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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1967
Page
1
The message urges readers to contact ACTION LINE with problems or questions, inviting calls or letters to The Enterprise care of ACTION LINE for assistance or problem resolution.
The text states Queen Elizabeth bears the House of Windsor name while ruling. It notes her husband Prince Philip is Mountbatten. The Queen decreed that all non-princes and non-princess descendants will use Mountbatten-Windsor as their surname.
Evelyn Hester operates Hester Trading Post on Hwy 311 seven miles south of HP. The shop runs 1 to 9 p m daily and stocks western boots rigs and sportswear. They offer jodhpurs not available but provide feed tack trailers and related horse supplies.
Reader asks who to contact about hog pens between Beddington Road and Woodbine Street. A local pig farmer continues to raise pigs inside city limits despite a newer ordinance banning all pigs within the corporate boundary. Lt. George W. Allred says report to the Police Dept. for action.
Washington last defeated Baltimore 27 to 24 on November 8 1959 finding the date and score. Elijah Pitts of the Green Bay Packers played for Philander Smith College in Little Rock Arkansas.
A reader asks whether police may mark or touch a tire to time parking before a violation and cites no current city ordinance. An official 1963 statement references chalking tires to catch violators under Code Sec 19-121 Deposit of Coin and Time Limits, but no specific law authorizes or forbids the practice. Traffic officials call it a time honored method, rarely questioned legally.
Carl Wills and the street department cleared a stopped-up pipe on Vail Street between Mobile and Martin. They dredged the creek and moved water again, predicting dry conditions soon.
The discussion traces early money to China around 1000 BC with the first coins in Lydia about 700 BC. It notes paper money in China in the 7th century AD, and argues money reflects religious and social customs, citing Borneo skulls and palm nuts as barter precursors. It highlights Yap's giant stone coins as a famed large unit.
U S warplanes hit southern North Vietnam coast with more than 100 cargo barges destroyed or damaged and two truck convoys torn up. B52s raided a North Vietnamese base in the A Shau Valley while Navy pilots damaged Long Dan transshipment point south of Vinh. One American was killed and three wounded as Communist gunners shot down two U S helicopters.
A 130 strong column marched through heavy rain to a Baton Rouge slum completing a 106 mile protest, protected by police and state troopers. The peaceful event culminated in a mass rally as the last leg began five miles from the destination with 30 supporters arriving by bus to join.
H Rap Brown remains jailed on a federal gun charge after SNCC said no professional bondsmen would post the $25,000 required. A SNCC spokesman reported nearly $10,000 in cash had been raised and noted the usual $2,500 in fees. Brown, 23, SNCC chairman, was arrested outside a friend's Manhattan apartment and jailed at the Federal House of Detention. His attorney sought bail reduction, which was denied by U.S. District Judge Inter Wyatt. The case links to Brown's Maryland indictment on arson rioting and incitement to riot. Brown previously admitted carrying a semiautomatic on a flight from New Orleans to New York with a weapon found later in a bag. The article also covers Baton Rouge racial tensions with National Guard deployments and comments from Gov. McKeithen.
An Associated Press survey shows 84 senators voiced views on Johnson’s Vietnam policy with 44 backing the President and 40 opposing. Democrats split 27 to 17 and Republicans 17 to 14 in support versus criticism, reflecting hawk and dove divides and signaling mounting unease about escalating bombing and negotiations.
Kenneth Cline, 13, from Lincoln Nebraska, drove a needle nosed racer to victory at Derby Downs in Akron Ohio. He claimed a 7500 scholarship and described his goal to become a mechanical engineer and design autos. Runner up Howard Stanley Ranum III 12 of Aberdeen Washington earned 5000 and third placer Mark Handy 11 of Indianapolis won 4000. Cline’s time was 27.51 seconds and he narrowly beat Ranum. The winning car resembled a Chaparral Grand Prix design and earned best design honors. Cline is the third in his family to contest the derby crown with siblings missing in 1964 and 1965. The family previously lived in Midland Texas and recently moved to Nebraska.
Nigeria plans to take delivery of 15 to 20 MIG15 jets from the Soviet Union for use against Biafra. Reports say Soviet technicians may accompany the planes, with arrivals said to be at Kano in the Northern Region. Rival factions clash as federal forces press gains near Enugu and Bonny depot fires ignite.
Gov. George Romney plans a late August start to a 15 state speaking tour through October aiming to bolster GOP fundraising and bolster his 1968 nomination bid. A European swing is planned between Sept 7 and Oct 6 to meet heads of state and align U.S. policy.
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