04 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1967
Page
1
The Enterprise notes 700 plus tenth graders are to attend a general session at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 23, with Principal Jerry Shaver greeting them. Building tour follows. actual class assignments start on the first half day August 29.
An advice column explains buying land, using a deed to reduce cash down payment if possible, and warns that low tax areas may lack needed public services. It suggests consulting multiple realtors, exploring building loans, and evaluating counties before choosing property.
AP report from Washington notes President Johnson orders a 45 000 to 50 000 troop increase for Vietnam and hints at a potential 2 billion supplemental defense budget. Officials say draft calls may exceed 35 000 monthly in Q4 with overall 1968 spending possibly rising above 73 billion by up to 4 billion.
Retired Lt. Gen. James M. Gavin resigns from the Massachusetts Democratic Advisory Council citing opposition to Vietnam policy and support for President Johnson in 1968. Gavin, 60, CEO of Arthur D. Little in Cambridge, criticizes underfunded domestic programs tied to war funding.
Readers question why The Enterprise lacks Channel 4 program listings and editorial staff explain past omissions due to scheduling changes. The piece also surveys Jean Dixon prophecy coverage citing Ruth Montgomery's book and noting limited regular syndicate material.
President Johnson sends a tax plan for 1969 involving a 10 percent individual income surcharge starting Oct 1, a 10 percent corporate surtax backdated to July 1, and delayed cuts on auto and telephone taxes. The auto tax reduction is postponed until 1970 and the telephone tax cut is postponed to July 1969, delaying elimination by one year.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr demanded an investigation to see if federal anti poverty funds and policies tend to provoke riots. Sen. Edward Kennedy said a Nashville case alleging misuse of antipoverty funds by the OEO was not substantiated. Police Capt. Sorace testified the OEO subsidizes a liberation school teaching Negro children to hate whites.
An AP analysis by William L. Ryan suggests a break in the Vietnam war may come in 1967 or early 1968 with a settlement allowing continued U.S. presence in Southeast Asia. The piece cites Chinese pressure on neighbors and Soviet interest in ending the clash, while noting a long U.S. civilian and military commitment to South Vietnam and pacification of Viet Cong forces.
Senate testimony alleges a federal antipoverty financed school teaches hate toward whites. Nashville antipoverty leaders J Paschall Davis and Nat Williams fly to Washington to confer with OEO officials as inspector Harold Carpenter arrives in Nashville. The project led by Fred Brooks faces possible loss of funds though church leaders claim the Liberation School will continue.
In Kansas City a concrete forms collapse during filling of a new highway bridge on Interstate 435. Tons of concrete fell on workers, nineteen rushed to hospitals, with four treated and released. Three injured were state highway inspectors. foreman Harvey Sherman witnessed rubble and partial spans.
Tobacco marketing specialist John H. Cyrus of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture says the 1967 flue-cured crop looks possibly the best ever and could yield a record return above 550 million dollars. He cites an excellent appearance and a very optimistic outlook from July 1 onward.
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