10 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1969
Page
1
Readers ask if NC sales tax applies to soft drink bottle deposits and how mildew may be removed from colored clothes. Answers cite state tax stance on bottle returns, drycleaning guidance, and Mary Quant’s miniskirt influence.
Police describe a ritualistic killing at a $200000 Bel Air residence rented by Polish film producer Rehan Polanski. Victims include Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring, with Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski named. a 19-year-old caretaker William Garretson was arrested. Detectives say bodies were found after an overnight period.
Five victims were found shot and tied by a white nylon rope in a living room. Miss Tate wore a bikini nightgown when found with rope around her neck. A hooded man and others showed ritualistic elements while investigators noted blood and a scrawled word pig on the door. Police described the scene as methodical and violent with signs of struggle.
The United States plans to test Soviet willingness to suspend MIRV programs as a step toward Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Officials warn success of MIRVs could unleash rapid escalation, while Moscow delays date and venue with Geneva Vienna and Helsinki named as possibilities.
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin Jr pass final blood tests with no abnormalities. Officials seek earlier release from quarantine in Atlanta as the team awaits committee approval. Doctors caution crews may fall ill once released due to long isolation.
President Nixon arrived for a month long stay at his Pacific coast vacation White House and said he will announce soon a Supreme Court nominee to replace Abe Fortas. A crowd estimated at 8000 greeted him as Air Force One landed at Orange County airport. He will work with Cabinet members and advisers while staying at the Spanish style home on Cotton's Point, San Clemente, with brief trips to honor Apollo 11 astronauts in Los Angeles and President Park of South Korea in San Francisco.
The U S 1st Air Cavalry Division the 7th Armored Cavalry and the South Vietnamese 25th Division pursued remnants of two NVA units driven from hiding near Saigon after the largest B 52 raids in five weeks. Over 100 northern troops were exposed, four killed and six captured, with no U S casualties. Air power and ground forces pressed the chase six to seven five miles north of Saigon near The Hook along the Cambodian border.
Three planes from the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol flew six sorties Saturday in the search for a plane missing on a flight from West Palm Beach Florida to Flemington New Jersey. Maj. John Brigham said the aircraft with two aboard left Florida City August 3 about 8 p.m. and was never heard from again.
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