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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1962
Page
1
The Labor Day weekend opened with the heaviest traffic toll on record as two accidents killed 12 people. Early totals reached 68 fatalities across traffic, beatings, drownings, and other accidents, with storms and slick highways blamed for several deaths.
The FDA is investigating acetophenetidin known as phenacetin amid reports that excessive use may harm kidneys. Officials say normal therapeutic doses remain considered safe. inquiry covers large, repeated nonheadache use and follows data from a Sydney doctor linking deaths to overuse. The agency also reviews birth control pill links to vein disorders and is reassessing hair spray aerosols for lung risks.
A U S Navy plane on a routine training mission 15 miles north of Cuba was fired on by two vessels believed Cuban. The White House warned Castro that U S crews will shoot back in any similar international water encounter. No crew injuries reported.
The United States disclosed that a new radiation belt created by a July 9 nuclear explosion has knocked out transmissions from three satellites. The AEC and Defense Department say it is stronger than expected and may persist for years, but poses no danger to planned manned space flights and Telstar remains undamaged.
A head on collision on U S 258 near the Senior County line claimed the lives of Robert C Snider and his brother William Fred Snider and two of their sons Wayne and William Jr. The family from High Point had been en route to pick up relatives for Labor Day weekend. Fred Snider Sr. worked for Railway Express. Robert Snider was a Sun executive.
Havana faces rising tension as Cuba accuses the United States of planning a new attempt against Fidel Castro. Partial militia mobilization and stricter Cuban travel limits reflect state alarm amid reports of insurgent landings.
In a Labor Day weekend shooting on Coney Island, James Clark killed Patrolman Nicholas Panico and a woman, wounded four others, and prompted a running gun battle that ended when Clark was shot dead by Patrolman Herbert Nolan.
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