18 Apr 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1969
Page
1
Residents challenge landlords on repeated rent increases tied to repairs and seek solutions to rising costs and housing demand. Readers ask about mold under homes and methods to address it, while local questions cover City Lake fishing licenses and notary public procedures.
President Nixon ordered protection for U S reconnaissance flights near North Korea after the EC121 was shot down. He said the unarmed planes were 90 miles from the coast when attacked and that flights would be protected in international airspace or waters. Senate leader Mansfield supported protection but questioned past flight extent. Nixon noted 56 000 U S troops in Korea and framed recon as defense, with 190 flights this year in the area. The incident cost 31 American lives and a protest was filed at Panmunjom.
LOS ANGELES AP Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is guilty of first degree murder in the assassination of Senator Robert F Kennedy. The same jury will decide the death or life sentence during the penalty phase, expected to last one or two days. The jury can sentence life without parole for at least seven years or impose the death penalty in the gas chamber.
Buyers visit showrooms along North Carolina's Furniture Highway as rain greets the eight day Spring Market in High Point. Officials expect orders and backlogs to signal whether 1969 will beat last year's records or end as a solid year. Weather, taxes, and costs loom as concerns while housing starts and savings stay strong. Exhibition officials note optimistic displays and stage like showrooms despite wet conditions.
President Nixon told reporters that prospects for peace in Southeast Asia have significantly improved since he took office. He defended ongoing reconnaissance flights off North Korea as protected, not a threat, and said no unilateral withdrawal from Vietnam is planned. He cited better South Vietnamese capabilities, Saigon governance, and political stability as factors. He also noted a 10 percent income surtax will be reduced when feasible, while U.S. action on the battlefield remains steady.
Civil rights marchers arrive in Raleigh to await Rev. Ralph Abernathy and press the state to repeal capital punishment. Golden Frinks leads the SCLC march, threatening to close Raleigh and erect a tent city if progress stalls. Three hundred five National Guardsmen stand on alert as the caravan travels in. The march began in Asheville two weeks earlier with the SCLC-backed effort to desegregate schools and end executions.
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