28 Nov 1961
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1961
Page
1
The United States Britain and the Soviet Union restarted talks on a nuclear test ban in Geneva amid distrust and deadlock. Western officials warned the draft would hinder progress while Moscow pressed to couple talks with broader disarmament and a verified verification system.
President Kennedy in a Moscow Izvestia interview argues freedom of choice for peoples and warns the Soviet drive to spread communism threatens peace. He cites Berlin as the crisis point, supports nuclear test bans with inspection, and stresses disarmament while rejecting East German control over West Berlin access.
About 500 000 workers in France’s government operated transport gas and electric sectors staged a 24 hour walkout causing power outages slow trains and service cuts. Paris area blackout disrupted daily life as garbage collection water pressure and long distance calls fell short while radio and TV mostly carried on.
In Tokyo China lauds Albania's leadership while denouncing Soviet Khrushchev line. Peiping calls Albanian Marxist Leninist, framing Moscow as diverging from world Communist unity. Tass in Moscow says Albanian leaders have changed course, harming socialist unity.
Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent to 128.4 of 1947 49 average as higher car and service costs push up inflation. Spendable earnings increased about 1.80 a week to 34.12 for a three dependent family and 76.50 for a no dependent worker, boosting buying power roughly 4 percent from a year earlier.
A young chimpanzee will ride a Atlas rocket at Cape Canaveral in a three orbit mission beginning Wednesday morning. The chimp, chosen from five, will operate levers from a two ton capsule while a U S astronaut awaits a later flight after the holidays. Ham the chimp who flew last January aids the mission as precedent.
Adolf Werner a 51 year old former Waffen SS sergeant and his wife Hermina 45 pleaded guilty to spying for the United States before a three man district military court in Kiev. Werner said he had done almost nothing for the Americans while acknowledging photographing military objectives sketching and taking notes.
Dominican workers walk out nationwide urged by opposition leaders to pressure President Balaguer from power. Forces secretary Echavarria appeals for restraint while warning of clashes with U S troops and blocking a coup attempt linked to Rafael Trujillo’s heirs.
Protestant dominance in the World Council of Churches is eroding as Eastern Orthodoxy gains influence. Dr Henry P Van Dusen notes a shifting balance while Orthodox membership grows from a 52 member bloc among 625 delegates to a larger share under revised appointments.
Trustees of the Duke Endowment meeting at Johnson C. Smith University voted special appropriations totaling 2 975 000 for the endowment Educational beneficiaries in North and South Carolina. The grants bring 7 400 000 in educational allocations for 1961. The endowment aims to grow Southern higher education within the Duke trust.
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament India is doing everything militarily possible to contain Red Chinese aggression along the Himalayan border. He presented a white paper with letters from Peiping and said the frontier situation has changed for the better over the past two years.
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller halted the hunt for his 23 year old son Michael after a catamaran raft wreck near the south coast of Dutch New Guinea. Rockefeller said chances of finding him were slim and the family would return home. A Dutch companion was rescued after the raft overturned on November 19.
Guenther Maennel, 30, head of the American desk in East Germany’s foreign intelligence service, fled to the West. The defection exposes East German efforts to build a spy network aimed at the United States, with agents said to have been neutralized before reaching U.S. soil.
A sharp Washington debate over whether to lower trade barriers signals a fierce fight next year as the current trade law expires. Rep. John Dent convenes hearings with industry voices urging protection, while the administration pushes liberalization backed by AFL-CIO leaders and the Machinists union. B. E. Smith of Allis Chalmers testifies on export-driven job losses amid foreign competition and foreign subsidiaries.
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