30 Apr 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1967
Page
1
The city drills holes at curb lines on new pavement to take core samples and verify strength standards. Engineer Max Palmer says the tests are routine, then the holes are replugged to keep paving contractors honest.
A reader asks about getting help for an alcoholic husband who won’t stay home and has a girlfriend supplying alcohol. A judge suggested hospital commitment, with a path involving an affidavit and two doctor signatures. Contacts include Betty Warner or Dorothy Brown at the Clerk of Superior Court and Ben Garner of the Alcoholic Education Center for appointments. counseling for relatives and imbibers is available.
Question about foul balls at Yankee Stadium. The answer states many players have hit foul balls out, with any ball fouled straight back about 200 feet clearing the park.
The 82nd season opened at Lincoln Center with a gala and runs sparsely until September when the next formal season begins. Schedules and tickets are obtainable by writing Box Office Metropolitan Opera Assn 61st St and Broadway New York NY. Include visit timing desired seating area and budget plus a stamped self addressed envelope.
Inquiries reveal High Point adopted the November 1958 assessment program to attach piping costs to benefiting residents. The city covers about half the installation, raises property value, and a return to the former basis would raise general taxes.
A reader asks why mini golf costs rose from 35 to 50 cents. Manager R R Elkins says the course is franchised and others raised prices a decade ago. He notes the local course and one other kept the lower rate, then were urged to raise it, and promises fringe benefits to offset the rise for children.
President Johnson greenlights building two SST prototypes to carry 300 passengers at 1800 mph, with Boeing to craft airframes and General Electric supplying eight engines. Federal funding totals rise to about 1.144 billion for prototypes and testing through 100 flight hours, aiming for first flight mid 1970 and commercial service by 1974.
Claude Raymond Wickard 74 a former secretary of agriculture under Roosevelt and later Rural Electrification Administration head was killed in a collision near Delphi Indiana. His car failed to stop at a junction on U S 421 near Indiana 18 and was struck by a truck driven by James A Haynes Jr. of Dayton Indiana who was hospitalized with a fractured elbow. Wickard served as agriculture secretary from 1940 to 1945 and led the REA from 1945 to 1953.
U S ships and planes patrolling the North Vietnamese coast cut sea borne Communist supplies by about 70 percent. Navy officials said improvements in weather may raise that figure further. As of April 24, 549 coastwise ships were destroyed and 791 damaged, with enemies turning to inland canals for transport.
Seattle AP report states Boeing will mobilize 9000 workers to build two supersonic transport prototypes to challenge the British French and Soviet rivals. The first SST is expected to fly in 1970 as preparations proceed.
Washington diplomats warned that peace talks are unlikely soon and that heavy fighting may intensify along the demilitarized zone. They cited four North Vietnamese divisions massed near the DMZ and predicted multi point strikes below the line.
A fierce Atlantic storm left two fishing vessels missing with 12 crewmen aboard and swept two crewmen overboard from a Soviet vessel. Coast Guard, rescue ships, and a plane searched from New England to Nova Scotia as seas reached 20 feet and temperatures hovered near 38 degrees.
North Carolina's total personal income rose from 10.07 billion in 1965 to an estimated 11.17 billion in 1966, lifting per capita income from 2041 to 2235 dollars. The state moved from 44th to 43rd in per capita, posting an 11 percent total income gain, the fourth highest nationally. Governor Dan K. Moore urged renewed effort for continued growth.
A National Crime Commission task force report released Saturday cites widespread racial prejudice and abusive practices by some officers while praising overall dedication. It urges better education and substantially higher police pay to attract competent recruits, and calls for stricter screening to weed out biased applicants.
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