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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1965
Page
12
Snow depths were expected to range from 4 to 10 inches across the region with heavier amounts extending southward toward New Mexico Texas and Louisiana. A body was found in the front yard of a building where he rented an Up to 8 inches of snow fell.
Report describes a planned march in Alabama along U S 90 across Edmund Pettus Bridge and toward the Lowndes County line. About 4 000 marchers will cross the bridge on the first leg through rolling farms, swamps, and sparse towns with a first night camp noted.
The article describes a large gathering in Alabama with 2,000 to 3,000 daily attendees and significant visitor costs. It notes Negroes providing housing and beds, a soprano named Mrs. King expanding a concert series, and Tuscaloosa’s compliance with civil rights accommodations while Selma remains a key Black Belt center. Sheriff James G. Clark Jr. is mentioned in relation to local law enforcement.
The president expressed confidence that the nation would be touched by the better angels of our nature and offered a prayer for the audience. He announced Gen Maxwell would depart post Viet Nam on March 28 for a week of routine consultations. The president reaffirmed the United States policy stance for the 48th time.
Alabama National Guardsmen, 1863 strong, began duty under federal orders to protect civil rights marchers on the five day Selma to Montgomery pilgrimage. Brig. Gen. Henry V. Graham announced the mobilization as Gov. George Wallace declined to comment on federal action.
A fragment stressing the Anglo American link as essential to the Western Alliance. It notes members of the Atlantic Alliance share vital interests and must act in concert to sustain them, highlighting the need for coordinated effort within the bloc.
In New York AP dispatch Anthony Eden criticizes Franklin D. Roosevelt as vague and ineffective in postwar planning. He blames Roosevelt for Eastern Europe turmoil and for advocating direct talks with Stalin, citing Yalta secrecy and poor handling of Poland and Soviet territorial ambitions.
A seven man committee to direct North Carolina Civitan’s $100000 fundraising campaign for a mental retardation research center at Duke University was announced today. Included on the committee is William G. Ervin of High Point. The campaign runs through Civitan Sunday May 2.
About 200 white protesters marched to the federal building under segregationist leadership to condemn civil rights demonstrations in Selma and Montgomery. Rev Russell Pate denounced alleged religious mockery by MLK and others, urging President Johnson to leave them alone.
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