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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1964
Page
14
The National Safety Council warns that 400 to 990 could die in traffic over the three day Fourth of July weekend unless extra care is taken. The council cites a 1960 toll of 442 during the holiday period and presents an hour by hour chart of causes and timing.
The National Safety Council notes most holiday fatalities occurred in the home states, with dangerous hours 1–7 am and 7–8 pm. It stresses wearing seat belts, obeying traffic laws, avoiding alcohol while driving, and taking it easy this Fourth of July as cheap life insurance.
Ridgeway South Carolina AP says Crew Chief Robert Leon Hart of Hartsville earned praise for rapid actions during a crash of a military Caribou aircraft at Hawk Star I. Surviving crew members cited Hart freeing doors and aiding evacuation while others perished or were injured. The aircraft struck a tree during takeoff from a temporary Army airstrip, with 6 killed and 15 injured overall. An immediate army investigation followed.
Four thousand men will participate in exercise Cherokee Trail IX, the eighth guerrilla warfare maneuver, opening Monday in the Uwharrie National Forest. The U.S. Army Special Warfare School will conduct the seven county exercise to give students field know how after ten weeks of classroom instruction.
Gov. Terry Sanford urged a conference of governors and agriculture commissioners from flue-cured tobacco states to boost this year’s prices. He sent a telegram to Secretary Orville Freeman proposing invitations to congressional delegations Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association domestic buyers and other farm leaders to restore confidence in tobacco farming and bolster prices before the selling season.
The telephone of tomorrow is being created with push buttons replacing dials. In limited use, frequently dialed numbers can be accessed by inserting a plastic card into a slot and touching a button.
Bishop Nolan B. Harmon, head of a 268000 member conference, urged stressing responsibility among both whites and Negroes to achieve harmony and workable citizenship in North Carolina. He argued the church must push a moderate course and avoid impossible aims as he retires July 2.
New York artist Stuart Davis a leading contemporary abstract painter whose works hang in major museums died Wednesday at age 69 from a heart attack. He was known for vibrant color and geometric forms shaping 20th century abstraction.
Fragmentary text lists names Paula Prentisy Maria Persehy and John Saxon with a time hint 7 56 and adults. lacks verifiable event, place or outcome.
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