27 Apr 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1968
Page
1
A reader asks why a powerful figure's killing is labeled assassination while a regular person’s killing is murder. The columnist explains assassin versus murderer motives and mentions Kennedy and King cases. Other letters joke about nosy neighbors and shoe spit shine techniques for buffing.
Residents seek guidance on paving Edgewood Avenue while petitions linger. City engineer Palmer explains paving depends on engineering surveys and Thoroughfare Plan conflicts, with free surveys available to gauge future impacts on homes and street conditions.
Altoona story of Capt. Lawrence Dring and Rebecca Gould. Dring a Green Beret, severely wounded in Pleiku during January Tet battles, was saved by Rebecca and a doctor. They later married in Grace Methodist Church Altoona after his return from Vietnam.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey launches a second bid for the Democratic presidential nomination backed by labor business and Southern figures with President Johnson signaling support. He faces Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Eugene McCarthy as Johnson hints at opposing divisive forces and may aid Humphrey in Chicago.
North and South Carolina welfare chiefs reject findings of chronic hunger and malnutrition cited by a Citizens Board of Inquiry. They claim no knowledge of anyone starving and argue the report misrepresents conditions, urging anyone with cases to report them.
Hollywood Florida AP: 25 year old supermarket manager Guy McHarty led three bag boys in a running gun battle with five bandits who stole 1113 from a Winn Dixie. Four bandits surrendered on Interstate 95 while a fifth fled. McHarty said he pursued to save his mother who was held during the robbery.
Students nationwide join antiwar actions during a two day protest led by the Student Mobilization Committee. In New York about 200000 students skip classes while crowds protest in Central Park and on Fifth Avenue. Muhammad Ali headlines a San Francisco rally as other demonstrations unfold globally.
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