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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1970
Page
4
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird urged patience in Vienna arms talks citing Soviet megatonnage growth and U S reductions. He warned a Soviet drive for parity or superiority could force a renewed U S weapons buildup while noting China’s orbital advance as a catalyst for strategic brinkmanship.
China launches a 381 pound satellite emitting The East is Red to join the international space club. Observers warn the feat heightens Western fears over Beijing's nuclear delivery potential and its place in global treaties amid East Asia tensions.
France shifts under President Pompidou after De Gaulle’s 11 year rule. Inflation fights, tax protests, and strikes mark a wary transition as Gaullist era policies fade. Polls show waning desire for a De Gaulle return, while Pompidou steadies a middle path amid social frictions.
The piece profiles Rep. James Harvey of Michigan using GM ties to sway a closed-door Senate House conferee meeting on auto safety. It notes his district plants, $25 breakfast fundraisers, and claimed income conflicts via his law firm while GM executives pressed for favorable terms including administrative due process and forced repair payments.
The report notes a Chinese construction battalion building a road through northern Laos within 20 miles of the Thai frontier. A propaganda and infiltration campaign is alleged, with aims to aid infiltrators and funnel supplies, intensifying regional tension amid fighting in Laos.
A special appropriation of 2 million dollars from the State Highway Commission funds widening Westchester Drive from North Main to the city limits. Plans call for a five lane road with curb and guttering to the Westchester Mall and seven lanes near Burton Street, then five lanes to the Davidson County line. The project will be built in two phases to speed construction, with a second phase forming a double lane highway from Deep River Church to the airport at Friendship and a westward I-40 underpass. Commissioner Lynwood Smith foresees no delay to East Side development and aims to let the first stage in July.
The Re development Commission today installed former Mayor Carson Stout as chairman succeeding Herman Bernard who remains vice chairman after two years in leadership. Bernard guided Redevelopment through a crucial period and will continue as vice chair.
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