GOP Hails High Point Victory as Republicans Sweep
The GOP claims a decisive High Point win with Floyd D. Mehan defeating Democrat Carson Stout by 524 votes in the mayoral race. Republicans also captured all city council seats, ending 20 years of Democratic rule and signaling broader party gains amid strong turnout.
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Associated Press
High Point
GOP
Floyd D. Mehan
Carson Stout
Robert
Repub
Senate
House
Sen
H. J. Hatcher
Burke
Senate Highway Safety Committee
John R. Jordan Jr
Wake
Belmont
Jack Rhyne
Richard Cromlish
Rhyne
Henderson
S. G. Parham
Parham
Horace Falkner
W. H. Neathery
A. M. Liebler
0. H. Freeman Jr
Charlotte
Stan R. Brookshire
Caribbean War Threat Subsides
The Dominican Republic and Haiti faced a reduced war threat as the Organization of American States and the U N Security Council prepared meetings. President Juan Bosch called Haitian leader Francois Duvalier a mad man while signaling cautious vigil. The crisis prompted discussions on broader OAS powers and possible hemispheric diplomatic measures.
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Organization of American States
U.N. Security Council
Hispaniola
Cuba
Security Council
OAS
Juan Bosch
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Bosch
United States
U.S
iDuvalier
Port Au Prince
Dominican Republic
Washington
New York Times
Rene Chalmers
Race unrest cited as impetus for civil rights action
Washington AP reports Congress heard that Southern racial unrest underscores the need for civil rights legislation. House Judiciary subcommittee heard witnesses on Birmingham violence as Rep. Emanuel Celler and Rep. John Lindsay questioned progress while Rep. William McCulloch offered cautious optimism. Celler noted 99 civil rights bills proposed by members.
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Washington
South
Congress
House
Birmingham
Ala
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
John V. Lindsay
R-N.y
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Birmingham's Breakthrough Movement Drives Desegregation Push
In Birmingham, Negro leaders press for 80 percent desegregation downtown as civil rights activists rally at a Baptist church. King appeals to Kennedy for a forthright response while 2,400 protesters have already been jailed, with quiet streets contrasting past tensions in Oxford and Little Rock.
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Relman Morin
Associated Press
Little Rock
Clinton, Tenn
Oxford
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Baptist Church
16Th Street
6Th Avenue
Martin Luther King Jr
Kennedy
Ingram Park
King
Ealy
Meredith
Gason Motel
Dr. King
North Carolina General Fund Surplus Seen At 104 Million
Income tax receipts boosted April totals with the general fund at 40.18 million, up 4.81 million from a year earlier. April income taxes reached 22.79 million while sales taxes fell slightly. Highway fund rose to 10.8 million, lifting 10-month fund total to 141.7 million with an 11.53 percent gain.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. A. Johnson
Gov. Sanford
Johnson
Powell Hints At Development In Birmingham Unrest
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell says Attorney General Kennedy hinted at a federal action regarding Birmingham Alabama abuses of African Americans. Powell cites water hoses police dogs and mass arrests as potential crimes under a federal statute and promises a big development before a presidential news conference.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Robert F. Pete
Birmingham
Alabama
Powell
Kennedy
Justice Department
Powell v
Wood alcohol blamed for 20 deaths in New York
New York authorities report 20 deaths linked to wood alcohol with 17 more hospitalized suspects. Autopsies prove the poison caused 10 deaths, with others attributed to the same cause though not yet definite. Most victims were from a City Welfare shelter where 1,500 men are fed nightly. Three men convicted for selling the tainted liquor were given prison terms up to two years.
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New York
Harry Raybin
City Health Department
Bowery
City Welfare Department
New York City
Harlem
Bronx
Birmingham Braces as 575 Troopers Custody Tension Rises
Alabama troopers under Gov Wallace move into Birmingham amid seven days of mass Negro demonstrations. King and SCLC leaders demand integrated facilities while President Kennedy and Attorney General RFK monitor the crisis. Police report injuries but no confirmed Negro casualties as national figures plan involvement.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gente Wallace
al Lingo
Lingo
Wallace
Martin Luther King Jr
Kings
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Big
Alabama
National Guard
White House
Justice Department
Tar Heel doctors win multiple awards at NC convention
At the 109th Medical Society of North Carolina convention in Asheville three Tar Heel physicians receive top prizes. Dr. Jesse P. Chapman Jr. earns the George Marion Cooper Award for Thoracic Trauma and its Treatment. Dr. Frank C. Greiss wins for his manuscript Inevitable Incomplete and Septic Abortion. Dr. Paul W. Sanger receives the Gaston County medal for best use of audio visual media in medical education.
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Asheville
Medical Society of North Carolina
Jesse P. Chapman Jr
George Marion Cooper
Wake County Medical Society
Frank C. Greiss
Winston- Salem
Moore County Medical Society
Gaston County Medical Society
Paul W. Sanger
Charlotte
Sander
Frederar Taylor
Francis Robijesek
Tar Heel
109Th Convention Society
Julian E. Jacobs
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Santo Domingo
John Beckler
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Jackie Robinson
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Nelson Rockefeller
Monte Sacro
Ellen Winston
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Roger L. Black
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolis Disease
Bethesda
Ralph B. Garrison
Hamlet
American Medical Association
Education and Research Foundation
School of Medicine
University of North Carolina
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Wake Forest College
Duke University School of Medicine
Medical Press
Salisbury City
Pete Gilpin
John S. Rhodes
Naa
Renee Ewan
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