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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1972
Page
1
Readers are invited to call or write Action Line at The Enterprise for help with questions or problems. The paper notes high request volume and cannot acknowledge or answer every inquiry.
Readers vent on topics from minority rights to political trust and highway safety. Letters touch on corrupt judges, hypocrites, cockroaches, stolen jewelry, antisocial behavior, and a call for government help, reflecting public frustration and everyday concerns.
McGovern vaulted to a strong delegate lead with a Massachusetts landslide and a Pennsylvania win while Wallace’s strong showing in Pennsylvania signals improved nominating chances. Humphrey claimed Pennsylvania and moved into strong delegate position as Muskie trailed in both states. Ohio looms next as Muskie and Jackson head toward Cleveland and Toledo.
Philadelphia AP reports Sen. Edmund Muskie suffers defeats in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania primaries. McGovern leads in Massachusetts, Humphrey wins Pennsylvania as Muskie hangs on in a tight third-place race. Muskie's campaign insists the comeback starts now amid waning frontrunner momentum.
North Vietnamese troops push along Highway 1 and 14 threatening Kontum and Bong Son while siege warfare tightens around An Loc. A C130 transport is down near An Loc with six crew missing as U S bombers strike central Viet Nam and airfields suffer more damage.
The Kleindienst ITT inquiry is likely to run another day as new disclosures reveal contradictions between Nixon administration and ITT officials. Senate aides say votes exist to extend the investigation, with closed hearings to decide Kleindienst's attorney general nomination.
U S and South Vietnam plan to renew Vietnam peace negotiations on Thursday with both public plenary sessions and secret talks continuing, signaling a two track approach that could involve Le Duc Tho and Kissinger. The move follows Nixon's March suspension amid accusations of North Vietnamese filibustering.
President Nixon will outline his Vietnam troop plan after May 1 in a radio television address at 10 p.m. EST. Kissinger’s Moscow trip and resumption of Paris talks frame the briefing, as negotiators prepare to meet in Paris on Thursday to seek measures ending North Vietnamese aggression.
Washington AP reports supermarket food prices fell 0.4 percent in March the first decline in five months. Farmers absorbed the decrease while middlemen gained little. The Agriculture Department noted BLS had shown March retail food prices rising 0.1 percent overall.
March BLS market basket shows total annual cost at 1292 dollars, down from February’s peak. Farmers received 502 dollars, a small cut, while middleman costs rose to 790 dollars, offsetting lower farm prices via transport and processing charges.
President Nixon's press secretary Ronald Ziegler told reporters a Camp David weekend plan for Nixon and Kissinger that never occurred. Kissinger instead went to Moscow for four days, with later notes confirming talks with Soviet leaders on Vietnam and the Moscow summit.
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