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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1961

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New Bill On Rights Unsighted

Senate Leader Mike Mansfield said the Kennedy administration will not seek new civil rights legislation this year. He favors amending Senate rules to curb southern filibusters, possibly in July, while rejecting new bills this field. House leaders plan hearings as Celler and Clark push six civil rights measures this month.

Washington Senate Mike Mansfield Montana Alabama Kennedy Mansfield House Judiciary Committee Emanuel Celler D-N.y Celler Joseph S. Clark D-Pa The Civil Rights Commission Pierre Salinger White House Lener

Reds Press Uncontrolled Moratorium Push at Conference

Soviet Delegate Tsarapkin urged the United States and Britain to accept an unlimited moratorium on underground nuclear tests. He argued a three year research period would not be enough and claimed a limited pause benefits only nations seeking to resume an arms race.

Geneva Soviet Union United States Britain Semyon K. Tsarapkin Tsarapkin U.S Charles C. Stelle Sir Michael Wright

Greensboro Publisher Jeffress Dies at 73 in Chapel Hill

FE B Jeffress president of Greensboro News Co died in a Chapel Hill hospital after a heart attack at age 73. Funeral at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church with burial at Forest Lawn. He led the Daily News and Record, owned WFMY TV, and served as Greensboro mayor and state highway chairman. Survivors include two sons, three daughters, and ten grandchildren.

Greensboro N.C FE. B. Jeffress The Greensboro News Co Chapel Hill Jeffress Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Forest Lawn Cemetery John Chilton Mott George Lemons E. D. Nichols H. W. Kendall Calvin T. Leonard Harvey Yandle Gaines Kelley S. N. Cooper Robert Whitfield News- Record the News Co Morning Daily News Afternoon Record Wfmy-Tv Haywood County University of North Carolina Bingham Academy Raleigh Greensboro Daily News Asheville Guilford County North Carolina General Assembly Greensboro Chamber of Commerce Civitan Club Greensboro High Point State Highway Commission C. O. Jeffress Daily News E. B. Jeffress Jr Department of Christian Education North Carolina Episcopal Church A. B. McLean Winfield S. Barney Jr Bruce Jolly Washington W. W. Whaley Carey Jeffress Oak Ridge Tenn Ernest Jeffress Goldsboro Horace Jeffress New Orleans

Goldfine Found Competent in Tax Evasion Pleas

In Boston the U S District Court declared Bernard Goldfine mentally competent and accepted his guilty pleas to income tax evasion. The 70 year old industrialist faced two indictments alleging he evaded nearly 800000 dollars in personal and corporate income taxes.

Boston U.S. District Court Today Bernard Goldfine Goldfine

Greensboro lawyer calls welfare department greedy in nursery bill clash

A Greensboro lawyer labeled the Welfare Department the greediest in state government during a House Public Welfare Committee hearing on a bill placing nursery regulation under state oversight. Opponents argued safeguards are already adequate locally and accused supporters of communism. The committee did not vote, and questions about inspection attendance were left unresolved.

Raleigh Greensboro Welfare Department Tom Turner House Public Welfare Committee Tom Greer State Legislative Council

Reapportion Bills Barely Escape Axe

In Raleigh a House committee narrowly avoided killing three reapportionment bills. A 3-3 vote deadlocked on postponement. Rep Thurston Arledge broke the tie against delay. Bills propose 100 or 130 plus 150 member legislatures with automatic reapportionment and redistricting every decade.

Raleigh House Tom Newman Committee On Elections and Election Laws Thurston Arledge Polk James Vogler Mecklenburg Arledge Senate

Laos Talks To Chart Course

Geneva AP dispatch reports the East West conference on Laos facing a choice after a week of opening statements. Delegates remain divided over supervision of Laotian neutrality and the cease fire. They must decide to study, resume full debates, or recess until the Vienna meeting.

