27 Jun 1960
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
1
Market officials report 4200 to 4300 buyers from 11 Southeastern states expected before Friday. Early traffic is strongest on multiple floors of the exposition building as manufacturers showcase Italian Provincial and Early American styles with new lines and promotional offers.
President Eisenhower returns from a 23 000 mile goodwill tour of the Far East and will speak from the White House at 6 30 p m EST to justify the trip s value despite the Tokyo visit cancellation He aims to stress strengthened U S ties with visited countries The trip stopped in Alaska the Philippines Formosa Korea and Hawaii and Japan was cut after riots altered the security pact event Eisenhower appeared rested after six days of golf in Hawaii.
At Glacier National Park Mont Democratic governors clash over Kennedy Johnson split while Republicans rally behind Nixon Rockefeller scouts a tough race and calls for loyalty. Education policy takes center stage at the 52nd annual meeting ahead of Diefenbaker dinner and a secretive GOP caucus.
Cuban army officials said it was premature to determine the blast origin at a munitions dump in Havana. The Sunday night explosion, described as earthquake like, killed one person and injured more than 50, with shuttered shops and glass littering Galiano Street. Fidel Castro ordered the site sealed as rumors of sabotage circulated amid crowds.
AP reports Terry Sanford, winner of the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in North Carolina, plans to tour the state's 100 counties starting in August to study problems. He defeated I Beverly Lake in the runoff and will be inaugurated next January if elected. Lake pledged to oppose integration and criticized Sanford's school funding plans. County election boards prepare to certify results amid a high total vote.
The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by five Negroes convicted of trespass on a Greensboro North Carolina municipal golf course leased to private operators with a segregated policy. Justice Stewart cited no federal question. Justice Warren dissented hoping to return the case to the North Carolina Supreme Court to correct the record and pursue federal review.
William L. Ryan, AP News Analyst, reports from Moscow on Nikita Khrushchev's challenge to manage Western ties amid U2 and summit fallout. Russians show mixed views, fearing a return to Cold War hostility while remaining friendly to visiting Americans.
At the 10 nation disarmament talks in Geneva the Soviet bloc walked out. Valerian Zorin accused the West of refusing to negotiate and planned to present a new disarmament plan to the U N General Assembly. The Western delegation continued the meeting among themselves with Eaton presenting the plan.
Fire rages six miles from Grand Canyon National Park burning 7500 acres of timber scrub pine and brush. About 1000 firefighters battle the blaze including 600 Native American loggers. Winds to 35 mph push flames as crews claim progress and warn of a possible worst turn if wind shifts.
La Cruz the Cross claims responsibility for a Havana blast. An anti Castro group says trucks with time bombs were parked near an ammunitions depot around 6 p.m. triggering the explosion just before 7 p.m. The group had announced a terror program against Fidel Castro’s regime and has recently increased bomb activity in Cuba. Earlier this month they allegedly attempted to assassinate Maj. Ernesto Guevara but failed.
In Raleigh, delegates chose Paul Thompson and Mrs. Martha McKay as North Carolina’s national committeeman and committeewoman. Sanford, winner of the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, gains delegation leadership with Gov Hodges as chair and Sanford as vice chair, urging party unity after a bitter runoff.
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