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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1960
Page
1
Cuba's cabinet suspended visa-free entry for most U S visitors and said the Foreign Ministry will decide future entry rules. The move follows U S restrictions and Cuban claims of abused tourist privileges, with Peru breaking relations and Uruguay weighing similar steps.
Peru severed diplomatic relations with Cuba amid accusations of interfering in Peru's internal affairs and subsidizing subversive agents. The move prompts likely reactions from neighboring states including Uruguay Colombia Venezuela and Chile with others considering similar steps. Protests target Fidel Castro regime drawing regional pressure for isolation. The Cuban chargé d affaires was expelled and staff ordered to leave Peru.
Western diplomats and military officials doubted Laos government claims of seven North Vietnamese battalions invading from the North Viet Nam border. U.N. inquiry found no evidence of Red troop aggression, while Bangkok and London pressed caution amid reports of deserters and planned Hanoi guerrilla activity.
A spate of New Year holiday crashes raises grim totals with seven dead in a Alamogordo New Mexico two car crash along a rain slick highway. Other fatalities appear in Wisconsin and Maryland. In all 24 highway deaths, five fire deaths, and two misc accidents bring the total to 31 as the 78 hour period runs to Monday midnight.
As 1960 ends in New York the Pope vows serenity for 1961 and Dag Hammarskjold plans peace missions to Congo South Africa and India while New Zealand warns on UN threats. In the U S Kennedy prepares to take office on January 20 as Eisenhower ends eight years of leadership and economists forecast a slow recovery with stubborn unemployment.
About 2,000 strikers marched through Brussels carrying black-bordered flags in a mourners demonstration for Francois van der Strappen, 30, killed in Friday's clashes between state police and demonstrators. Police say a shooter aided an officer. Socialists blamed Premier Eyskens as Belgians awaited the new year.
Medway Massachusetts radio host Ronald Greene, 26, was arrested on a manslaughter charge after prompting listeners on WMRC to call police about a hit-and-run that killed Domenick DeFazio, 12, who was riding a bicycle on Route 109. A parking-lot dent and matching car registration led to Greene’s arrest outside the studio.
President elect John F Kennedy names Robert C Weaver to head the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, marking a Negro first for a top White House post. Weaver, 51, Harvard PhD economist and former NY Housing and Redevelopment Board vice chairman, will take a $21,000 salary, replacing Norman P Mason. Weaver has long been a civil rights advocate and New Deal adviser, with prior service in FDR era housing and wartime agencies.
High Point prepares for 1961 with a year in review of 1960 city events including top stories, government, business, and crime, plus forecasts from leaders. Diet feature for couples starts in the Woman's Section tomorrow.
Researchers from New York Hospital and Cornell University Medical College report 18.5 percent of New Yorkers aged 20 to 59 are completely well in a long term community health study. Among 1,660 participants, 36.3 percent show mild symptoms, 21.8 percent moderate symptoms, and 23.4 percent impairment affecting daily life. The work links mental health risk to accumulated life stresses and socio economic status, noting lower groups react with higher impairment though not through more stresses.
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