21 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1969
Page
1
Reader asks how to obtain a copy of Reverend Leon Smith sermon from Green Street Baptist Church on Sunday June 29 titled Am I My Brother's Keeper. The column answers questions on ship naming, color vision, illegitimate inheritance, and local traffic changes at Westwood and Lindsay, with notes on a home job scam and a Revlon sponsorship query.
The Community Theater shifts the August 22 event to tonight at Stone Henge with refreshments at 8 and the play starting at 8 30. Admission is free, with donations accepted. P M
Miami AP reports Hurricane Debbie and its sister Camille chased open sea paths, likely sparing Bermuda from hurricane winds while bringing gales and heavy seas. Forecasters expect Debbie to pass south of Bermuda, with Camille turning out to sea after leaving many dead and widespread damage inland.
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird announced 1.5 billion in Pentagon cuts, including a 100000-man drawdown and Navy inactivations such as the battleship New Jersey. The Air Force will trim training flights, while the Army cuts non Southeast Asia ops by about 500 million. Civilian layoffs top 50,000 as overall FY1970 spending can drop by up to 3 billion. The plan aims to preserve readiness amid Congress pressure and possible further withdrawals from Vietnam.
Western Virginia towns face deadly floods from the James and its tributaries after Hurricane Camille. At Richmond the river crest expected at 34 feet, with 1 million dollars in initial damage. West Virginia declared disaster areas and National Guard mobilized. Names tied to Nelson and Gauley rivers appear in casualty counts.
Rescue teams near Pass Christian report finding many bodies as the Camille relief effort expands. Governor Williams visits Pass Christian amid rising death toll estimates over 200, with totals reaching 283 including earlier Virginia West Virginia and Louisiana losses. Water systems slowly return with warnings to boil or chlorine-treat drinking water.
Five people died in a head on collision between a Stamford bound commuter train and an empty southbound electric train near Darien Connecticut. Thirty five injured were treated and three hospitalized as rescuers freed Edward May who was trapped for hours. The crash happened at about 835 p m with blame placed on the Stamford train failing to pull into a siding for single track passage.
In downtown Chicago a 24 foot high nude mural on a construction shed drew mixed reactions as pedestrians watched and traffic slowed. Phillip Gross, owner of the remodeling firm, commissioned the piece to decorate scaffolding but ordered it removed after public uproar and a police call.
Police and riot troops used tear gas and night sticks to break up a 50,000 strong protest in Wenceslas Square on the first anniversary of the Soviet invasion. Two dead, many wounded, and more than 320 arrested as crowds protested for several days with horn blasts and marches led by Czech citizens including supporters of Dubcek.
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