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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1963
Page
6
In Vietnam, U S soldiers traded fire at Vinh Long airstrip 65 miles south of Saigon killing Spec 5 Carl Ballard of Madill Oklahoma and wounding Spec 4 Donald L Whitehouse of Crofton Kentucky. The incident was labeled accidental.
MADILL Okla AP Army official told Mrs C C Ballard she could not see her son Spec 5 Carl Ballard 22 whose death at an airstrip near Saigon was ruled an accident She sought burial details and contact with Rep Carl Albert but was told he was unavailable The shooting killed Ballard and left another guard wounded on a night patrol in Vietnam.
In South Viet Nam near Tay Ninh a Viet Cong supply depot village was attacked by two Vietnamese airborne ranger companies with U S advisers and 12 Special Forces. Rebels fired on helicopters. civilians fled as the village was burned after the ambush. Separate reports from Charleston, South Carolina describe three Negro ministers and a woman arrested amid desegregation demonstrations as tensions rise over store and restaurant desegregation and hiring.
An 18-year-old Negro, Joseph Smith, told police a white man struck him with a stick while he and a friend were being served a hamburger at a Salisbury drive-in early Saturday. Smith was treated and released, the assailant was with three men and no women, near a Negro residential area. Ethnologists note a Philippine pygmy Negritos theory appears unrelated to the incident.
The 19-year-old college student from Porto Alegre, Miss Vargas, won the Miss Universe title in Miami Beach.Denmark’s Ana Korwa finished second, with Miss Ireland Marlene McKeown from Belfast third, Miss Philippines Lalaine Bennett fifth, and Miss Korea Kim Myung-ja also a top contender. The pageant featured Brazil’s Hugo Vargas family watching as the new queen accepted the crown amid a stadium crowd and interviews.
Lend-A-Hand Community Club gathers at Mrs. Wilbur Wilsons home 1608 Kiveit Jr Sunday at 4 pm Daughters of Dorcas meet Monday 8 pm at First Baptist Church E Washington Burns Hill Sympathy Club hosts Monday 6 pm at Luther and Mrs Kimbrough 1905 Olga St Crusaders Club meets Tuesday 8 pm in Baptist Church dining room Daughters of Sphinx meet Tuesday 8 pm at Hoover Funeral Home Rich with local organization names and venues
A. M. Cook and H. L. Culler of High Point representing The Lincoln National Life Insurance Co and Raymond E. King Agency are named winners in the national President's Month sales contest. Henry W. Persons announces the honor. They will receive personal mementos from President Waller Menge.
Dr. Wendell M. Patton president of High Point College and W. Lawson Allen director of development depart Monday for Chicago to contact foundations corporations and individuals for the college development program. They will explore financing long range growth plans and return to High Point Wednesday.
South Vietnamese troops launched a large offensive 95 miles northwest of My Tho in the southern delta. Government forces say 18 killed and 50 wounded with heavy air and ground support. Estimates of Viet Cong dead range from 300 to 500, with U.S. authorities confirming at least 200. Four battalions participated, diversifying armor, air force, and helicopter assault.
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