15 Apr 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1970
Page
1
Open houses gather neighbors and friends for an informal visit often hosted by the moving couple or friends on their behalf. Housewarmings can be hosted by the couple or by friends, with refreshments ranging from light snacks to full meals and guests giving inexpensive house gifts.
A reader asks for the winner’s speed of the 1970 Indianapolis 500 before the race has occurred. The response notes Memorial Day weekend timing and acknowledges potential miscommunication about the race in question.
The Orlando transient questions High Point Police on weapon visibility and equipment. He notes no shotguns or police dogs in High Point and suggests different practices for public relations and morale.
Washington AP reports a stronger postal corporation proposal is in play as administration and postal unions near a reform plan. An eight percent pay boost for postal workers would be linked to enactment and sent to Congress after legal review, atop a six percent general pay increase approved earlier.
A proposed agency would avoid the label corporation and skip U S Postal Authority. It may retain Post Office Department as its name. Mails move from Congress to an independent management board that would appoint a postmaster general. The board would set rates, sell bonds for modernization, and bargain with workers with arbitration as needed.
Supreme Court nominee Harry A. Blackmun rejects labels as misleading while his record on civil rights and criminal defendants draws mixed judgments. He has written key decisions on death penalty challenges and double jeopardy, with White House praise but lingering questions about broader implications for the court.
President Nixon postponed the nation address on Vietnam and U.S. troop levels until early next week due to Apollo 13 flight difficulties. White House spokesman Ronald Ziegler said the delay avoids preempting networks during the Apollo return.
Demonstrators stormed the U S Embassy in Amman and damaged property as they protested the planned visit of U S Middle East envoy Joseph Sisco. Protesters raised Palestinian flags, with tension rising to near 10 000 people including Jordanian refugees. Police and army reinforcements were deployed and Jordan's cabinet met in emergency session.
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 13 off course and eyeing a midcourse engine burn for a return to Earth. Lovell Haise and Swigert scheduled for 9 13 p m but delayed to 12 13 p m Thursday with splashdown set for 1 04 p m Friday. The crew conserves oxygen after a Monday rupture and remains in good spirits while relying on the lunar module and control jets if needed.
Engineers at the Manned Spacecraft Center flag a potential short in a heater or fan in one of Apollo 13's two oxygen tanks as triggering a pressure rise that ruptured the tank. The blast could hurl shrapnel into the second tank, accounting for a three hour oxygen drain. Officials dismiss meteoroid impact as the cause.
War demonstrations spread across major cities from Boston to San Francisco as supporters stage tea party reenactments and fasts to protest the Vietnam war amid the income tax deadline. Notables include Jane Fonda and Jean Genet amid rallies in New York Chicago and Des Moines with counterprotests planned by Catholic groups and Silent Majority.
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