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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1962
Page
8
Police report shepherd boys found wreckage of an Alitalia jetliner 50 miles northeast of Bombay with 94 aboard. One European man’s body found. an Italian lira was located nearby. Rescue teams searched Murbad and Khed areas amid monsoon storms. official confirmation pending.
About 60 patients in Ward 21 at Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane seized area of the main building in a riot. Roughly 50 highway patrolmen and auxiliaries encircled the ward as attendants, all men, were held. Officials reported no serious injuries or damage and that the rest of the hospital remained normal. The riot began around 7 20 p.m. over confinement, with no clear motive given.
The Post Office Department said it will revert about 30 million dollars of its 4.37 billion dollar appropriation for the just-ended fiscal year. Postmaster General J Edward Day credited cost cutting and postal worker productivity gains for the reversal without service cuts.
Retail analyst Heer notes stock market fluctuations and deluges do not determine market impact. He predicts the latter half of the year, especially the last quarter, will be the strongest selling period as retailers attending the midyear market follow the usual buying pattern.
The NAACP urged President Congress and state governors to erase segregation and discrimination in all forms. Delegates criticized Atlanta hosts for hotel and restaurant barriers denying Negro delegates. The group backed school prayer ruling and condemned police violence in arrests and killings.
Rita Wilson, 21, of Humboldt Tennessee, named Miss Dixie after winning talent and evening gown rounds in Daytona Beach. First runner-up Susan Woodall of Weldon North Carolina previously lost Miss North Carolina on appearance commitments. second runner-up Nancy Ann Harrison of Spartanburg South Carolina. Wilson earns two year college scholarship and trips. stipulates New York TV appearances and Jamaica and Daytona Beach vacation. Woodall and Harrison also hold state titles.
A Nags Head charter fishing boat with Norfolk passengers met a Russian trawler about 12 miles offshore. The Cherokee, 38 feet long, broke down east northeast of Oregon Inlet and was towed to shore by another charter boat with an oceangoing tanker nearby. Coast Guard was alerted after the encounter.
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara offers a plan to trim non combat military costs by 3 billion dollars yearly within five years starting with a 750 million cut this year. President Kennedy supports the effort stating the savings come from defense procurement and logistics without reducing combat strength.
The summary notes that Americans spent an average about $155 on clothing and shoes last year, down by $1 from the prior year. It also references Dutch figures and a historical note about Mainz and its ties to New York, mentioning the nickname Golden Mainz.
Curragh Ireland hosts the Irish Sweepstakes while Masters Water Ski champs draw leading skiers. Buick Open final with $52,000 purse runs at Warwick Hills Grand Blanc Michigan. Features include Summer Harvest travel, Paris in the Twenties arts revolution, and Mister Ed jokes alongside Lassie rescue tale.
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