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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1962
Page
1
A city editor analyzes why drunken driving cases flood Municipal Court juries. He cites Legislature inaction and police evidence limits, noting juries often acquit even when officers claim strong signs of intoxication. The piece highlights High Point procedures and the balance test.
The United States detonated a second atmospheric nuclear device at Camp Mercury Nevada at 11 30 a m The explosion produced a brilliant flash and a radioactive cloud reaching 15000 feet The shot was described as low yield by ABC officials The detonation followed a test a week earlier and involved troops in planned maneuvers away from the blast
Abraham A. Ribicoff won the Connecticut Democratic convention nomination for U.S. senator as delegates backed him strongly. Frank Kowalski trailed, failing to reach the 20 percent threshold to force a statewide primary, with a 762 to 176 roll call on the measure.
Capt. Don Joseph York, 29, West Point graduate and Asheville native, was killed Saturday when Communist guerrillas ambushed a government convoy in South Vietnam. He served as a company commander and military adviser, with a career including Ft. Benning Ft. Lewis Alaska Fairbanks Fort Bragg and Vietnam service. He was married to Johanna Mooney York and leaves two children.
Twelve year old Jimmy Lambeth won the High Point Soap Box Derby on College Drive driving a white wooden and fiberglass car sponsored by Rush's Garage. He finished ahead by nearly a car length and earned a trip to Akron to compete nationally. Betsy Wall, Miss College Village, kissed the winner as he returned to the start.
Gov. Terry Sanford and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall announced a plan to turn the 175 mile Outer Banks into a national seashore park with private development possible in places. The project would extend Cape Hatteras Seashore ideas, create an Outer Banks Seashore Commission, and seek federal authorization and funding.
Near Saigon a Viet Cong ambush on a 40 mile northbound convoy killed Captain Don J. York of Asheville North Carolina and 23 Vietnamese soldiers. The 280 man unit suffered 20 wounded and four missing as air strikes and pursuit followed the attack.
Janice Elizabeth Barron, Miss Morganton, was chosen Miss North Carolina after a pageant in Charlotte. Dorcas Elena Henley was first runnerup, Kenny McArver second runnerup, Ginger Simmons third, Berma Jean Davenport fourth. Barron will study piano at Agnes Scott College and plans to advance her education.
President Kennedy selected Cleveland’s Anthony Celebrezze to head the Department of Health Education and Welfare. The 51 year old mayor expressed surprise as news spread, succeeding Abraham Ribicoff who resigned from the Cabinet.
A time bomb exploded Saturday night in St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. No injuries were reported and damage was limited to marble on one wall. Authorities suspect a deranged person, with fragments of a timing device found near the organ behind Pope Clement X’s tomb.
Norma Beatriz Nolan of Argentina, jet black hair and 120 pounds, won Miss Universe 1962 from a 15-contest field judged by an international panel in Miami Beach. Runner-ups were Anna Geirsdottir of Iceland, Anja Aulikki Jarvinen of Finland, Helen Liu of Taiwan, and Maria Olivia Cavalcanti of Brazil. Nolan will serve as world goodwill ambassador with travel and scholarships ahead.
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