03 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1967
Page
1
Reports say conditions vary with wind and water. anglers advise checking with pier operators and charter captains. Summer fishing is usually weak near peak migration, calm seas needed to improve prospects. Also notes on NASCAR money leader Freddie Lorenzen before retirement, Civil Defense drill timing, and area school start dates across counties and towns.
In Saigon, civilian vice presidential candidate Phan Quang Dan urges de escalation and negotiations with the Viet Cong. Ky, Thieu’s running mate, hints at a peace settlement with Communist forces and says no bombing pause until Hanoi agrees. Dan proposes land to peasants and tax relief until the war ends, arguing communists win peasant support. Ky tours Ho Nai hospital and promises a decisive move soon without specifics.
Barbara Cotter leads the local Office of Economic Opportunity program as assistant director of Guilford County Economic Opportunity Council High Point office. She was hired by Paul Gezon Greensboro executive director. Funds are 90 percent federal 10 percent local but may shift to 80 20.
President Johnson unveils accelerated U S troop buildup in Vietnam by 45 000 to reach 525 000 and proposes a 10 percent surcharge on corporate and individual incomes to raise 6 3 billion in 1968. He urges Congress to extend excise taxes and delay planned tax cuts while reviewing defense spending.
A Nashville police captain testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee that the SNCC backed summer school, subsidized by a $7,700 Office of Economic Opportunity grant, teaches Negro history and culture while allegedly fostering hatred of whites. The grant went to Fred Brooks, SNCC Nashville head, not directly to the organization.
Senators West and Eastland blame rioting on patterns from Communist groups while Edward Brooke cautions against overlooking underlying social and economic factors. Police leaders cite outside Black Power agitators like H. Rap Brown as sparking violence in three cities as House investigators probe subversive influence.
North Carolina highway officials plan widening 131 miles of U S 74 from Charlotte to Wilmington to four lanes over the next few years. Costs are undetermined as sections range from planning to right of way. Some stretches are already four lanes, including Charlotte to Monroe. A new Cape Fear River vertical lift bridge at Wilmington is under construction and due to open in summer 1969, with costs projected up to 16.5 million. Future sections and dates span 1968 to 1985, with several segments in planning or awaiting funding.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told a Detroit crowd that the United States must avoid a rule of the jungle by proposing a Marshall Plan for impoverished areas. He urged civil peace councils at state and metropolitan levels with broad representation to prevent riots, hear unheard voices, and provide an early warning system with federal funding possible.
City Council hires Wilbur Smith and Associates to design a three story parking building behind stores on Main Street between High and Commerce. Redevelopment Commission negotiates purchase as city plans short term bonds repaid from building proceeds.
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