03 May 1961
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1961
Page
1
A Raleigh House Insurance Committee approved a bill mandating uninsured motorist endorsements in liability policies with optional rejection. It sets property damage cap at 5000 dollars and injury first at 5000 to 10000, reducing cancelations and limiting forced assigned risk policies.
George Blake a British government official received a 42 year term for spying for the USSR over nearly a decade. The judge called the act akin to treason and said the information passed harmed Britain's security though not related to nuclear weapons. Blake, 38, born in Rotterdam, had served in Seoul and Beirut and is married with three children.
About 1 500 delegates are expected in Greensboro for a special Baptist State Convention session. A proposed 45 million program over five to seven years would nearly double enrollment at seven Baptist colleges in North Carolina, funded atop church cooperative contributions. A rival proposal seeks 3 million over three years to expand within current cooperative funding.
Washington AP The White House said Dr James R Killian Jr will head a presidential board to monitor foreign intelligence activities The board set up in 1956 by Eisenhower to watch the CIA and others will be reactivated most members likely new The move aims to bolster confidence in the intelligence services amid criticism over Cuba’s invasion and will name Killian as chairman replacing Gen John E Hull.
The U S 7th Fleet remains secret in Southeast Asian waters on a deterrent mission. The aircraft carrier Coral Sea reportedly moves toward its home base as SEATO nations completed Pony Express exercises in North Borneo with 6 000 Marines and 20 000 Navy personnel. Phnom Penh and Bangkok await Laos cease fire prospects as Harriman travels for talks with Sihanouk.
Reports say a battalion loyal to Pathet Lao attacked Western backed forces near Vientiane after a cease-fire order. The Pathet Lao and Kong Le broadcasts urged talks and a cease-fire starting at 8 am Laos time, while observers cautioned against assuming progress.
Raleigh AP reports House GOP leader William Osteen presented his Senate districting bill reflecting the 1960 Census. Committee members asked if the plan would elect at least four Republicans, while the chair noted no vote today and possible action at a special meeting next week.
Administration supporters forecast a narrow House vote for Kennedy's minimum wage bill, with Senate passage deemed certain. The measure would raise the rate from $1.00 to $1.25 by 1963, covering about 3.62 million workers mainly in retail, under the wages and hours act. The compromise bill, refined by conferees, drops several presidential provisions.
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. endures tense hours before a possible Friday launch as weather fronts disrupt Cape Canaveral plans. The Redstone booster tube issue and tropical storm activity threaten the 15 minute suborbital flight and force a 48 hour postponement.
The United States aims to gather exhaustive data from the first Mercury astronaut to study how weightlessness and gravity affect the human body and psyche. Alan Shepard faces selection changes, undergoes extensive exams, and will log observations and impressions for technical data to aid manned spaceflight.
The Castro regime likely declared itself Socialist in the Soviet sense to gain Khrushchev's protection against U.S. moves. Kennedy warns Washington will intervene to stop Communist penetration of the Western Hemisphere. A possible embargo on Cuba and pressure on OAS members could follow if Havana resists.
Adlai E Stevenson warned in New York that the United States will face more adverse votes at the United Nations as Africa and Asia grow in influence. He said the West will no longer dominate and urged Americans to resist rising neo isolationism amid shifting global power centers.
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