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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 29, 1961

Page

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Induction Stations Freed To Meet Army Expansion

Washington AP reports that induction stations are being allowed to expand operations to handle Kennedy’s military buildup. Temporary directives urge longer hours and more staffing as Congress debates funding for 225,000 more armed forces. Enlistees may rise, preferring voluntary service for benefits. Army aims 133,000 new troops via enlistment rather than draft, with training center expansion pending $170 million approval.

Washington Army Kennedy Continental Army Command Albany N. Y Navy Air Force Marines

Moonshine Impurities Highlighted In Piedmont Expanse

Sunday Enterprise previews a Sunday feature on moonshine whiskey flooding the Piedmont with lead salts and other contaminants. Bonnie Moore writes on the danger and the impurities behind illicit spirits.

Piedmont Bonnie Moore Sunday Enterprise

Three Year Old Survivor in Idaho Wreck Tragedy

Clifford Thompson, three, is the sole survivor of six in a Tacoma family after a dump truck crashed into their station wagon near Pocatello Idaho. Parents James H Thompson and Cheryl Elizabeth died instantly, brothers Earl and John Frank died later, while Clifford suffered minor injuries and may have a shoulder fracture. An aunt in Nashville offered to care for him.

Pocatello Idaho Clifford Thompson Clifford James H. Thompson Tacoma Wash Cheryl Elizabeth Earl John Frank Dodson Higginbotham Nashville, Tenn

Cuba accuses U S of imminent military aggression

In a note to the United Nations Cuba charges the United States plans imminent aggression to justify force after Cuba refused to surrender a hijacked Eastern Air Lines plane. Havana says the airliner is under court embargo and cites Cuban seizures of 10 planes in the U S sold at auction in the past 10 months.

Havana Cuba United States United Nations Foreign Ministry Eastern Air Lines Miami-to Tampa Security Council Osvaldo Corticos Fidel Castro Council

U N Gets Bizerte Crisis Resolution

The United Nations Security Council faces a tense vote on a UAR Liberia and Ceylon backed resolution rebuking France for Bizerte ceasefire violations while Turkey seeks a stricter text promising full Tunisian ceasefire compliance. France may veto. U.S. seeks direct France Tunisia talks.

A. I. Goldberg United Nations N.Y Turkey U.N. Security Council France Berard Pierre Millet United Arab Republic Liberia Ceylon

United States and Soviet Union Break Off Talks

Moscow bulletin reports that the United States and the Soviet Union have broken off their disarmament talks today and pledged to resume discussions at a later unspecified date.

Moscow United States Soviet Union

France Isolated As Algeria Talks Collapse In Paris

Paris reports that de Gaulle’s France stands alone as peace talks with nationalist Algeria fail over Sahara control. In Tunisia, paratroopers guard Bizerte amid Tunisian protests while the U N Security Council weighs new actions. France asserts the base dispute is for Paris and Tunis to resolve.

U. S Adlai E. Stevenson Paris Charles de Gaulle Bizerte Stevenson United Nations Tunisia United States France de Gaulle Berlin Security Council Godfrey Anderson Algeria Sahara U. N. Security Council Council

Tornadoes Injure Dozens Across Ohio And Indiana

Severe winds damaged much of western Ohio and nearby Indiana with reports of a tornado in Sidney and possible twisters in Ansonia Redkey and Idaville. More than 20 people were hurt, 10 homes flattened in Sidney, with two seriously injured in Ansonia and numerous injuries from debris and shattered structures.

Ohio Indiana Sidney John Warner Darke County Ansonia U. S Cincinnati Troy Union City Frank Ballard Redkey Idaville Rex Murray Indiana Line Robert Hiestand Greenville

Parrot Smokey Appears In Court At Wimbledon

Smokey the talking parrot was brought into court as exhibit No 1 in Wimbledon England. He saluted a magistrate with Hello Baldy and insulted a policewoman with a shrill wolf whistle. The bird had been in custody for a week after Kenneth Hoskyns 17 was accused of stealing it from his father and was ordered held for medical reports.

Wimbledon England Smokey Baldy Kenneth Hoskyns

Fidel Castro and Harris duel over Cuban assets

Miami advertiser Erwin Harris campaigns a one man war against Cuba after seizing Cuban assets in Florida to collect on a $1.6 million contract dispute. He attached planes, engines, and a lard shipment bound for Cuba, provoking Castro who vows retaliation while American firms pursue judgments surpassing $7 million against Cuba.

Ben Funk Miami Fla Fidel Castro Erwin Harris Eastern Air Lines Yankees Harris United States Castro Revolucion Guevara United Nations New York Cuba Florida Palm Beach Czechoslovakia Charles R. Ashmann Chicago Ashmann Fort Pierce Guball

Escapees Caught Near Beacon After Matteawan Breakout

BEACON New York AP three of five inmates from Matteawan State Hospital were captured near Route 52 Glenham after sawing from a washroom Friday night. Raul Batista 35 face antiweapons charge Steve Wuchich 40 accused of extortion Walter Pierce 19 charged with grand larceny burglary still at large Harold Weinberg 33 and Pedro Arroyo 31 sought. Weinberg previously committed April 7 1954 for bizarre Greenwich Village attack on Bodenheim and wife.

Beacon N.Y Matteawan State Hospital Maxwell Bodenheim Glenham Raphael Batista Steve Wuchich Walter Pierce Harold Weinberg Pedro Arroyo Weinberg Greenwich Village O¢ Bodenheim

East Germans Seek Refuge in Communist East

Berlin AP. Thousands flee East Germany weekly while a few hundred abandon the West for Red rule. The flow to the East peaked around 50,000 in 1959, with about 143,000 leaving the East in 1959. Visitors describe Barby camp housing refugees and even West German army deserters seeking to avoid conscription.

Berlin East Germany Red Zone West German Federal Republic West Germany Barby Magdeburg Dukes of East Papa

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