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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1960
Page
5
Cooler conditions are forecast for the northern and central Plains while Montana Idaho and parts of eastern Washington and Oregon expect warmer temperatures. The report notes an AP Wirephoto likely accompanying the forecast.
A tractor trailer from Winston-Salem collided with a Southern Railway freight train at a grade crossing near Keysville Virginia. Two truckers died and six train cars derailed with fires. The wreck halted US 15 360 for hours with extensive damage and chemical barrels involved.
The Disabled Veterans of North Carolina named James P. Stephenson of Hickory as commander. He succeeds Thomas B. Sawyer of Greensboro. Polly Small of Concord was re elected senior vice commander Francis McGuire of Winston Salem was elected treasurer and the Rev Everett Dasher of Wilmington named chaplain.
Swift flood waters swept across a large Texas Gulf coast region from Thursday into Sunday, causing eight drownings with two missing. Up to 30 inches of rain pounded areas, the Brazos River at West Columbia rose 10 feet over flood stage as Port Lavaca sought Navy and Army aid.
Forecast covers North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with generally fair and warmer conditions highs near 80 in the mountains and 80s elsewhere. Scattered thundershowers possible in mountains and southeast Tuesday with a few showers in Georgia south portions and by Tuesday night temperatures in the 60s to 70s.
The forecast calls for warmer conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday with continued heat and humidity. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely Tuesday through Saturday, with totals possibly reaching about 1 inch.
Mecklenburg County Democratic Chairman John D. Warren protested Harry Golden's appointment to a Democratic civil rights advisory panel. He questioned Golden's voter registration and said the local party was not consulted. The panel, led by Eleanor Roosevelt, aims to draft a plank for the Democratic convention. Copies went to Gov. Hodges and state chair Woodrow Jones.
Federal attorneys plan steps after Melvin D. Rees Jr. faces charges in the Carroll Jackson family killings in Apple Grove Virginia and related murder cases across Washington Baltimore and Annapolis. A handwritten note about the last journey of Mrs. Carroll Jackson and Susan Ann was found in Rees’ Hyattsville home. The FBI links the note to the murders and seeks grand jury action to bring him to Maryland for prosecution.
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