blaze swept their four room home, with bodies found in five beds. The father, Homer, about 26, reportedly fled the dance prior to the tragedy.
Nearly 100 men women and children held a three hour Christmas weekend protest along Ranch Road 1 near the President’s LBJ Ranch asking President Johnson to set a time and place for a Vietnam peace conference. Demonstrators handed a letter to Secret Service agent Clarence Knetsch for delivery and awaited a reply.
In Miami, authorities warn that unlicensed juveniles using powered walkie-talkies are clogging the citizens radio band. The FCC and FBI monitor chatter, with concerns over profane language and false SOS messages. Most conversations are harmless, but interference affects licensed operators and emergency alerts.
New Ordnance reports three week post Saigon rise in infiltration of North to South Viet Nam. McNamara forecasts stepped up military operations against infiltration routes, possible bombing of Ho Chi Minh Trail and routes through jungle. Johnson to decide, stressing exhausting peaceful options before heavier actions. North Viet Nam leader Ho Chi Minh denounces peace terms as unacceptable. China promises aid to North Viet Nam and warns of risks to Chinese cities. Kosygin accuses US of aggression in Moscow remarks.
Warsaw expels New York Times foreign correspondent David Halberstam for hostility in reporting. He was notified by the Foreign Ministry and given about a week to settle personal affairs. The Polish press has attacked his stories since his arrival eleven months ago and targeted him personally amid coverage of his engagement and marriage plans.
London AP Secretary Botteraley warned Rhodesia faces a market halt as major buyers refuse tobacco while Smith's regime remains in power. He said the 1966 and 1968 crops may have to be stored in Salisbury with prices well below world levels, costing export earnings. Smith claimed future buyers and bonds sales keep Rhodesia connected to trade.
New York AP James Warmer will leave the post of national director of the Congress of Racial Equality CORE on March 1. A CORE spokesperson says Warmer, 45, has not confirmed or denied reports he planned to quit a role he had held since 1961. CORE official Greg Harris called the news a leak and said a successor should be named by the National Action Council within the first two weeks of January.
Halberstam, 34, could not say if his wife would leave Poland when he departs. She is a Polish citizen.
A fragmented text cites behavior concerns and a global discussion on psychosis. It references ongoing worldwide discourse and a segment titled The great debate, implying a broad, unsettled conversation about mental health.
The Associated Press reports a national three day Christmas traffic death toll of 707, surpassing 1956’s four day record. States such as Ohio and Louisiana noted their worst tolls in years amid rain sleet and snow. The 78 hour period began 6 p.m. Thursday and ended midnight Sunday with 90 million vehicles on the roads.
At least 27 people died in North Carolina traffic accidents during the Christmas period as the toll rose for the year. The list includes Linda Bigham Walker 21 and Thomas Walker Scruggs 19 among others, with many from High Point Lumberton and Charlotte. Additional fatalities occurred from other violence and a fatal apartment fire in Durham.
The Justice Department plans to publish the 1,180 page memoir The Real Thing by Joseph Valachi the convicted Cosa Nostra hoodlum who leaked the syndicate’s secrets. The 61 year old authored it in DC jail since 1963.
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