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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1969
Page
17
A reader asks where hockey was invented. The answer traces possible origins from field hockey to bandy, hurling, and indigenous stick games, noting Canada’s role in organizing modern hockey and ancient stick games in Persia Greece Rome and Aztec America.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice restricts DD to felonies or severe military offenses. Offenses include desertion, long AWOL, murder, rape, robbery, and misbehavior before the enemy. A DD lowers rank, harms civilian employment prospects, and forfeits many benefits including education, disability compensation, loans, unemployment, medical care, civil service preference, and Social Security. Most common DD offense cited is AWOL over 30 days.
Seaman 2 C Dale R Richline of Easton PA and shipmates eat at a Yokosuka mobile canteen as USS New Jersey docks after a reconnaissance plane was shot down by North Korea. Richline says he would rather be home but duty calls.
Treasury officials told Congress that Nixon tax reform aims to quickly fix pressing flaws and set in motion basic structural changes. They described an interim first stage with a wide review of the tax system, plus later steps to curb tax shelters and reduce poverty tax burdens.
The Supreme Court rules 6 to 2 that a judge must grant permission before seizing a suspect for fingerprinting, a decision cited in a Mississippi rape case where fingerprints were improperly used at trial. Justice Black dissented, urging tighter limits to keep cities safer. The ruling also touches Fourth Amendment protections in police investigations.
The reader asks if she is still married after learning her husband’s first marriage wasn’t legally dissolved. The answer: the first marriage was void, so they must remarry to have a valid union. It notes the respondent would retain personal details if provided.
A reader questions legality and humane aspects after witnessing a dogcatcher shoot three small dogs at the city dump. Mayor’s committee reviews dog disposition methods following a Humane Society complaint while Police Chief Shore says he will investigate. legal stance remains ambiguous. A corsage wearing tip adds a separate inquiry on formal wear and flower orientation.
The 7th Fleet sends a 23 ship task force to the Sea of Japan reducing U S bombing in Vietnam by about one third and tying carriers to dual missions. Enterprise Ticonderoga and Ranger join cruisers and destroyers in Task Force 71 leaving two Gulf of Tonkin carriers.
Senator Hart says Ford Chrysler and General Motors agreed to boost dealer reimbursements so buyers can obtain warranty repairs. Detroit actions aim to fix newer cars more easily but witnesses say payments remain inadequate. Ford dealer Edwin Mullane from Newark notes dealers lack tools and rely on higher wages to cover costs.
Jurors in the Sirhan Sirhan murder trial began the penalty phase after a defense plea to spare his life and a prosecutor urging fair trial terms. The panel, seated in the same room as the prior first degree murder verdict, recessed after 2 1/2 hours without a verdict on whether he should face death or life.
The Mecklenburg County delegation introduced a liquor by the drink bill setting a county referendum on mixed drinks only. A public hearing on the statewide bill is scheduled for Wednesday. If approved, the plan would go to voters in November 1970 and take effect January 1, 1971.
Robin Knox-Johnson sails into Falmouth aboard the Suhaili to a hero’s welcome after a 311 day solo circumnavigation. Crowds, naval ships, and a golden globe greet the first person to sail around the world nonstop.
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