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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1969
Page
1
A reader asks where a science teacher can obtain Apollo 11 models for classroom use. The note mentions free cardboard units at Gulf service stations while supplies last.
The article explains how missing in action servicemen are treated for pay. Dependents may receive allotments or service pay until death is established, with annual reviews and continued rolls if death cannot be proved. Legal death can occur after seven years, but cases in prison camps may be extended until proof of death is found.
Pasadena AP reports Mariner 6 closeups show a meteorite scarred Martian surface resembling the moon with huge ancient craters and barren plains. No life signs found. scientists hedge on life, predicting microscopic forms or vegetation if any.
CHAPEL HILL AP Gov Bob Scott announced a plan to form a state highway patrol riot control unit of 30 or more highly trained officers. The unit would be mobile, drawing from all six troops, with rapid deployment to disorder scenes and possible air support. Scott cited recent civil disturbances and Guards deployments, saying patrols are the first defense for North Carolina towns lacking police capacity and training.
NEw Bedford Massachusetts AP Dist Atty Edmund Dinis seeks an inquest into the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne in the Kennedy Chappaquiddick accident drawing a rebuke from Justice Tauro who will rule on the request The incident connects to Senator Edward Kennedy and raises questions about post accident conduct and reporting details from the July 18 event and subsequent comments by Kennedy aides on television and to press coverage
Washington AP Sen Edward M Kennedy said he would cooperate in any way in the inquest sought by Massachusetts District Attorney Edmund Dinis into the drowning of Mary Jo Kopechne after the July 18 car crash. He spoke on the Senate floor and said he may not need to be in Massachusetts.
Washington AP House leaders failed to rush a six month surtax extension through the House while the Senate approved a six month extension to Dec 31. Nixon pressed for a full year. IRS urged employers to continue withholding until a final bill is enacted.
The Ways and Means Committee projects by 1973 a $7 billion revenue balance with $7 billion in tax cuts. By 1972 most taxpayers except those earning over $100,000 could see at least a 5 percent cut, while 2 million poor families may be taken off the tax rolls. The proposal cuts the earned income tax rate and ends the investment tax credit, lowers oil and gas deductions, imposes a minimum tax, and taxes foundations for the first time, with numerous changes to capital gains, depreciation, and unrelated business income.
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Two men Ronald Buffum and George Williams were exposed to moon dust when a glove in a vacuum chamber ruptured at America s lunar quarantine station. They stripped showered and placed in quarantine with Apollo 11 astronauts after a leak allowed moon dust exposure.
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