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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1962
Page
6
Edwards California pilots test a bold reentry maneuver by tilting the X-15 nose to slow descent. Bob White plunged from 129000 feet at 3750 mph, landing safely and noting stability. Engineers warned the approach was highly hazardous but feasible with some adjustments.
A youth mob surged toward police lines at London's Royal Festival Hall for Frank Sinatra as Princess Margaret greeted him. Sinatra kicks off a four performance charity tour in England, his first here in ten years, supporting children's charities.
Alvin C York, the Tennessee sergeant and Medal of Honor recipient, is in a Nashville hospital for tests after internal bleeding subsided. X rays showed no cancer or ulcers and York, age 74, was reported sitting up and enjoying himself, aiming to go home to Pall Mall in two or three days.
The Liverpool Bus Co will replace a central city bus map after complaints from the local income tax office. The map described Seafield House Seaforth tax offices as an institution for mental defectives prompting the action.
Wall Street disrupted its Saturday calm to mop up after a volatile week. Trading volumes were heavy as brokers rushed to process paper work amid a big rally and fall, with the market ending near week-ago levels and key averages showing slight declines.
A U S Army spokesman said an American soldier guarding the truce line was shot twice in the arms and once in the head during a late Friday gun battle with three North Korean spies three miles south of the DMZ. One spy was killed and another fled. a third died beside his comrades. The search yielded currency and gear from the suspects.
Georgia candidate State Sen Carl Sanders and his wife Betty arrived in Thomasville to campaign in Thomas County. He spoke at a 5 p.m. barbecue at Coats and Clark recreation center urging rural urban cooperation and moral, Providence guided decisions. Sanders pledged an aggressive industrial development program to attract more industry to the state.
Former President Eisenhower defended Secretary Humphrey against claims of crooked dealings tied to stockpiled nickel profits. Sen. Symington plans public hearings by month’s end. Hanna Co. and subsidiaries named as involved. Also, government actions include firing a consultant over a potential conflict and a probe into a $13.2 million synthetic cryolite purchase.
Clouds over the Pacific forced the United States to postpone the first explosion in the current high altitude nuclear test series. The test was rescheduled to Sunday as weather conditions were cited as the reason for the delay.
The Federal Radiation Council says fallout slightly increases health risks for Americans. Future generations may face birth defects, while the living could see small rises in leukemia or bone cancer, with hereditary risk under one in a million.
A farm helper, 16, told police he planned the murders of Fred Hofer and Lucille Hofer for two days and shot their daughter Crystle Sue when she tried to call for help. He drove from the farm to Moseley, was arrested near Roanoke after a gas stop, and murder charges were to be filed.
Paris AP dispatch reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan will press President Charles de Gaulle to soften Britain's bid for entry into the European Common Market. Talks in Brussels ahead include Britain agreeing to apply market tariffs to industrial goods from Canada Australia and New Zealand during the negotiations with the six member states.
RANGOON Burma AP Chinese officials say Communist China sold 100000 tons of Burmese rice to Indonesia in a barter to cash deal netting about 1.12 million dollars in profit. The rice moved from Burma on a barter basis and was sold for cash.
French sources report that the European Secret Army Organization and the Moslem Front of National Liberation have made initial contact on Algeria's future. The talks aim to halt terrorism and secure special status for European-leaning cities while negotiations unfold in Algiers Tripoli and Tunis.
Two 17 year olds Ursula and Karin approached the East West border at Lichterfelde West Berlin. East German guards lured Karin across the wire while Ursula fled injured after gunfire erupted. Karin was missing after the incident and Ursula reached a police post seeking aid.
English police search for a red forty two seater bus taken from a Nottingham station on Thursday. The owner’s spokesman expressed confidence the vehicle will be recovered, noting that a bus even with a single locker is hard to hide.
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