16 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1967
Page
1
A reader asks how to locate an acquaintance from a July 8 church page ad. The Enterprise notes it purchases church page mats from Keister Advertising Service in Strasburg, Virginia and suggests writing Keister with the same story to obtain the model’s address.
In Fairbanks Alaska nine feet of floodwater trapped 10,000 residents while fires broke out downtown. Three killed and officials warned of fuelled danger as helicopters and boats evacuated people and planned mass relocation. Authorities feared the city would face food and shelter shortages amid rising river levels and heavy rain.
South Vietnamese forces with U.S. air and ground support report killing 98 Communist soldiers in two clashes near the Mekong Delta and north of Saigon. One U.S. soldier dies, with light Vietnamese casualties. Booby traps kill eight Marines near Da Nang. three terrorist attacks injure workers and servicemen. NATO-style air strikes tally 541 enemy trucks destroyed or damaged in early August. One U.S. civilian worker group wounded in Saigon when a grenade is lobbed from an alley by a boy 등.
The August Popular Mechanics article on Vascar, a visual average speed computer and recorder, notes North Carolina agencies evaluating it. High Point Police deny current use, while North Carolina Highway Patrol and Raleigh Enforcement Division officials say a decision is pending after favorable tests. Indiana State Police have adopted Vascar, with five other states testing including North Carolina.
Mrs Virginia Jackson of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building will handle applications for experienced saleswomen as the SFEB expands. Hiring hinges on turnover and internal liaison with exhibitors, with the file as the main entry point for new staff.
L. H. Ballard announces Davidson Community College offers a high school equivalency diploma through a programmed learning lab. The program has about 150 students, accepts 18 plus, and favors applicants over 25 who are desperate for a diploma.
A reader asks who funds paving on E Farriss Avenue near NE Jr High as buses and schoolchildren use the street. Max Palmer confirms a sufficient petition signed by residents dictates assessments, with urban renewal areas excepted. property owners cover costs. A separate note offers a transcript or LP recording of a Be Still and Know program from WNOS Radio.
Seven more state troopers were dispatched to guard a march through Ku Klux Klan territory as 124 troopers protected 20 marchers in Holden Louisiana. A melee left two whites arrested after a white youth struck a marcher. The Bogalusa Civic and Voters League organized the 106 mile trek toward Baton Rouge with a Sunday rally planned at the capital steps.
Erneido A Oliva a Bay of Pigs invasion leader and 82nd Airborne veteran says he is creating a military coordination group to organize an overthrow of the Cuban government. He seeks Cuban exiles, veterans and former Cuban soldiers to join the Cuban liberation force.
DETROIT AP Indications rise that militant skilled tradesmen may disrupt a peaceful auto industry contract. UAW demoted GM negotiating chair Joseph Malotke of Warren Michigan for associations with rebellious trades group. Glen Stack of Flint named to replace him. Malotke remains on the GM bargaining team while supporting a planned demonstration at Ford HQ.
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