25 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1967
Page
1
In early pro football players on the taxi squad were under contract and salaried but held a lower status. The label referred to players used for short travel needs when the main team could not fit everyone aboard the club bus.
Our solicitor Frank Matlock explains that a woman leaving children with their father is not abandonment and nonsupport does not apply. The letter notes no charges are possible and questions whether the writer is considering leaving.
The reader asks if Sgt. Barry Sadler known for The Ballad of the Green Berets has died. The response notes no confirmed death and mentions he later pursued music as writer and publisher. no definitive obituary is provided.
The S S HOPE hospital ship, renamed from U S S Consolation, is staffed by doctors nurses and medical technologists with volunteer teams in 20 specialties. Funded largely by private gifts about 5 million yearly, it sails 10 month teaching missions. Founded by Dr William B Walsh, HOPE operates from Washington headquarters to expand health outreach and will voyage to Ceylon in March 1968 after a Colombia mission.
South Vietnam's armed forces face a major leadership shakeup as five generals may be relieved. Lt. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu disclosed discussions on a plan shifting from generals to second lieutenants, with corruption cited as one possible factor. Generals Vy Tam Nhon and others reportedly slated for reassignment or removal, signaling an overhaul of top ranks amid criticism of U.S. force-led fighting.
Gov. Dan Moore announced a 17 member commission to study North Carolina public schools and craft a blueprint for their future. Dr. James H. Hilton will head the panel, authorized by the 1967 General Assembly, with members named by the governor, the Lt. Governor and the House Speaker.
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Ott Jr., commander of National Guard troops in the Watts riot, cautions that deploying tanks and .50 caliber machine guns could heighten violence. He questions the adequacy of the new 32 hour riot control training designed for 500000 guardsmen after Newark and Detroit unrest. Ott criticizes portions as unrealistic and says armored vehicles should be used only where practical.
Ott warned that deploying tanks could heighten violence in urban riots as rioters may prepare gasoline bombs. He criticized lesson plans urging water cannons and noted fire hoses are needed for fires, not crowd control. In Arlington, Rockwell was fatally shot by a sniper near Nazi headquarters. the shooter fled.
The Pentagon used sanctions to require rental housing non discrimination for service members in the Washington region. McNamara ordered off limits zones around Andrews Air Force Base and Ft. Meade, enabling about 34 000 units to be available regardless of race as part of a broader study of bases nationwide. Brig. Gen. William E. Ekman notes many owners are adjusting and more zones may follow.
American warplanes hit rail yards and military targets within 18 miles of Red China as the U S Command reports 19 fliers missing this week with 660th combat plane down. Despite thunderstorms, 152 missions were flown and ground fights left at least 156 Communist troops dead. Saigon police disclose a Red terror cell arrest ahead of the September 3 presidential election.
Twenty year old Rufus Mayfield head of Pride Inc. challenges elite delegates at a one day Urban Coalition convocation in the Shoreham Hotel. The gathering includes Lindsay and Daley among powerful city leaders as it calls for a federal emergency work program to employ up to one million unemployed workers.
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