13 Apr 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1971
Page
1
A reader asks about vehicle horsepower limits on North Carolina highways and streets. A separate item confirms the Jamestown Jaycees golf entry form with a $20 fee due May 1 for a May 15 and 16 tourney at Bel-Aire Golf Club north of the airport on highway 68.
The Ring Drug Company of High Point began about 1902. Bottles with embossed Ring Drug Co. likely date 1919 or 1920. In 1926 27 the Rings sold to Bobbitt of Winston-Salem, operating as Ring Bobbitt briefly before Harris took over and now runs Ring Harris Pharmacy at 122 South Main.
Interested in a two year interior design program at Randolph Technical Institute seeks address for information and to schedule an appointment. Drawer 1009 Asheboro North Carolina 27203 is provided and telephone 629 1471 offered for contact.
A reader suggests a comment box at the hospital’s new addition to gather patient and visitor opinions. It would allow expressions of appreciation and complaints for builders and staff to study and adjust unfinished rooms.
The U S table tennis team, visiting China, is set for a Wednesday meeting with Premier Chou En-lai, hailed as the high point of their visit. They toured the Great Wall and noted China’s cultural tensions during the era.
About 2,000 South Vietnamese troops launched a push to break the two week siege of Fire Base 6 in the central highlands. U S bombers delivered heavy air strikes moving 600 tons of bombs to clear enemy positions near the base. Ground contact with the enemy was not reported as North Vietnamese forces were flown in as a reserve.
An inmate described his heroin and paregoric use, the struggle to find veins, and daily costs as he testified to SBI Agent Cyler Windham. Officials say North Carolina drug use rose sharply in the late 1960s and 1970, with heroin claiming more addicts each year.
Armed resistance in East Pakistan crumbles as West Pakistani columns move from Dacca toward Pabna and Khulna. The Awami League fears Communist leadership in any guerrilla campaign while civilians flee and officials report gunpoint normalcy amid the siege.
Dacca, East Pakistan, reports say up to 6000 people were slain by the army and parts of the city were left devastated as West Pakistani troops rounded up Awami League officials and prominent Bengalis. A Western diplomat described the rule as Gestapo-like mass murder.
Washington reports Soviet technicians are being dispatched across Cuba as part of a broader move to restructure the island economy. Officials describe the transfer as a novel effort to bolster production and align with socialist allies in Europe while focusing on goods Cuba can efficiently produce for export.
President Nixon weighs stepping into wage and price controls as steel union demands rise toward 32 percent over three years. The inflation alert aims to spotlight lumber and steel prices and a Can industry wage settlement while avoiding a steel strike that could hurt the economy. Walter Heller warns a $3.6 billion tax break for equipment depreciation could fuel inflation and weaken investment without congressional approval.
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