Weather Holds Down Death Toll
Unfavorable weather across sections of the country kept overall fatalities in check with 384 traffic drownings boating deaths 24 and other miscellaneous incidents totaling 539 for the period.
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High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1961
Page
2
Labor Day toll and traffic deaths reported in 1961 estimates
The report tracks Labor Day weekend fatalities from a 78 hour period ending Monday night. It notes 539 total deaths from traffic, boating, drownings, and other accidents, with 384 traffic deaths by the late totals, and compares to previous year records and non holiday periods. It adds a fact about bookplates: 90 percent are made in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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Tthe
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Bond Vote To Determine Ports Fate For North Carolina
D Leon Williams executive director of the State Ports Authority warns Tar Heel ports can progress or regress based on the November 7 bond referendum for 61.5 million dollars in development bonds including 13.5 million for Morehead City and Wilmington. He notes port revenues profits tonnage and vessel counts have risen since 1959 61 and urges voters to decide the future of North Carolina deep water terminals.
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Goldsboro
N.C
D. Leon Williams
State Ports Authority
Tar Heel
Morehead City
Wilmington
North Carolina
South
Williams
Makinen’s sisters recount student’s hopeful plans abroad
Makinen’s sister said he last wrote in July that he received a second Fulbright to study at the Free University in West Berlin. Another sister said he planned to go to Finland before the new term. He was a bright student with a Penn State bachelor’s degree and a Penn medical school scholarship, with a family history in Michigan and Massachusetts.
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Rynen
Makinen
The
Free University
West Berlin
Carroll Arnold
Westminster
Mass
Hayrynen
Finland
University of Pennsylvania
Chassell
Mich
William J. Makinen
Fitchburg
Arnold
Kennedy Holds Door Open To Russians
President Kennedy urged Soviet acceptance of a proposed atmospheric nuclear test ban despite Moscow resuming tests. Seaborg reported a second Central Asia atmospheric shot in the low kiloton range, with Washington stressing the move as unrelated to the proposal.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
Central Asia
Glenn T. Seaborg
Atomic Energy Commission
Seaborg
U.S
Russia
White House
State Department
Hyannis Port
Mass
Nantucket Sound
ABC
Andrew Hatcher
United States
Khrushchev
Joseph Reap
Moscow
AEC
Harold Macmillan
Semi-Palatinsk
Cotton Futures Open Higher in New York
The cotton market started the day in New York with futures up ten cents per bale from the prior close, signaling early buyer confidence.
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New York
Cutter Trial Set in Charlotte Murder Case
The murder trial of George King Cutter, Charlotte builder, was docketed today in Superior Court with delays likely. Prosecutors may seek a second autopsy on Mrs. Delete Nycum to challenge the death cause while the coroner notes bruises and shock. FBI blood test showed 4.2 mg of alcohol. A special venire is expected to be requested to select jurors.
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Charlotte
N. C
George King
Cutter
Superior Court
Delete Nycum
Nycum
W M. Summerville
Mecklenburg County
Early morning rocks shatter windshield in Chattanooga
police respond to rock throwing incident in Chattanooga after an early call. a rock crashes through a patrol car windshield, prompting an on scene investigation and potential disturbances in the area. no injuries reported as authorities assess suspects and secure the site.
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Chattanooga
Jeering Crowd Circles Atlanta Police Chief at Klan Rally
About 25 people surrounded Police Chief Herbert Jenkins' car during a segregation rally by the Ku Klux Klan in Almond Park. The mob shouted support for FBI identification and demanded action while cries against police and school integration echoed. Police cleared the scene as nine Negroes entered four formerly white Atlanta high schools.
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Atlanta
Herbert Jenkins
Ku Klux Klan
FBI
Jenkins
Roy E. Frankhauser Jr
Reading
Atlanta Constitution
Keeler McCartney
Almond Park
The
United
Grand Dragon
Calvin P. Craig
James Venable
Stone Mountain
Catfish Bites Joe Johnson During River Catch
In Cleveland Tennessee Joe Johnson reeled in a 20 pound catfish from Chestnee Creek that itself bit his hands while he landed the fish.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Joe Johnson
Chestnee Creek
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