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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1960
Page
2
The West fell to 56 percent in the China representation vote, the lowest in a decade. Twenty-two abstained and 34 favored shelving the issue while 42 backed consideration of Peiping. U S Delegate James J. Wadsworth cited heavy pressures from Asian African campaigning on new members.
U S Ambassador James J. Wadsworth hailed the UN vote as support for keeping Red China out of the United Nations amid charges of aggression. India led a bid to require a two thirds vote on seating Red China, but V K Krishna Menon was overruled. The Steering Committee adopted a resolution rejecting inclusion of China on the agenda, and the assembly adjourned. Wadsworth urged denying membership to Red China for its stance on thermonuclear war.
In Tulsa Oklahoma two young boys Teddy Cox and Jim Davis searched a pancake box for the word shortening. Uncertain, they phoned the operator who explained the term to them, turning a kitchen mystery into a small education on a home staple.
The 93rd North Carolina State Fair starts a five day run in Raleigh Tuesday with political appearances by Harry S. Truman and Frederick Mueller. Officials foresee a record crowd amid new paving and $55,000 in premium awards. Activities include the Tobacco Queen Pageant, Folk Festival, news media exhibits, and the Rodeo with $3,500 in prizes.
About 800 officials from North Carolina towns arrive to register for the State League of Municipalities convention. Highlights include Sen Lyndon Johnson appearing at the Coliseum banquet and H Cloyd Philpott and Terry Sanford addressing sessions and luncheons.
In New Bern North Carolina the S H Kress Co lunch counter was integrated on Saturday becoming the first local store to serve both white and Negro patrons. Three Negro women were served without incident. Earlier in the year about 20 Negroes were arrested for trespassing after a sit in at the store and Negroes had picketed the premises since then.
Sen John F Kennedy called for a bold imaginative new program to aid Africa's new nations. He outlined a five point plan to reverse eight years of neglect and argued Western influence versus Soviet expansion will shape the Cold War future. He spoke in Kentucky urging choice of democracy over communism.
Greensboro Daily News reports a mail poll showing Richard Nixon 672 to 404 Kennedy for president and Gavin 698 to 368 Sanford for governor in Guilford County. Five write ins for Lake noted. Nixon 62 38 and Gavin 65 35.
The Coltrane Reunion is set for October 16 at Cedar Square Friends Church starting at 11 a.m. Grady Whicker of High Point College will deliver the message. A luncheon follows the service and a business session will be held in the afternoon.
Prime Minister Nehru of India will brief stop in Bonn Monday for a one hour meeting with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer at Wahn Airport as he travels back from the United Nations General Assembly session. The press office announced the plan Saturday.
In Schenectady and Syracuse the IVE sought federal injunctions to stop sheriff roadblocks and mass picketing, while the city council met in emergency session over strike violence. The union accuses authorities of restricting pickets on public property as 55 plants nationwide face the walkout over a new contract.
Vice President Richard M. Nixon moved westward on Saturday boosted by a flood of telegrams praising Friday night's television debate.
San Francisco AP reports Henry Cabot Lodge rebutted Kennedy's claim he weakened the U S legal position in the U2 incident. Lodge repeated he never said such a thing and explained his remarks referred to a question during Meet the Press. Nixon campaigned on the West Coast amid a cold and improved debate reception.
Johnson and Kennedy present a united front after a tense preconvention period as they tour the South by train. Johnson stops include Charlottesville, Lexington, Salisbury and Charlotte with a North Carolina meeting, while Kennedy makes a brief Columbia visit. The itinerary features multiple city calls and a final Florida leg.
The passage notes the U2 case as a legal matter and cites that the Soviet Union pursued action in the Security Council, with the vote resulting in a severe defeat for the U.S. position.
Today's forecast calls for light rain in the Middle Atlantic states with numerous showers in the southern Atlantic states and Ohio and Tennessee valleys. Some showers are expected in the upper Mississippi valley and the Rockies while temperatures run cooler from the Great Plains to the upper Mississippi valley and warmer along the Atlantic coast and in the Ohio valley.
Underscover agents from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission joined bean harvest crews across Portland and nabbed wine and liquor sellers. All but one agent performed well, but one was fired for being an incompetent picker before locating his quarry.
The ninth annual Frazier Reunion occurs today at Shady Grove Baptist Church near Staley. The program starts at 11 a.m. with D. W. Holt as speaker.
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