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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1961
Page
1
Paris reports 1,500 Algerians to be deported within 48 hours after curfew riots that left three dead and 77 seriously injured. Police arrested 1,538 Algerians from about 20,000 in the streets as demonstrations backed the FLN rebellion against France’s rule in Algeria.
United Nations officials struggle without a secretary-general as the Congo cease-fire with Katanga is challenged by the Soviet Union and the central government. Katanga refuses to release 184 UN soldiers until the pact is approved. The dispute heightens tensions after Dag Hammarskjold’s death and signals a broader fight over UN authority.
Gen Maxwell D Taylor Kennedy's adviser arrives in Saigon to assess the Viet Cong threat and support for Diem as a state of emergency is proclaimed. He plans to tour rebel hotspots near Laos and the Mekong delta, amid reports of heavy Viet Cong infiltrations.
The White House urged the Soviet Union to reconsider its plan to explode a 50 megaton bomb saying such a test serves no military need and is unnecessary. The statement, released by Press Secretary Salinger, notes the U.S. capability for higher yield weapons but argues full scale testing is not essential.
In Moscow, 80 year old Klementi Voroshilov sits on the honor platform during the 22nd Communist party congress as Khrushchev denounces him as Stalinist. Former Premier Nikolai Bulganin sits in the balcony, later cheering Khrushchev and the new program.
Dr Perry R Stout of the University of California urges a $15 billion emergency food stockpile distributed so each American can reach food within walking distance in case of nuclear war. He calls for storing 20 percent of each year's crops and notes U S vulnerability to nuclear weapons.
The Civil Aeronautics Board rejected Winston-Salem's petition for reconsideration of the trunkline service merger with Greensboro and High Point at Friendship Airport. A 6 day delay was approved to accommodate updated schedules. Winston-Salem plans an appeal to the Fourth Circuit in Richmond.
Jefferson City doctors face prank calls as teens repeatedly dial 5-4321 and shout Blast off when the receptionist answers. The constant interruptions have the doctor considering changing the number.
Premier Khrushchev's Soviet Congress address stirred hope and dismay in Europe. Western papers warn the 50 megaton hydrogen bomb plan could fearfully widen the arms race and offer little Berlin leverage while Moscow keeps Berlin status unchanged.
A chemical explosion on Chicago’s West Side injured 65 to 73 people with one missing. The blast at He llene Curtis Industries leveled a building, shattered glass across streets, and sent debris hurtling toward Zenith Radio Corp. workers and a nearby nursing home, with sulfuric acid odor hindering rescue efforts.
President Urho Kekkonen of Finland arrives in New York from Washington aboard a military plane for a four day stay. He will address the U N General Assembly and meet former President Hoover and the American Scandinavian Foundation reception. He praised talks with President Kennedy as memorable and informal.
Premier Khrushchev told the 22nd Soviet Communist Party Congress that imperialism will fall and socialism will prevail by 1980. He touted a new program promising free services, higher peasant incomes, and leadership in world production while maintaining peaceful coexistence.
A five women and seven men jury resumes deliberations in Pottsville Pa on the burglary case against Lillian Reis 32 accused of masterminding a 478000 heist and using funds to buy the Celebrity Room night club in Philadelphia The case featured linked murders and indictments in New Jersey and Atlantic County with defense contending another defendant plotted the crime and Reis had money prior to the burglary.
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