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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1962
Page
3
A humorous UPI column recalls a rural hardware store owner visiting suburban shops. Confusion over local services shows how milkmen dry cleaners bakeries and post offices double as pickups reflecting urban convenience. The father abandons aspirin plans choosing a comic path to a prescription from the garbage collector.
Lafayette County grand jury expected to file a report today on the September 30 riot at the University of Mississippi that followed the admission of James Meredith. FBI said 450 weapons carried by deputy U S marshals were checked and none fired the fatal bullets killing Paul Guihard and Ray Gunter. Meredith dined with six white students at the university cafe Thursday night. later intruders damaged property in two youths rooms.
Two University of Mississippi officials told a legislative committee that rioting and the Army occupation caused $344,101 in property damage over two weeks. The House urged quick removal or legal action to remove troops still on state property.
In Detroit APS reports demand for 1963 model cars boosted industry sales. Ford and Chevrolet each posted record highs for the period. Chevrolet sold 64,141 cars and 11,771 trucks. Ford estimated 48,600 cars and 10,080 trucks. Cadillac led monthly initial totals with 5,762 with American Motors planning a 10 percent Rambler boost and a 20 percent December rise to handle demand.
A Young Chinese communist advises a newly married woman to curb marital intimacy and focus on work for socialism. The Youth Daily editor endorses birth control and work over family life, urging restraint and obedience to party policy amid China’s birth policy debate.
New York fills with tributes as Eleanor Roosevelt, who died at 78 on November 7, is remembered at a Saturday 4 p.m. EST memorial at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Adlai Stevenson will deliver the eulogy as 10 000 attendees gather, joined by church leaders and family in a 90 minute service following a Washington service earlier in the week.
The Moulin Rouge theater manager in Nottingham England withdrew The Berlin Wall after three days due to poor attendance. It was replaced by a Brigitte Bardot film, reflecting a quick program change in response to the crowd.
TOKYO UP! Communist China stepped up its hot war with India and cold war with the Soviet Union. Peking Radio says fierce fighting resumed along the Sino Indian border with 1,000 man Indian attacks and heavy Chinese casualties. Beijing also accuses the Soviet Union of fear of the United States and backing down in the Cuba crisis while attacking world Communist revisionists led by Khrushchev. An editorial in Red Flag denounces revisionism as surrender to imperialist pressure. Nehru is accused of inciting sustained war and anti Chinese policy. In Salt Lake City police link burglary at the animal shelter to someone wanting a dog back missing collie identified by clues.
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