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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1968
Page
5
Manila AP reports three bodies recovered after a passenger ferry Irma sank following a collision with the British freighter Eastern Moon in Cebu Harbor. Navy frogmen joined search crews. 27 crew members accounted for with minor injuries among some. The number of passengers aboard the Irma remains uncertain but far below the initial 200 missing figure.
Seventeen passengers and five crew members returned to Mexico City aboard a Mexican air liner after a man claiming to carry dynamite hijacked the plane to Havana. Among the passengers were four Americans and three Canadians. the hijacker’s identity was not released pending verification by Mexican authorities.
In Los Angeles the planned RFK assassination trial may use a closed circuit TV system to show proceedings to a larger crowd while restricting public access. Judge Herbert Walker set the trial for December with seating for about 80, citing heavy security and potential objections from the defense and prosecutors.
Washington AP reports the 91st Congress will open January 3 and likely move slowly while awaiting Richard Nixon’s inauguration and his legislative program. A possible exception is a Senate vote on a nuclear nonproliferation treaty and confirmations of Johnson appointments from the last Congress. Republicans debate leadership as Nixon’s stance on timing remains unclear. House and Senate committees plan hearings on Nixon and Spiro Agnew’s election, with a joint session to count electoral votes on January 6.
In Guilford Superior Court three Greensboro men Robert Roseman Franklin D Meade and James G Buck pleaded no contest to intimidation charges in the 1967 summer case against a Negro minister in Greensboro The trial for two others George Doors et Clyde Webster continued as they pleaded not guilty Rev Frank Williams testified his family feared a cross burning across the street from his home and his son asked if the Ku Klux Klan had gone remains unclear if the three identified men were part of the demonstrators
The California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty constitutional and opened the door to new penalty trials for eight inmates on death row, with Justice Parkland noting the decision frames punishment under state law. Gov Reagan called the ruling a proper decision and urged the law as deterrent to crime.
A listing of assorted travel and household items includes sponges, hair rollers, sleep caps, nets, pins, zippers, funnels, whiskey glasses, ballpoint pens, pencils, notebooks, thimbles, erasers, thread, laces, shoelaces, spoons, teaspoons, cookie cutters, place mats, cocktail picks, tumblers, toys, and toy cars. The catalog mentions metal items, fabrics, and miscellaneous accessories grouped as a single sale category.
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