26 Apr 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1967
Page
1
Residents on Rotary Drive complain about heavy trucks using the street as a shortcut. The city lacks an active truck route ordinance and enforcement. council asks traffic engineers for a recommended plan, with a slower timetable than residents hope.
A reader asks how much a 60 watt bulb or a small night light costs per day. The column states about 1.44 cents daily for 12 hours if monthly usage is over 50 kWh, 1.08 cents if over 528 kWh, and nightlight cost divided by six. On defending home against an intruder it suggests you have the right to defend your home but cautions circumstances could alter charges and recommends a flesh wound if needed rather than killing.
North Carolina law requires every manufacturing mercantile establishment mine or quarry to maintain one or more medical chests or first aid cabinets. Noncompliance can bring a $25 fine and penalties per violation.
Chain pickerel or jack are plentiful in Eastern North Carolina lakes but uncommon in Piedmont waters. Walleyed pike have been stocked in some mountain lakes, but this fish is not a pickerel.
Walter York postmaster says High Point has four zips including one for boxes downtown. Three zips serve mail routes from the main post office Emerywood Station and Archdale. Fire station No 3 halted flag display for maintenance and washing. Captain E L Darnell says it will fly again soon over Rotary.
IBM's Greensboro office says no high school training programs exist. To learn IBM work you must gain employment with a company that runs an IBM system, which can then send you to New York City or Atlanta for training. any hands on learning follows IBM instruction.
Gen. William Westmoreland's upcoming congressional report is viewed as a bid to build wider Johnson administration support for Vietnam escalation. Pentagon sources say the military progress report may hint at possible troop increases while noting the war will continue despite reinforcements. Westmoreland is expected to emphasize a hardened U S stance and the enemy's continued determination with no quick end in sight.
A US Air Force four engine radar plane crashed into the Atlantic off Nantucket with 16 crew aboard. Only one survivor reported Lt. Joseph L. H. Guenet, navigator, in fair condition. Col. James P. Lyle credited with trying to reach water to miss the island. An eight man board investigates the crash as oil slick spreads over a half mile square.
The Senate erupts in a sharp clash over the Vietnam War as critics accuse Gen. Westmoreland of being a Johnson administration tool. Supporters say the debate reflects legitimate assessment and warns of Communist aims. Senate figures including Richard Russell and J W Fulbright press for clarity amid troop increase talk and dissent concerns.
U S planes dropped more than 3,000 pounds of bombs per minute in Vietnam during March and April, totaling about 77,000 tons in March. The effort, aimed mainly at North Vietnam, included strikes on roads, bridges, power plants, and MIG fields, with officials stressing civilian casualties as a key consideration.
Three Citadel cadets missing since Sunday drifted ashore on Daufuskie Island near Beaufort in good condition. They said they ran out of gas and had drifted all day Tuesday before landing at 6 a.m. today. Sheriff L Wallace reported they were found by school bus driver Mrs Lance Burn and were being taken to Beaufort County sheriff's office by boat.
President Johnson and West German Chancellor Kiesinger announced they will conduct constant full consultations before decisions on shared matters. They discussed a nuclear weapons treaty, trade and monetary issues, troop deployment, security, and prosperity, with no hard fast decisions yet and a plan for further talks after Adenauer’s funeral.
State Senator Herman Moore calls for full objective consideration of Senate Bill 182 to allow local option liquor by the drink. He asks Senate Propositions and Grievances Committee chair C V Henkel to hold a May 15 week hearing, arguing broad support and need for tighter control.
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