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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
5
Cairo AP report notes about 750000 Moslems converge on Mt Arafat near Mecca for the Hajj climax. Saudi and international contingents arrive by land sea and air with strict health rules and expected deaths from heat and age.
NEW YORK AP A Parisian airline hostess was found guilty in Brooklyn federal court of smuggling heroin worth about half a million dollars into the United States in her clothing. Simmone M. Christmann 36 a ten year Air France employee cried as the verdict was read. A June 16 sentencing was set by Judge Walter Bruchhausen. Christmann testified she was duped by a man calling himself Mr Mueller claiming to be in the flower business in California. Customs found the heroin on her person and on other crew members when the plane landed March 21 at Idlewild Airport. Her attorney said she was a foolish dupe of an international dope ring.
The Associated Press reports scattered wet spots across the South and West with generally pleasant conditions elsewhere. Cool mornings greet the central and northern plains to the Atlantic Coast with frost forecast in parts of West Virginia Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and much of New England.
Havana radio reports Cuba will spend 2 million dollars on toys from Red China and other Iron Curtain countries. The broadcast calls the purchase a Christmas present for Cuban children.
A dense crossword style puzzle asks for Shakespearean king and other names in across clues and down clues. It includes literary figures, plates like Zone writer, and historical references, with entries spanning from biblical to modern authors.
President Kennedy proclaimed October 24 as United Nations Day urging Americans to demonstrate faith in the UN as an indispensable instrument of world peace economic improvement and social development.
A quirky tale states a man relies on luck and sinks his savings into soap bubbles while others doubt his plan as he seeks fortune in fragile bubbles.
NBC’s White Paper reviews a declining rail industry marked by rotting ties and poor service. Vignettes contrast turn of the century luxury on the 20th Century with modern delays, while Chicago and Northwestern stands out for modernization and profit.
Jacksonvill e AP reports police say Donald Earl Garner a 22 year old Palatka officer robbed two loan offices to fund a June honeymoon. He admitted the February and May 8 holdups and the Tuesday $234 office robbery. Four employees identified him in a lineup and the $234 was recovered from his car.
Advertises Doan’s Pills as a threefold remedy for bladder discomfort, backache, and muscle pains. Claims soothing action on bladder irritations, pain relief for headaches and muscle ache, and a mild diuretic effect to boost kidney output. Promotes a new economy size and sixty years of trusted use.
America’s lowest-priced luxury compact, the Falcon, offers room and budget-friendly operation. The article highlights Falcon’s record-breaking Mobilgas Economy Run performance and notes low suggested retail prices among manufacturers.
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