High Point Reaches All American City Finalists
High Point advances to the All American City finals after officials of the National Municipal League and Look Magazine announced the move in New York. Jaycees led the city’s entry with 11 major points including urban renewal and new industries.
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Frank Warren
High Point
New York
National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Ed Post
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
North Carolina
Raleigh
Post
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Charles Weaver
Piedmont
Weaver
Dean Dull
Don Crawford
Chamber of Commerce
Indians Retreat as Chinese Forces Blitz Himalayan Front
Indian and Chinese forces clash along a 15 mile Himalaya front and in Ladakh Chip Chap Valley. Indian outposts fall and troops retreat up to four miles as China mounts a two division attack. Defense Minister Menon vows continued resistance and warns of war, claiming Chinese losses outweigh Indian casualties four to one.
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New Delhi
India
Himalayas
Nam Kha Kechilang
Chip Chap
Ladakh
V. K. Krishna Menon
Red China
Menon
China
U S Watches India China Border Skirmish
U S officials monitor heavy fighting on the India China border while noting limited aims by both sides that may prevent a full scale Asian war. The Kennedy administration signals possible military aid to Nehru if requested, as winter snows halt actions and Western powers back India's development with billions in support.
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Washington
State Department
Kennedy
Nehru
India-China
U.S
India
Red China
United States
Kennedy Cancels Midwest West Tour For Cold
President Kennedy cancels a planned six state aerial tour through the Midwest and Far West due to an overnight cold. He improves after treatment and heads back to Washington as forecasts rise to rain in Milwaukee St Louis and Albuquerque. He remains at the White House for the weekend.
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Kennedy
Sheraton-Blackstone
Chicago
Washington
Midwest
White House
George Barkley
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Seattle
Barkley
Pierre Salinger
Ottawa
Canada
O'Hare International Airport
Indian Forces Retreat on Himalayan Front Amid Chinese Attacks
Indian forces on the northeastern border retreated at Khinzemane and Tsangle near the McMahon Line as heavily armed Chinese divisions advanced. Simultaneously Indian outposts near Ladakh were driven from a Chip Chap Valley position at the western Himalayan frontier.
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India
Khinzemane
Tsangle
McMahon Line
Cooperation grows between manufacturers and retailers at Southern furniture market
At the fall Southern furniture market, producers and retailers expand merchandising cooperation. Decorator guides from Basic-Witz and sample rooms by Globe Furniture aid floor displays with price lists and accessory sources. Downtown showrooms in High Point stay busy as buyers place orders and anticipate a Monday Tuesday surge.
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Enterprise Sunday
Basic-Witz Furniture Co
Southern Furniture Exposition
Globe Furniture Co
Exposition
Globe
High Point
Norwegian tanker Boheme crashes with barges on Mississippi
A predawn collision on the Mississippi River near Lutcher involved the Norwegian motor tanker Boheme and a string of oil barges. One dead is reported with conflicting accounts of missing. Coast Guard says 19 feared lost, while 19 men were believed trapped in a burnt hold after the crash about 30 miles upriver from New Orleans.
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Lutcher
Mississippi
Coast Guard
New Orleans
N. D. Tresdair
Nuclear near miss cited over North Carolina in 1961
Nuclear physicist Dr. Ralph E. Lapp says a B52 jettisoned a 24 megaton bomb over North Carolina in 1961 nearly detonated after five of six safety interlocks were triggered. DoD would not confirm details while Lapp urges limits on U S nuclear arms in his book Kill and Overkill.
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Washington
Ralph E. Lapp
North Carolina
Defense Department
Lapp
United States
Air Force
Goldsboro
N. C
Department of Defense
Basic Books, Inc
N.Y
America
Tightening U.S. Nuclear Guard Against Accidents
The Defense Department expands spending to strengthen the command and control system that prevents U S forces from launching nuclear weapons without top-level authorization. Secretary McNamara prioritizes safeguards to ensure dramatic pauses and verification across Navy, Army, and Air Force units, especially ICBMs and bombers, to distinguish accidents from intentional attacks.
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Washington
T AP
Defense Department
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
White House
State Department
Strategic Air Command
Backstage At The Market Opens Southern Furniture Exposition
Autumn furniture displays explode in color as 400 lines debut on a 23 acre stage at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building with buyers from all 50 states, including Wyoming and Alaska. Exhibits feature a Kenwood clock and a treasure chest of proceeds, while staff and salesmen bustle through a lively market day with humorous backstage anecdotes.
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Jukie Seaton
Southern Furniture Exposition
Wyoming
Alaska
Marie Kilpatrick
M'Lady
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Louis Fisher
AAU
Fred Swartzberg
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Jaycee
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Kashmir
DelHi
Indore
Faom Bay
Kashgar
Allahabad
Sinkiang
Charkhlig
Bhutan
Sikkim
Calcutta
Bengal
MC Mahon Line
Miles
Northeast Frontier
Burma
Jkwo
South Carolina
Clemson Eee
Wake Forest
Conptoena Cras Cen
Virginia
Ewe
N. C. State
Southern Miss
Kroehler Manufacturing Co
Wisconsin
Gordon
Stanley
Hooker Co
Bassett Co
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