Geneva Laos Vienna Kennedy Khrushchev International Control ‘Commission Communist Bloc Sat

Montgomery Leaders Hold News Conference Over Freedom Ride

Negro leaders in Montgomery announce plans for the segregation testing freedom ride amid martial law after race riots. The Nazi hate bus travels from Arlington to New Orleans to protest integration as Gov Patterson weighs emergency action. Police report an arrest in connection with the violence and a hotel bellboy is assaulted during ongoing turmoil.

Montgomery Ala Arlington New Orleans Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell Alabama John Patterson House Senate Montgomery. Ala Freedom Riders Martin Luther King Jr E. P. Brown Claude Henley NBC Cam

Joan Davis Dies of Heart Attack at 42 in Palm Springs

Palm Springs California AP Joan Davis star of vaudeville radio and film died of a heart attack at age 42 in Palm Springs where she had lived in retirement. She rose from Pan tages vaudeville to fame in I Married Joan with Jim Backus. Her mother Nina Davis was with her at death and a Catholic priest attended.

Palm Springs Calif Joan Davis Joan Jim Backus Gary Cooper Nina Davis Miss Davis Ance Pantages Josephine Davis St. Paul, Minn Ercy

Sanford Leads North Carolina Industry Tour to Ohio

Gov. Terry Sanford and about 30 Tar Heels began a business delegation tour in Columbus Ohio and planned stops in Dayton Indianapolis and Cincinnati The group aims to attract new industry to North Carolina highlighting a first quarter 42 million dollars in new industry and a dinner with local industrialists tonight.

Columbus Michael di Salle Sanford Ohio Capitol Tar Heels Scioto Country Club Terry Sanford Pittsburgh North Carolina Ohio Dayton Indianapolis Cincinnati

French Meet Algerian Negotiators at Talks Near Lake Geneva

French and Algerian rebel delegates resumed hard bargaining on Algeria's future in Evian with oversight from rebel HQ in Tunis and President de Gaulle in Paris. The French unilateral cease fire opened the talks, seen by rebels as propaganda but judged to pressure rebel morale.

Evian - Les - Bains France Algeria Lake Geneva Tunis Charles de Gaulle Paris

Prosecutions Planned Over Alabama Freedom Ride Violence

The Justice Department races for potential long list of prosecutions after Alabama race violence. FBI arrests started in Anniston for bus fire bombing with up to 20 years and $10,000 fines. Kennedy discussed arrests with President Kennedy. Mansfield says no new civil rights laws this year.

Washington Justice Department Alabama Freedom Riders FBI Anniston Ala Atlanta Birmingham Montgomery Robert F. Kennedy White House Kennedy

Legislators Move Out Of Love's Path

In Raleigh the House Judiciary Two Committee killed a bill requiring a 24 hour waiting period for marriage licenses for those under 21 without parental consent. The panel also rejected a measure to create an all nurse licensing board, replacing the mixed board with nurses in the majority.

Raleigh House Judiciary Two Senate North Carolina Gamble Benedict Anthony Porumbeanu Hendersonville North Carolina Nurses Association

Kennedy to seek big spending boosts in space and defense

President Kennedy will urge Congress to approve substantial increases in space exploration, military forces, and foreign aid. The plan may include a separate space message, with additional items on Civil Defense retraining and defense spending, while aiming to keep the next year’s deficit well below Eisenhower’s 12 billion dollar post recession figure.

Kennedy Washington Southeast Asia Congress House Sam Rayburn Texas Armed Services George A. Smathers D. Fla U.S Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tractors-For-Prisoners Trade Faces Two Threats

In Washington the tractors for prisoners plan draws fire from Congress and Fidel Castro. Senators demand a government position on private exchange efforts while Castro threatens to end negotiations, calling the plan an indemnification dispute and warning of revolutionary tribunals.

Washington U. S. Congress Fidel Castro Dean Rusk Castro Senate Cuba Kennedy United States U. S Wayne Morse D.ore State Department Rusk

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