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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1963
Page
5
A Wisconsin op ed critiques J Edgar Hoover and the FBI for bias linking civil rights to internal communism while praising civil liberties. The piece surveys media jests from Broadway to TV and cinema, touching on Finney, Wilson, Abbott, Hauptmann, and Coll with biting, era-tinged anecdotes and sharp cultural barbs.
A Gulf of Mexico storm spreads cloudiness to Virginia with moderate to heavy rain in Florida and Georgia. Sleet and freezing rain spread into North Carolina coastal areas with subfreezing inland temps. The system moves northeast as high pressure departs, bringing rain to most counties, with snow inland and hazardous travel likely tonight. Clearing only gradually by Thursday with some temperature rise.
Forecast shows sleet freezing rain and rain affecting North Carolina with inland spread and a cold northeasterly wind. In South Carolina widespread precipitation shifts to rain southeast half with cold onshore winds. Georgia expects rain in the south and snow or sleet in the north with a cold front ending tonight with colder Wednesday.
Tremendous demand for The Torch Is Passed prompts delays in hardcover delivery. The Associated Press volume recounts Kennedy death and ensuing events with original text and dramatic pictures. Orders have surged to 1,100,000. production will take weeks. Book not sold in stores. include $2 per copy with coupon requests.
Raymond A. Stone, 36, assistant director of curriculum study for North Carolina, named first president of a new Moore County community college. Blue says the selection awaits State Board of Education approval. Stone will leave his state job within 30 days and has held posts in Wallace, Charlotte, and Wilson.
A Lock Haven editor recalls a 1953 New Year’s Eve crash that cost him both legs and reshaped his life. He urges universal seatbelt use and full driver responsibility, noting the ongoing costs of recovery and adjustment.
Evelyn Lincoln says every Kennedy document from senator to president is saved and sorted for Harvard's planned John F. Kennedy Memorial Library. Postal rules require the unclaimed items be held 60 days, as the family follows a long-standing practice. The eight raccoon skins mailed with files add odor and caution, tied to prior presidents' papers now viewed as personal property.
Bowling Green officials report the city key to the city is missing, a foot long symbolic key that hung in City Hall for about 40 years. Mayor Robert D. Graham says it may have been borrowed or misplaced, delaying a ceremony for distinguished visitors.
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AP observer Cynthia Lowry picks television’s best of 1963, led by coverage of JFK's assassination week, and highlights memorable programs from Red Skelton to King Orange Parade, with CBS Reports and NBC portraits standing out among dramas and talk shows.
A reader friendly schedule showing WSOC channel 5 Charlotte WBTV channel 3 Charlotte WSLS cu channel 1 Roanoke with a mix of programs including Gen Hospital Dragnet To Tell Truth and The Rifleman plus news weather and talk shows.
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