20 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1971
Page
1
The Enterprise announces Action Line offering readers a route to ask questions or request help. It notes the high volume may limit acknowledgments but invites inquiries and guidance through the column.
A reader asks about bag worms on arborvitae and related conifers. County Agent John Crawford advises hand removal of cocoons for small shrubs, burning them, and using malathion sprays four to five times during heads emerged when necessary. Large trees may need professional power spraying. severely browned plants may not recover unless green foliage remains.
A reader offers garden produce for needy High Point families and a ministry contact will respond. Public Works reports a cleanup completed on Grimes Avenue between Park and Sharon. A NC law summary notes minors under 16 cannot work in manufacturing and hours limits for school days. A question about when a school principal may be away receives examples from Supt. Dr. Pruette.
Washington dispatch says consumer costs rose only two tenths of one percent in July the smallest gain in six months. Clothing and transportation prices fell while food housing medical care and recreation rose, just before Nixon wage and price freeze began. Labor groups oppose the freeze citing uneven coverage.
President Nixon acknowledged some problems with his wage price freeze and related policies but said broad public support remains crucial. After a cross country trip and arrival at the Western White House, he planned a morning meeting with California Governor Ronald Reagan as he pressed ahead with official duties.
Washington AP reports AFL-CIO chief George Meany led a labor revolt against the wage price rent freeze saying exemptions like eggs fruits vegetables and the 10 percent import tax pass costs to consumers. He called for broader controls on profits interest and all forms of income while Teamsters backed the President’s plan. Meany warned unions to seek wage increases once the freeze ends and suggested contracts could be nullified if terms are impure. Nixon and Reagan toured VA hospital plans after earthquake loss and Nixon urged support for restraint on federal outlays with a strong defense stance.
In La Paz and Santa Cruz, leftist groups seize the eastern half of Bolivia as unions mobilize. President Torres claims national control with armed forces backing him, while rebels gain ground and police clash with protesters. A nationwide state of emergency is declared.
Governor Preston Smith defies Nixon wage freeze and orders state agencies to raise teacher and state employee pay effective Sept. 1. Smith vows responsibility while Nixon denounces the move as improper and a step to sever preferential treatment amid national inflation efforts.
The House Ways and Means Committee will review Nixon's economic package with focus on expanding a low income standard deduction beyond the current $1,000 for 1972. Mills favors broader individual relief, while critics say business tax cuts dwarf personal benefits.
Pentagon sources said 1st Lt. William L. Calley Jr. convicted for the My Lai massacre would have his life sentence cut by 4td Army Commander Lt. Gen. Albert O. Connor. An official announcement from Connor at Ft. McPherson was expected later today. The Army offered no comment. The new term is believed to be 20 to 30 years.
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