20 Apr 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1967
Page
1
The notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE with questions or concerns. It instructs calling any time or writing ACTION LINE c o The Enterprise for assistance. The message frames ACTION LINE as a resource to answer questions and settle problems.
A reader asks if poison could be prescribed in orange juice to prevent poison ivy. medical sources say desensitization is possible with plant extract but often ineffective. Another reader explains city dust and oiling streets. residents may petition for pavement and can request an oiling, though costs apply.
The article discusses why North State Telephone Co forbids covers on its directory while other towns allow them. It cites North Carolina Utilities Commission authority and precedents favoring the company, noting replacement copies can be obtained by presenting a worn directory.
Rep. Charles C. Diggs Jr. was robbed of his wallet watch and a one carat diamond ring in the Reno Bar as he greeted a man during a layover in Miami. Police said the 44 year old Detroit congressman, awaiting a flight to Bimini, provided a description of the suspect as a large Black man. Diggs refused to discuss the motive or Powell meeting while Reeves asserted Diggs would not undergo a third degree. No arrests reported.
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 3 sent glare blurred pictures suggesting a lunar crater landing. Controllers at JPL note limited detail from 10 hours of photos due to sunlight, while horizon height hints the craft may rest in a crater rather than a flat plain.
The Senate passed a bill to reform jury list creation in North Carolina's 100 counties. It sets up a three member county jury commission and allows use of voter registration books tax lists and other sources for compiling prospective juries. The measure was recommended by the North Carolina Court Commission.
U S naval jets bombed an electric plant inside Haiphong serving a cement factory and another plant on the Cau Cam River east of the port. Initial damage estimated at substantial destruction with no U S losses. Hanoi condemned the strikes as a serious step of war escalation.
Rescuers on a Cyprus hillside recovered 126 burned bodies after a Swiss Bristol Britannia crashed in a thunderstorm near Nicosia. Two of four survivors died in hospital, raising the toll to 128. Most victims were German and Swiss tourists returning from the Far East. four Britons were among the crew.
At Raleigh hearing, physicians, educators, and politicians weighed whether East Carolina College should be an independent university. Prominent supporters and critics urged caution, with Luther Hodges calling the issue emotional and regional, and ECC president Leo Jenkins pledging a unique regional university.
The SEATO Foreign Ministers Council backed the United States refusal to halt bombing of North Vietnam without a simultaneous reduction of Communist military action. The communique warned of Communist threats in Southeast Asia and noted the war's outcome would affect global peace. France was absent and Pakistan sent only an ambassador amid divisions.
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