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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1961
Page
9
Voters in more than three dozen districts rejected Communist party candidates in local elections across nine republics. Tass said most ballots backed the single candidate with about 99 percent in many towns, while some districts did not elect any candidate. Voters can scratch or write in alternatives.
Elizabeth Taylor sat up and watched TV as doctors mark progress in her convalescence from double pneumonia. A seven member medical team said she is well on the road to recovery and may have the tracheal tube removed tomorrow. Liz fed on liquids and showed renewed interest as husband Eddie Fisher and her parents visited at the London Clinic.
The Truth of the East reports in Moscow that private bars selling vodka have appeared in Tashkent. It notes 15 visitors were served in 10 minutes at one popular spot and claims vodka is sold in dining rooms, state farms, stores, and refreshment stands despite bans, even openly before militiamen.
In Chicago a 4 year old boy, Johnny Cleary, fell into a basement freezer while exploring contents. The lid closed traping him for about an hour. He was found half frozen, treated at Holy Cross Hospital, and recovering well.
In Charlotte a mixed group discusses nonviolent protest led by Norman Morrison with Charles Davis and others. Participants explore moral methods to challenge segregation while acknowledging potential violence and future civil disobedience.
W. Ray Scheuring 50, former West Point aide, was killed by a .38 caliber bullet on an elevated New Orleans expressway during a melee with off duty police. Patrolman Norbert Habighorst 25 and companion Arthur Glowacki 23 were jailed on murder charges. Glowacki wounded, witness Millie Oakley 19 held as material witness.
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