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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1965
Page
1
Wilmington and coastal Carolina beaches attract crowds amid reports of Hurricane Betsy offshore. Forecasters warn of potential effects, while officials urge calm and monitor winds 10 to 20 knots with stronger gusts. Beachgoers enjoy a calm day as preparations remain tentative near Kure Beach.
Hurricane Betsy paused 350 miles off the Florida coast as the Weather Bureau warned of dangerous surf from the Carolinas to northeast Florida. Red Cross opened shelters in the Carolinas while the Agriculture Department prepared emergency food supplies. Coastal tides rose one to two feet with swells up to seven feet as residents and vacationers watched the storm intensify reaching winds around 115 mph. Numerous neighborhoods braced for possible landfall while officials tracked Betsy’s turning path and continued updates.
A compact humor page notes light funny items and quips on page 2 with brief items and cartoons. The column highlights playful observations and jokes for readers seeking quick amusement.
President Johnson steered a week long effort to avert a nationwide steel strike by coordinating talks with U S Steel representatives and union leaders at the Texas White House. He summoned labor and commerce leaders to Washington and pressed both sides to reason together, signaling a near resolution of the crisis.
George E. Hutchens 71 long a civic business figure in High Point died at his Westchester Drive estate after a period of illness. Founder of Big Bear Stores and National Food Stores he built a local grocery empire and was honored in 1958 with a civic dinner by Gov Luther Hodges. Funeral at First Presbyterian Church will be conducted by Dr Roy Watts with Rev Clifford Caldwell assisting and burial at Floral Garden Park.
The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on a cease-fire plan proposed by six elected members. Secretary General U Thant was asked to report back within three days on implementing the resolution. He noted private appeals to India and Pakistan for withdrawals and a return to the 1949 cease-fire line.
A patient at High Point Memorial Hospital received three birthday cakes on Saturday. Miss Ritchie, who lives at 919 Rosewood Ave, celebrated with gifts from the hospital and her Sunday School class.
Rankin signals consideration for a higher post while denying formal candidacy. Sources say he is the most liked choice to ally with Gov. Moore in the governor's chair, though Moore cannot succeed Hodges. Rankin resigned in 1959 after seven years in the post.
New Delhi India AP reports Pakistan demands withdrawal of regular Indian forces and claims territory in Kashmir. Indian officials say fighting rages in Chhamb southwest Kashmir with Pakistani forces advancing toward the sector and not halted.
Provisional President Hector Garcia Godoy proposed peace by naming two Bosch supporters to the cabinet and reining in the armed forces training center near Santo Domingo. The move, aimed at ousting its commander Gen Elias Wessin y Wessin, follows high rebel hostility over the 1963 events.
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