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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1972
Page
1
The High Point Thomasville Blood Program uses shared costs for collecting processing storing and shipping blood with a 10 pint fee per unit to patients? family. Donors may gain coverage via individual donor six months or two gallon certificates or participating organization plans.
A reader asks about preserving baby shoes without bronzing and another option with plastic embedding. Florida firm Art-Vue, Inc. cannot embed baby shoes due to dye reactions. suggests embedding tiny birth heads in Lucite blocks. Boots Randolph records with RCA at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York. A cleaning tip uses warm water and baking soda to lift cat stain on carpet without staining.
The Commerce Department reports GNP rose $30.3 billion in Q1 1972 at an 11.8 percent rate while inflation climbed 6.2 percent, the highest since late 1970. Administration says post-freeze inflation bulge subsiding though still a major challenge. Personal income also revised higher for February and March.
Republican leaders in Washington accuse the Soviet Union of causing the Vietnam conflict and aiding North Vietnam. Senator Barry Goldwater urges Senate support for Nixon's retaliatory air raids and plans to introduce a resolution. Senator Gordon Allott joins to label Kremlin rulers as responsible.
U S destroyers faced an air sea battle off the North Vietnam coast as North Vietnamese MIGs and torpedo boats attacked. One enemy plane was shot down, two torpedo boats possibly sunk, and a destroyer was hit with four sailors wounded. The Sterett engaged and reportedly sank the two enemy vessels with gunfire.
North Vietnamese forces surged along the central coast near Binh Dinh overrunning a South Vietnamese battalion headquarters at Hoai An and Landing Zone Orange. U.S. air power resumed heavy strikes on southern targets while Hanoi is reportedly blocked from bombing above the 20th parallel. American advisers were evacuated from Hoai An and Orange as engagements spread across the region.
Apollo 16 crewmates John W. Young Charles M. Duke Jr and Thomas K. Mattingly II launched into lunar orbit after system checks and photos of the cratered target. They will later transfer to the lunar module Orion for a Descartes crater landing to study volcanic history and lunar atmosphere in a 73 hour surface mission.
Britain's top judge Widgery faulted both Catholic marchers and British troops over the Londonderry Bloody Sunday killings. He said the first shot came from a sniper, some soldiers acted rashly, and the organizers of the illegal march helped create a dangerous clash. The report sparked renewed debate over IRA actions and British rule in Ireland.
Treasury Secretary John B. Connally warned that major tax reform in 1972 could stall recovery and trigger an international monetary crisis. Rep. Henry S. Reuss and fellow Democrats pressed to close loopholes while opposing an earlier debt-ceiling increase, saying the administration would face the consequences.
The dialogue centers on the 1969 tax reform and its alleged link to recession. Connally argues reformers lack votes and warns against further borrowing, while Reuss blames Nixon policies for the downturn and defends essential tax provisions for various sectors.
The American Society of Newspaper Editors reports a rising climate of hostility and secrecy in government toward the press. The briefing cites subpoenas and court orders affecting news sources, mentions the Pentagon Papers, and notes pending Supreme Court rulings on confidentiality.
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