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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1969
Page
2
In Raleigh AP dispatch, Rapabit reports on the GOP requesting membership details for a budget group. The article notes party involvement and potential implications for fiscal planning. No further specifics on individuals or dates are provided in the readable text.
The text argues for minority party representation on a proposed tax revenue spending commission. It notes Republicans could influence the process by offering alternative ideas and stresses the General Assembly should act responsibly, while acknowledging limited information available.
Detroit Judge George W. Crockett defends freeing more than 100 Black detainees after a 1967 riot, saying prompt judicial action prevented greater disorder. Supporters and opponents picketed as the courtroom heard his stance amid reactions from civil liberties and interfaith groups.
Nixon era review cites appetites versus capacities in city reform finance. MIT Harvard joint center director Daniel P. Moynihan warns cities must digest funds and develop technical capacity. The task force urges strong administrative action to overcome interagency rivalries and city hall neighborhood tensions to make Model Cities work.
Readable fragments describe looting across multiple shops with a bakery window sign Cheaper By The Dozen. An optometrist office at Division and Cleveland was stripped leaving a stuffed chair blocking the doorway. Most windows in a three story vacant building were smashed. Police curfew violators watched from high floors as an amateur bugler played nearby.
In Kruger National Park elephants gorge on marula fruit as it ripens, becoming intoxicated. Rangers note elephants, baboons, and other wildlife behave erratically, with elephants trampling fences and showing rowdier manners. The park hosts about 7,700 elephants amid a season of fruiting, while local tribes are said to brew a potent beer from the berries.
A garbled report notes rising loan demand and higher money in circulation, with officials stating inflation pressures. The Federal Reserve plans to curb inflation by raising discount rates, signaling an effort to tighten credit and stabilize prices. Reese comments on the Fed’s aim to control inflation.
Washington AP report notes North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner A. Graham urging a 60 percent support price for peanuts at a hearing led by Under Secretary Phil Campbell. Graham argued for higher price supports to aid farmers.
A fragment suggests Canada may reduce NATO troop levels, drawing fresh attention to allied defense burdens and potentially influencing U S strategic posture and future discussions on balance of force commitments.
The General Assembly introduced bills to provide a $25 yearly grant to about 390,000 North Carolina seniors over 65 with incomes of $2,000 or less, costing about $3 million annually. The measure, called a refund, would require an application and targets residents statewide. Senate critics doubt the reach and fiscal impact, while supporters cite aid to the elderly as needed amid distant NATO concerns.
Police Chief June Moody said Van Auker was shot fatally with a pistol. His body was found at a Greensboro motel by William R. Collar as he left the rooming house early Wednesday. Van Auker had arrived with four Idaho men who were hotel guests en route to Siler City to discuss a textile plant contract.
An OCR fragment recalls Dr Martin Luther King Jr being killed in Memphis on April 4, 1968, noting racial context and national impact. The text mentions black and white populations and a Bus trip motif without full details.
A majority means more than half of all votes cast for an office. A plurality is the largest vote total over the next opponent, even without a majority.
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