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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1966
Page
5
In Bishop Miami Wisconsin murder trials unfold as lawyers perform while defendants seem innocent. Jacques Messier, a wealthy banker, was stabbed multiple times. His wife Candace and nephew Melvin Powers face trial amid a tense courtroom drama.
The article portrays state attorney Richard Gerstein and defense star Percy Foreman in a courtroom tableau. It likens the jury to a pipe organ, with foreman and Gerstein playing the keys while Clyde Woorly adds quiet commentary. The prose sketches mood, pretends to reveal courtroom dynamics, and hints at trial tensions and theatrics.
Harvard admits more than 200 youths since 1957 who would not have qualified by college board scores. Many from city slums attended underfunded schools and are mostly Black. Dean Fred Glimp calls the recruiting effort amazing as 85 percent have graduated, some with honors or Rhodes, while keeping ties to their past.
North Carolina winds the new motor vehicle inspection program into effect with Gov. Dan Moore's state-owned 1966 Cadillac passing the test. Four mechanics checked headlights brakes lights horn steering windshield wipers and signals and prepared an approved sticker. Moore joined early participants in the program, which mandates thorough safety checks for vehicles.
Washington AP reports Defense Department confirms Pfe. Charles Pittman of Fairmont North Carolina was killed in action in Vietnam. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charley Pittman. The announcement names Pfe. Pittman among fallen servicemen from the war.
In Birmingham a teen aged clerk Hollie Victor Robison 19 rigged a Valentine with a sawed off shotgun. It wounded Nancy Adams 17 and her sister Patrizia 18 who opened the case. Robison confessed planning the act two weeks in revenge for a broken romance and was charged with assault with intent to murder.
Dominican Republic labor leaders agreed to end a general strike after President Hector Garcia-Godoy vowed to transfer two top military officers abroad. The move followed threats to deploy police to reopen Santo Domingo ports and airports as unrest tied to a Communist-led student demonstration waned. The report notes earlier violence and a government reshuffle impacting the military high command, with officers sent abroad under terms described as an obligation with honor.
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