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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1972
Page
1
An anxious reader reports four feet of open air space under the house with dampness dripping from rafters and insulation. After termite treatment and moisture checks, expert Dave Oden suggests improving air movement. if all else fails, install a small exhaust fan in an underfloor opening to boost circulation.
A reader asks about four year kindergarten for 4 year olds in Archdale Trinity and Randleman. The Department of Social Services county offices handle day care licensing and can provide listings. If you share your name and address, we will send names of a few providers in the area.
Residents ask about penalties for removing corner stakes and securing markers with iron or concrete. Other questions cover building condemnation processes for a Lake and Tate corner house and locating a junk car, with inspectors noting possible misidentification and advising contact with city hall.
Monies collected from parking meters and over parking fines go into the city's general fund and are used primarily for streets and street maintenance.
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark told a Senate subcommittee in Washington that ongoing U S bombing of North Vietnam makes any POW release unlikely. He warned leaders he spoke with seemed surprised by the idea of postwar releases and cited destruction in Indochina as justification for his view.
The American Bar Association urged all states to adopt no fault auto insurance and keep the federal role out. The proposal guarantees medical payments and lost wages up to 2000 dollars for injured drivers passengers and pedestrians, with a late change allowing lawsuits for pain and suffering. The plan contrasts with Massachusetts law and a proposed uniform model law offering broader lost wage and medical payment coverage.
U S presidential adviser Henry Kissinger arrived in Saigon as secret Paris talks with Le Duc Tho sparked fresh speculation of a breakthrough. Tho dismissed the rumors, while sources said Kissinger would brief President Thieu and report to Nixon before the Miami Republican convention. Nixon aims for a peace deal before the November election with troop withdrawals planned after Sept 1.
Sen George McGovern said ending wage and price controls within 90 days of inauguration is possible after the Vietnam war ends and military spending is reduced. He urged a switch to a free market and cited other inflation tools while courting labor groups and farm voters.
Senator Javits urged end to US involvement in Vietnam and a national busing program to desegregate schools. He backed legalized marijuana and a court-supported end to de jure segregation, while women activists pressed for broader rights and roles within the GOP.
U S planes delivered their deepest, heaviest strikes in North Vietnam in a week. They renewed attacks on the northwest rail line toward China and shot down one MIG21 amid three interceptors. The 159th MIG reported downed. weather improved allowing more than 290 strikes. Phu Tho railroad bridge near Hanoi hit by laser bombs.
Air Force pilots Capt. Fred W. Sheffler and Capt. Mark A. Massen, both missing after a daylight mission, were credited with downing a MIG21 about 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. North Vietnam claimed five U.S. jets were shot down daylight and two at midnight. The DMZ area saw one F4 Phantom down Sunday and a helicopter gunship Tuesday. The AHS Cobra gunship had one crewman killed and one wounded. The command put missing Americans at 175 in 40 months, with most losses over North Vietnam.
Former President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his support for the 1972 Democratic ticket, backing George McGovern for president and Sargent Shriver for vice president, Dolph Briscoe and Barefoot Sanders for Texas governor, and other Democratic nominees. He spoke to Fredericksburg publications and noted his retirement at the LBJ Ranch. McGovern is set to visit the ranch next Tuesday.
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