Action Line Help Requests Inquiries In The Enterprise
Readers are urged to send questions or problems to Action Line at The Enterprise. The column says all requests are considered though volume makes individual replies unlikely.
18 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1971
Page
1
Readers are urged to send questions or problems to Action Line at The Enterprise. The column says all requests are considered though volume makes individual replies unlikely.
A reader asks about home babysitting limits under new state rules. For two to five children no license is required but registration with the upcoming Child Day Care Licensing Board is advised. Six or more children triggers a two dollar per child privilege tax. A separate note explains moss control in fish ponds with plant identification help from the Greensboro Agricultural Extension Office at 3309 Old Burlington Rd. Nearby bee farms are noted in High Point and Thomasville with Paul Albertson listing several hundred hives on Holly Grove Road.
CBS announces in a July 26 news release that the comedy All in the Family will return for its second season on Monday September 13 airing 10:30 to 11:00 p m EDT on the CBS Television Network.
Public Works official clarifies sanitation pickups. Kitchen wastes and small discarded items are collected if contained in a regulation 20 to 30 gallon galvanized can with a strong lid and handles. High impact plastic containers are acceptable. flimsy plastic waste baskets are not.
An anon complains that higher postage means the postman won’t collect letters from home. The letter has sat three days on the mailbox. The reply notes the postman is not required to pick up mail without a delivery for that box.
Libby Childress, a Winston-Salem girl, won the National Spelling Bee last year on the word croissant. Diane Van Sciver, Assistant Librarian of the Journal-Sentinel, confirms she looked up the spelling for you.
A reader asks what steps to take to ensure the lot across the street is mowed each year. They note shrubs reaching six feet and no response when contacting the owner, and suggest a procedure to enforce annual maintenance. The lot is reportedly cleared and Carl Wills says reminders for next season’s growth should be called again.
President Nixon appears set to win the economic bill he asked from a Democratic Congress though lawmakers push for more personal tax relief. The White House touted a productive 2 1 2 hour talks with Democrats while warning unions to end strikes during the 90 day wage price rent freeze.
Emeralds discovered near Hiddenite by Tom Adams and his wife in Alexander County amounting to over 200 in three days. They charge tourists $3 daily to dig on 280 acres and keep gems found, with potential value exceeding half a million dollars.
North Carolina educators warn that denying a 5 percent pay boost to some teachers while others receive the increase could create morale problems. Officials said Nixon’s wage freeze may affect decisions, with nine and twelve month staff potentially treated differently.
The European Common Market warns Nixon's 10 percent import surcharge and dollar gold suspension threaten postwar monetary principles and may cancel Kennedy Round tariff gains. London considers curbing cheap Japanese goods as six nations discuss partial currency float and a Group of 10 meeting remains unsettled.
A tropical low moving northeast from Georgia toward the North Carolina Virginia border prompted flash flood watches east of the mountains and in the James River Basin. The center was near Fayetteville early today as it may intensify, with small craft warnings from Ocean City to Virginia Beach.
A U S Army CH47 Chinook carrying 38 aboard exploded in the air near PEGNITZ Germany during a training flight from Regensburg to Grafenwoehr. Officials reported 25 bodies recovered from the wreckage with 5 crew and 33 soldiers aboard.
Labor officials, wary and puzzled by the wage price and rent freeze, prepare for a face to face session with White House aides George Schultz and J.D. Hodgeson after Counts urged a no strike moratorium. AFL-CIO President Meany leads a 35 member council debate on contract obligations and price hikes under the 90 day freeze.
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