01 Apr 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1970
Page
1
A reader asks about turning the closed service station site at North Main and Monthey into a junk yard. The building inspector says the former owner promised two vehicles will be removed within a couple of days.
The Pilot Life Insurance symbol traces to 1924 when the Southern Life and Trust Company became Pilot Life. The designer blended Pilot Mountain with Cape Ann Cape Anne inspired imagery of mariners, presenting the current emblem unchanged since. The original sketch hangs in the company home office.
The Parks and Recreation Department organizes women's softball teams in late May. Letters go to churches and industries in April inviting them to place a team in the league. High school seniors and returning college students join when school ends. contact the P R Department to express interest.
Assimilation refers to cellular processes turning food into living tissue supporting growth and repair. It also denotes cultural trait merging in sociology and sound merging in phonetics as when a neighboring sound influences another.
Local residents show interest in astronomy and one enthusiastic builder of a telescope plans to organize a star gazing group. He may meet occasionally but hopes a small club can learn constellations and related topics. Leave name and phone with Action Line or mail a card to be forwarded.
An anonymous person asks how to retrieve a coat from storage after Superior Cleaners closed without notice. Former owner Goodson says a closing notice was posted for weeks last June. Call 454 1423 to check if the coat remains, though most items were donated after delays.
North Korea says the hijacked Japan Airlines Boeing 727 may land at Pyongyang and promises safe passage for the crew and passengers. The plane’s 15 hijackers demand to fly north at daybreak, while South Korea presses for passengers to be released before departure.
Four attackers wearing red sweaters, led by a mental hospital escapee, seize four tourists at the Versailles Hotel in Villefranche Surmer. They fire on a policeman and fatally injure an elderly West German, while a hostage situation lasts through a day with a demand for a car and a 100 kilometer getaway.
Thousands of Teamsters truck drivers walked out in a spreading protest after their national contract expired. The walkouts touched 12 cities with estimates of 10 000 in St Louis and 3 000 in St Paul while New York Chicago Los Angeles and Philadelphia largely stayed on duty. wages stalled at 80 cents apart with employers offering 90 cents and the union seeking 1 70 a three year deal. Negotiations resume after a Tuesday night recess as Shultz seeks to keep defense foods moving.
A Royal Air Maroc twin-jet crashed near Nouasseur airport on approach to Casablanca. Of 82 aboard, 25 survived as fire engulfed the forward section. debris scattered over nearly a mile with wings 350 yards apart and the tail 300 yards from the main fuselage. Abdeslam Ben Hammou among survivors.
Saigon reports that over 100 bases and towns faced heavy coordinated assaults by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong on Tuesday night. Casualties include at least 38 Americans killed and 184 wounded, 65 South Vietnamese killed and 176 wounded, with 240 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed. The U.S. command calls it a high point of enemy activity, while noting continued attacks and limited allied gains.
Washington reports ongoing sick-out by controllers despite union calls to return. FAA notes gradual return but large absences persist in New York Chicago and Kansas City as snow worsens delays. Eastern resumes shuttle service with 30 to 60 minute delays amid system operation.
Washington. Capt. Ernest L. Medina, commander at My Lai, is charged with responsibility for murders by his unit in South Vietnam. The new charge replaces an earlier misprision of a felony accusation tied to Medina and 13 officers and enlisted men linked to the 1968 killings.
U S Congressman John Dowdy a conservative east Texas Democrat with two decades in Congress was indicted on eight counts including taking a $2 500 bribe to intervene in a federal fraud investigation and perjury. He faces up to 22 years in prison and 89 000 in fines. Co defendants include Myrvin C Clark and Hugh J McGee with another former firm official named in the case.
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