06 Apr 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1967
Page
1
A collection of reader inquiries covers moon signs for weed control legibility of on and off street damage compensation claims against state and city agencies. It discusses Tort Claims Act rights and traffic lane constraints in a North Carolina town with practical guidance from officials.
Registration is open for a series of five Thursday evening classes taught by Alvin Point College Instructor. The $10 fee covers the program with a deadline of April 17.
Our man in Washington Horace G. Kornegay reports the Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing with pink blooms around the Tidal Basin spotlighted each evening. Visit Washington now to see the blossoms at their peak.
Communists smashed U S and Vietnamese positions at Quang Tri ringed the city with raids from midnight to dawn. They freed over 200 prisoners, killed 10 Americans and wounded 13, while eight trucks, four jeeps and three trucks were damaged and two light planes shot up. South Vietnamese sources said at least 47 Communist dead.
North Carolina House approved a liquor bill by 72 to 37 to permit brown bagging in wet areas. The measure, revised by the House, now goes to the Senate where a similar bill is under consideration. Debate touched on law and morality with Rep. Roger Kiser opposing and Rep. Sneed High supporting reform.
Public defender Gerald Getty plans to challenge Corazon Amurao’s identification of Richard Speck as the killer of eight nurses. Amurao, 24, testified for four hours about the July 14 mass slayings in Chicago, sobbing at times as she described the events and her surviving confrontation with the man.
Herbert J. Young, president of Gibraltar Savings and Loan, said his 11 year old son Kenneth was kidnapped from a Santa Monica area home and returned unharmed after a $250000 ransom was paid. FBI and police tracked the ransom drop in Westwood and the boy called his parents after freeing himself. Kenneth, found in a car, was taken after a maid found his empty bed Monday morning.
In a bid to appease housewives, Winn-Dixie and rivals launch a no-stamps, low-price program across southern Florida. Eighty-eight Winn-Dixie stores drop stamps, slash prices on 7000 items, and extend savings daily. CEO C W Waldorf says stamps add 2 percent to the bill and promises ongoing lower pricing with new hours and reduced frills.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey reached Berlin with heavy police protection after a roundup of young leftists who built explosives to disrupt his visit. He reaffirmed U.S. commitment to Berlin and praised the city’s resilience while noting the Vietnam issue. Police later released three girls tied to the conspirators as their link could not be proven.
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