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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1961
Page
2
The liberal caucuses in the Senate and House debate changing rules to blunt filibusters and weaken the influential Rules Committee. Leaders aim to speed Kennedy programs and give liberals more policy voice while avoiding party split before inauguration.
Emilio Martinez a 16 year old Taos High School junior signed a statement admitting the killing of his cousins Benefacio Mondragon 20 and Dan 18 during a coyotes hunting trip. He told state patrolman Fred Martinez he lured them to an arroyo and shot them with a .22 rifle after they teased him about marriage.
In Somerville Tennessee Negro sharecroppers remained in Haywood and Fayette counties homes on New Year’s Day despite evictions threats. Federal court orders shield tenants while Justice Department suits accuse landlords of depriving voting rights. The tent village near the farm of Shep Towles houses nine families amid nine tents and guarded by media restrictions. James Forman of Chicago leads Emergency Relief Committee backing aid shipments.
New Year holiday toll neared 340 traffic deaths by midnight. Officials warned the rate could reach last year's 374 while noting 267 deaths in motor vehicle crashes and 48 fire deaths across the 78 hour period. The Columbus fire killed eight children. overall counts show higher fatalities than typical weekends.
In major weekend moves, President-elect Kennedy said he would express regret over the U2 incident if he becomes president and noted Dean Rusk keeps him updated on Laos where North Vietnamese forces are alleged to have entered. He selected Robert C. Weaver to head the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency, and Harvard Dean McGeorge Bundy as White House national security assistant despite Furcolo’s objections. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. was offered a post but needs time, while Boisseuillet Jones was named special assistant on health and medical matters under welfare secretary-designate Abraham Ribicoff.
The Council General of Andorra unanimously elected Julian Reig Ribo as president. Ribo, 49, owns Andorra's largest tobacco factory, a key local business.
Forces on alert at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina and Sewart AFB near Nashville move C130s to transport troops from Ft. Bragg and Ft. Campbell as Laos tension spurs U S action. Ambassador Thompson notified. SEATO council to meet in Bangkok for consultations with allied capitals. President-elect Kennedy kept informed.
Scope of six highway deaths during the New Year weekend in North Carolina spans Salisbury fatal wrecks and additional highway fatalities. Names and ages of victims include Isaac Jumper 24 of Spencer and others from Thomasville New Bern Goldsboro Autryville Benson and Madison. The Highway Patrol reports 1198 highway deaths in 1960 up from 1959.
Construction starts Tuesday on a new 12 acre industrial plant in Durham that will begin with 150 to 200 workers and rise to about 450 as operations expand. The project costs around 500000 with first stage due to finish by April 1 in three phases. The identity of the firm is being kept confidential pending formal announcement.
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