21 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1968
Page
1
Readers share trivia on OK origins and musical misuses, plus local park and Little League updates. Parks director says 58 teams and farm programs will place every boy in summer baseball. Leo mowing dates listed for onion control at Leo periods.
A London Drive block of 19 houses hosts about 39 children with bicycles and pets. Residents report varying incidents with dogs and cats and occasional concern about drivers. The piece defends the street’s character and criticizes a resident opinion as personal rather than factual.
A South African Airways Boeing 707 with 117 passengers and 12 crew crashed after takeoff near Windhoek. Six to seven survivors reported, including Dr. J. G. Van Der Wath and co-pilot J. Holliday. Pilot Capt E. Smith died in the cockpit. The jetliner was en route from Johannesburg to London and wreckage stretched about five miles. authorities called for aid as rescue and blood donations were organized.
The spring furniture market ponders plastics use in furniture asking if plastics should be exterior only or form the frame. Terence Conran criticizes fakery, urges plastics for their own qualities and for guts of furniture, and laments limited interest in modern design in the United States.
U S B52s struck five targets in the A Shau Valley Saturday night and Sunday as 59 Viet Cong were reported killed near Saigon. Jets burned Viet Cong camps in the U Minh forest and naval fire from St Francis River aided efforts. Deepest northward march reached 168 miles toward the 19th parallel.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau took the oath as Canada’s 15th prime minister and named a caretaker cabinet. He hinted at an election possibly in June, with June 17 as the last viable balloting date and June 25 as another option. The move could capitalize on his popularity and end the minority government under Lester B. Pearson.
The FBI expanded its most wanted roster to 11 by adding James Earl Ray, also known as Eric Starvo Galt, for the MLK assassination. He faces state murder charges in Memphis and federal counts of conspiracy and flight, with a nationwide manhunt under way. Public tips urged to locate him.
Secretary Clark Clifford said North Vietnam will choose a site for preliminary peace talks and the negotiations will proceed. He noted U S willingness to meet anywhere reasonable and that participation could expand to allied nations. Clifford spoke after NATO talks in The Hague and returned to Washington.
State Rep. James Johnson Jr. charges Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Jim Gardner abused franking rights and used congressional stationery for campaign work. Johnson, eighth district chair for Jack Stickley, released letters bearing Gardner’s signature dated November 14, 1967 and March 11, 1968 claiming official business.
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