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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1972
Page
1
The notice explains that readers may contact The Enterprise Action Line for questions or problems. It notes high volume and limited ability to respond and asks for understanding. Call or write to the care of The Enterprise with all requests.
A parent details a Ferndale Junior High pupil sent home for not picking up a paper. The piece discusses school authority, suspensions, and statutes, urging careful handling and suggesting help from the Kendall Center in Greensboro and Captain O H Leak of the police department Community Services Unit.
An anonymous reader urged inspection due to long red cycles at the Hamilton Monthey intersection. The Traffic Engineering Department says the light has been checked multiple times and new detectors were installed to improve service.
Apollo 16 astronauts Duke and Young drove about six miles on the lunar surface and up Stone Mountain to the Descartes region, reaching a high point and expanding rock collection for crystalline and volcanic samples. They logged seven hours and 23 minutes of activity, with a rugged rover ride and extensions sought but not granted by Mission Control.
North Vietnamese forces shell and attack An Loc from four directions as U S air power targets concentrations nearby. Ground assaults intensify around Dau Tieng and Pleiku Kontum while forces hit Marble Mountain airbase Da Nang. Over 50 B 52 bombers drop more than 1 250 tons of explosives in a broad highlands campaign.
New York AP reports three networks revise air schedules for Apollo 16’s third moon walk and moon liftoff. NBC CBS and ABC will air live segments: morning walk sessions around 10:30 a.m. EST with afternoon and evening blocks plus liftoff windows in prime time.
Eighty-one lawmakers signed a letter to President Nixon requesting a meeting to discuss US involvement in Southeast Asia. The missive, signed by 12 senators and 69 House members, urged a meeting soon and before Nixon’s planned trip to Moscow next month.
Editorial page laments a heavy tax bite on Okalla residents while noting broader fiscal strain. Women's news section highlights community events and local profiles with concise updates.
Large antiwar marches gathered in New York and San Francisco amid protests over renewed bombing of North Vietnam. About 30 000 in New York, 25 000 in San Francisco, with smaller demos across the nation and police on campuses in Texas and Maryland.
In Indianapolis two relatives, George Q. Walsh and his 13-year-old son Warren, survived 55 minutes in the White River after their canoe capsized. Rescue units along with Deputy Sheriff Bob Hendrickson and Officer William Gummer reached them from the flooded river pool near the bridge, bringing them to safety. Both were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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