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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1965
Page
2
A legislative summary shows a House-passed measure on divorce and property division amid dividend arrears. The text notes stalled action on arrears, deferred payment, and the need for a clear date of action as committee debates the issue.
A measure touching separation agreements and legal hiring may advance to the Senate for a final vote next week. The text notes the bill would require hiring a lawyer to obtain a separation agreement, reflecting ongoing discussions about legal rights and procedural terms amid broader state issues.
The Defense Department faces proposals to replace thousands of military roles with civilian staff in supply, clerical, and hospital work. Civilians could prove cheaper long term, as they would be trained in advance and not require clothing, housing, or meals by the government. Some urge educational incentives to attract enlistments.
King begins a two day swing through Alabama’s black belt as civil rights leaders press for progress. Police maintain guard at Eutaw and Demopolis while FBI monitors activity and reports upward.
The text notes a potential Democratic candidate and discusses the Civil Rights Act aiming to ban discrimination in employment. It mentions the act as landmark federal legislation, addressing bias against minority groups and marking a step against sex-based discrimination.
Reliable sources say the U.S. Embassy and OAS seek a meeting between junta chief Imbert and rebel Caamano, who has refused. Caamano met the papal nuncio Msgr. Clarizzo, while U.S. forces strengthen their encirclement with heavy artillery. The rebels resist and control parts of the city as negotiations stall.
Quotations compiled by the NASD at about 10:30 a.m. today show inter dealer bids as representative prices. Ask prices have been adjusted upward to include approximate mark up and do not reflect retail markdowns or commissions.
The National Education Association blacklisted Oklahoma today, imposing sanctions over alleged substandard conditions in the state’s school program. The Oklahoma Education Association estimates hundreds of the state’s 22,000 teachers may seek positions outside Oklahoma before next fall, with 10 percent or more possibly leaving. NEA cautions graduates from teaching in Oklahoma and urges out of state teachers not to accept Oklahoma posts, signaling potential unethical conduct. The move follows an NEA commission study criticizing Oklahoma schools from pay to facilities and textbooks.
In England a person may marry without parental consent only if two courts approve. Marilyn served roast ham peas and potatoes Sunday. The court later granted Marilyn permission to wed Paul. Marilyn's mother made no comment.
RALEIGH AP The State Board of Education was accused of using an appropriation request as a device to block a proposed sixth year graduate training program for superintendents assistants and principals. East Carolina College president Dr Leo Jenkins told a House Higher Education Committee the 30 hour program would be offered at four colleges with a 205 615 budget to pay stipends for those completing the program. Rep Lacy Thornburg questioned the need for the appropriation and Jenkins called it unrealistic and a possible attempt to block the program.
Reports describe a major anticipated attack near Song Be amid three days of heavy Communist activity in the northern Mekong Delta. In Hau Nghia Province a battle left two Americans and about 50 Vietnamese dead as Marines seized Le Myinage, a persistent trouble spot, amid warnings of Viet Cong reinforcements from nearby hills.
New York cot ton futures opened with actual trades as the market began to establish price direction amid early session activity and market interest on the commodity.
Victims named Edward James Kelly of Kentucky Theodore Webster Radin and Patricia Davis of Virginia were killed when Saunders’ car crossed the road shoulder and collided head on with a second vehicle near Arlington North Carolina. Barbara Day of Georgia remained semi conscious after weeks in Winston Salem hospital. Suspect link to state reopening to review future case.
In Raleigh a compromise on the undertakers licensing bill emerged after a four minute public hearing. Ralph Rowe, Senate Health Committee chairman, announced that proposers and opponents had reached agreement. Herbert Toms of Raleigh proposed three amendments to the measure involving ownership limits, certificate transfers, and minor traffic violation suspensions.
Partly cloudy and warm with thunderstorms affecting about 40 percent of the area tonight. Lows mostly in the 60s. Wednesday, partly cloudy and warm with showers or thundershowers affecting about 30 percent of the area. South Carolina follows a similar pattern with lingering warmth and scattered showers.
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