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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1966
Page
2
A group identified as American Exchange calls for the formation of a new government, outlining a plan to restructure leadership and establish broader civic authority. The proposal emphasizes reform, governance continuity, and public involvement.
AP Education Writer reports a National Education Association commission found public schools faced growing pressure and harassment over three years, naming the John Birch Society as a top troublemaker while noting some groups aided schools. The survey, based on 16 000 teachers, shows rising censorship and criticism of books since 1962, with California Michigan and Ohio most active.
American families of Viet Cong prisoners may send mail and packages via a postal address in Algiers Algeria. Sanford Gottlieb SANE director said he held talks in Paris with Hanoi representatives and met Algiers Viet Cong officials who authorized the new channel of communication. The address given is 18 Rue Langevin Quarter la Redoul Algiers Algeria.
Salina Kansas AP report details L. W. Nelson who thought a gun fired at his door after glass broke. Neighbor H. Morris searched for a bolt that had fallen from his power mower. Police solved both mysteries by locating the bolt on Nelsons living room floor, thrown by the mower blade.
North Carolina reported no highway deaths in the last 24 hours as cautious driving during the first major snowstorm of the season kept traffic fatalities unusually low. Western and northern Piedmont counties faced hazardous conditions. several local deaths were recorded in scattered incidents in North and South Carolina.
In Miami, Candace Mossler, 47, and her nephew Melvin Lane Powers face trial for the June 30 1964 murder of Jacques Mossier, a financier with extensive banking ties. The state alleges a plot between Mossler and Powers, who were freed on bond after a six week delay. Powers was arrested in Houston after Mossier was found slain in his Key Biscayne apartment.
Niner shrimp fishermen from Tampa to Nicaragua were reportedly in Cuban custody after the 73 foot Charles Singleton ran aground in Cuban territorial waters. The two sister boats Penny Singleton and Mark Ti Singleton diverted to a Cuban port as Cuban authorities handle the situation. The Coast Guard could not assist and the State Department awaited information to pursue release through the Swiss Embassy in Havana.
A nationwide survey by Louis Tarris shows 7 to 1 saying the Nu Kinx Klan is a harmful influence in national life with regional variance and harsh comments from respondents including expressions of fear and condemnation. While some Southerners and individuals in states like Reagan Texas Sneads Florida and Louisville Kentucky offer supportive remarks, the majority reject the Klan as dangerous and extremist.
The Associated Press reports today will end with sunset at 5 31 and sunrise tomorrow at 5 29 as a simple daily weather note.
Forecast for North Carolina and South Carolina shows fair but cold conditions through Tuesday. North Carolina mountains drop to single digits tonight and range to mid 20s along the coast. South Carolina similar with teens in the mountains and upper 20s coastward. Temperatures Tuesday to Saturday run about 2 degrees below normal with Asheville 28 48, Charlotte and Raleigh 52 31, Columbia 58 36, Charleston 61 38, and precipitation mainly midday in the period.
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