28 Jul 1962
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1962
Page
1
CHICAGO AP Acting postmaster Harry H Semrow ordered a survey of 20000 main post office workers to identify narcotics addicts and determine actions. Federal indictments allege 38 people including 30 post office workers sold narcotics. 125 to 150 other employees admitted drug use.
Eight people died when a loaded passenger car left U S 58 460 and plunged into a roadside canal eight miles east of Suffolk Virginia. A male driver survived claiming he fell asleep at the wheel. All victims were Black.
McDuff a 125-pound St Bernard that held a siege at his young owner’s home was calmed by kidney-laced sleeping pills. Humane officers slipped the dog the medicine, then sent him to a kennel for observation after he bit a girl twice. The dog belonged to 11-year-old Mark Gebhard, son of Dr. Paul Gebhard of Indiana University.
Pro Ben Bella troops occupy the eastern Algerian port of Philippeville amid ongoing leadership talks. Ben Bella forces already control Bône, Constantine, Oran and surrounding areas while Ben Khedda seeks negotiation with Khider and a regional autonomy zone pledges cooperation.
NASA said an arithmetic error in the guidance equation doomed an Atlas Agena B rocket carrying the Mariner 1 spacecraft toward Venus. The miscalculation caused the craft to depart its course beyond radio correction, prompting range safety destruction. A new formula is being prepared for a second Venus attempt in about three weeks.
CORE members staged a sit in at the Hot Shoppe in Greensboro from 8 am to 2 pm as part of desegregation protests. In Statesville a minister urged an Interstate Commerce Commission probe into discrimination against Negro bus passengers. In Charlotte, three people were arrested for riot incitement and reckless driving after a car chase and a fight at a street event.
The Senate held a Saturday session to pressure passage of the administration satellite bill. Leader Mansfield challenged the few liberal opponents while Dirksen predicted only a handful would oppose. The measure would let a private firm own and run the U S portion of a global satellite system with the public owning half the stock.
Lindale Dairy of High Point merges with Farmer's Dairy of Winston-Salem to form a large independent dairy owned by local people. C H Williard Sr announces continued leadership and expansion in High Point with processing of ice cream cottage cheese and sour cream to be centralized there. No brand changes or major personnel shifts planned.
Moscow AP reports an American scientist plans to train monkeys to smoke to study cigarette induced lung cancer. Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald of Detroit leads work following the first artificially induced monkey lung cancer and discusses potential methods and implications for cancer tests and tobacco dependence.
A Kennedy family gathering marks Jacqueline Kennedy’s 33rd birthday in Hyannis Port Massachusetts. President Kennedy joins in the celebration at Squaw Island home of Morton Downey with other relatives and friends. plans remain private, with only adults attending the birthday dinner.
The Defense Department orders the withdrawal of 1800 Marines from Thailand with no reason given, reducing U.S. forces there to about 3200 personnel. The move follows Laos security concerns and a Geneva pact framing Laos neutrality, while ongoing TOS maneuvers and 7th Fleet redeployments shape regional posture.
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