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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1960
Page
4
Agriculture Department October crop report indicates record farm production for 1960 with crops and livestock rising. Flue cured tobacco and burley yields are up, North Carolina leading in several categories while overall production nears 1957-69 averages.
In Burnsville North Carolina ten Negro students are assigned to integrate Oak Crest Elementary and split five to East Yancey High School and five to Cane River High School. The county board signaled continued integration despite petitions to appeal a federal court order. Negro parents protested as the county’s only Negro school had been condemned and closed two years earlier forcing students to attend Asheville schools forty miles away.
The Associated Press notes declines in tobacco prices after Monday’s $60.14 total drop, with most changes $1 to $3 per hundred and a few $1 and $2 gains. Old Belt areas saw $1 to $4 losses, especially in nondescript varieties, while Middle Belt sales in North Carolina fell $1 to $3 per hundred amid dropping volume and quality.
Spartanburg South Carolina AP Patrolman H E Plexico was directing a motorist when he heard a tire leak sound. He spotted a copperhead near his feet, drew his revolver and shot the snake then returned to giving directions.
A 1949 model car with California plates was found abandoned on the Merritt Parkway in New Canaan Connecticut with a note asking for a decent burial California plates noted. state troopers towed the vehicle to a garage for examination.
Republican candidate for governor Robert L Gavin denounces one party politics blaming Democratic leadership for state issues. He cites prior campaign charges and accuses party bosses of favors to unions while outlining plans to improve employment and state governance. Gavin campaigns in North Carolina and prepares for further rallies in New Bern Beaufort Jacksonville Winston-Salem and Morehead City.
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