04 Jul 1962
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1962
Page
1
An eighth grade boy Charles Clarkson III, 12, is held on a murder charge after admitting he stabbed 10-year-old Theresa Cahill during an argument over kittens. Police say the girl disappeared Monday night and a state alarm followed after he claimed she got into a convertible with a stranger.
In Asheville North Carolina the city school board reassigned 32 Negro students to classes with white students on Tuesday.
In Independence Hall Kennedy proposes a United States Europe partnership as a bridge to an interdependent world. He argues Americans must think inter continentally and join with free nations to promote justice, growth, defense and liberty, contrasting freedom with communist bondage.
Premier Khrushchev attended a Fourth of July reception at the American Embassy in Moscow and declared he does not like jazz, saying he does not understand Russian or American jazz. He toasted Kennedy, noted progress on Berlin, and joked about weather and painting. Benny Goodman sparked the jazz discussion as Khrushchev described jazz as boo boo boo and did a small dance.
Heavy rains across central and eastern North Carolina worsen tobacco damage in Craven and Beaufort counties. The Neuse River is expected to rise, with up to 10 inches or more of rain in the region. Dunn and Benson report street floods and stock losses as crops suffer multi million dol lar losses.
Secret reports from Rafael Trujillo's Washington agents reveal attempts to influence U.S. sugar legislation. Rep. Harold D. Cooley, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is repeatedly cited as a key figure in the Dominican sugar lobby. Cooley denies any improper ties or secret meetings with foreign officials.
In Algiers Premier Youssef Ben Khedda consolidates power with French help while Deputy Premier Ahmed Ben Bella leads dissidents abroad. Desertion, armed support from eastern Algeria, and wavering officers threaten a nationalist split as 40,000 soldiers in exile prepare to enter. Ben Bella meets Nasser in Cairo to press opposition.
Two workmen renovating garages in Jersey City discovered about 2.4 million dollars in the trunk of an old car along with pistols and stolen files from the Hudson County prosecutor. FBI and Jersey City police investigated linked to bookmaker rings tied to Joseph Moriarty, the so called king of numbers runners. The money, largely in hundred and fifty dollar bills, was seized and will be turned over to the U S marshal with claims to be proved in court.
The 186th Independence Day was marked worldwide with celebrations in Philadelphia at Independence Hall where President Kennedy spoke at the National Governor's Conference. Globally, the White House opened to the public, Nixon attended Denmark’s Rebild Festival, Houston hosted a space program parade, Ontario staged a 100000-strong all-states picnic, Manila celebrated Friendship Day, and messages came from Emperor Hirohito and Malaya’s Yang Dipertuan Agong.
Saskatchewan doctors strike over the compulsory medical care plan as two physicians sue the government for unconstitutional interference. Court action targets former Premier T C Douglas and cabinet members while Yorkton council backs the doctors amid pleas to suspend the program. The plan requires residents to pay premiums and taxes to cover about 21 million yearly costs with free doctor choice.
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