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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1962
Page
2
Washington reports preliminary figures show the U.S. balance of payments deficit rising to an annual rate near 5 billion dollars in late 1961. The October December quarter approached the 5.7 billion peak of 1960, with several possible explanations offered for the deterioration.
Santa Monica California attorney Jerry Giesler leaves an eight hundred thousand dollar estate. Most is in two trusts to be controlled by his widow Ruth Giesler. Will filed for probate Thursday.
In Ranrahirca Peru doctors and nurses amid rain and fog set emergency stations after a devastating avalanche from Mt Huascaran buried Ramahirca and nearby villages. Officials estimate 3500 to 3800 dead with about 100 bodies recovered and only a few survivors reported among locals in a wide highland valley.
In ten days a high speed transmission system will relay data from Beltsville Maryland to the Cape Canaveral control center for analysis and action. One second will suffice for a data burst from capsule to ground. If successful, retro rockets trigger as the capsule passes over California near the end of the third orbit, slowing the craft for a southern descent toward an Atlantic Ocean splashdown near Grand Turk Island about 800 miles southeast of Cape Canaveral.
Industry leaders forecast an 8 percent rise in total home furnishings volume for 1962 as price hikes by Broyhill and United Furniture join Drexel near a reform. Chicago and national market data show solid gains through November and October strength, with pre registration from large chains for the Southeast regional market and events at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building.
Albertis S. Harrison Jr. was sworn in as Virginia governor at 12 27 p m on the Capitol portico. He urged faster government action and modern solutions for 20th century problems, signaling changes while honoring state tradition.
A 16 year old girl alleges two men abducted her and her sisters and forced them to ride to honky tonks, leading to charges against Harold Hoyle 23 of Casar for raping the girl on August 28. Hoyle is jailed in Cleveland County with a hearing set Tuesday.
The article recalls Ernie Kovacs amid a lavish Hollywood farewell shower attended by Dean Martin, Kirk Douglas, Yves Montand, Lucille Ball and Gary Morton. It notes Kovacs’s improvisational genius, his TV specials without words, and his playful career from Trenton to Hollywood, including films like Our Man in Havana.
Advertises government jobs open in the area within 12 months with pay up to 446 monthly. Claims easy entry with minimal education or experience and test passage required. Lincoln Service offers test prep, not government affiliated, with free information by coupon.
A reader from Perkin Illinois requests free information on U S Government positions and salaries plus qualification details. The note asks for exact directions to the home and includes name address city age.
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