26 Aug 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1969
Page
1
Readers seek guidance on mail salutation for an unsigned name and how to handle Miss Mrs or Ms. Responses advise using Miss in signatures, explain the Dwight Eisenhower book delay, and detail U.S. Savings Bonds loss forms plus school records retention and late payment penalties.
Bangkok announced that the United States and Thailand will begin talks on September 1 to discuss a graduated reduction of about 60,000 U.S. troops in Thailand. Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman and Ambassador Leonard Unger will lead the discussions in Bangkok with follow-up talks planned to map reductions over time if the Southeast Asian security situation remains unchanged.
Tricia Nixon, 23, the President’s daughter, was admitted to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., for observation of abdominal pains. The Nixons, vacationing at the Western White House, await exam results as press officials indicate she fell ill after returning to the White House from San Clemente.
Americans paid 67.5 billion dollars in state and local taxes in 1968, an average of 338 dollars per person. New York led with 503 dollars per person, while Arkansas averaged 200 dollars and Indiana rose only -3. State totals show California and New York contributing the largest shares, with per capita burdens ranging across many states.
Tropical storm Eve strengthened to near hurricane force off the Florida coast while rescue and repair work continued after Camille devastation. Forecasters expect Eve to reach 74 mph as authorities warn of close alerts from Bermuda to the mid Atlantic. Funding and housing aid flow to Mississippi and Virginia flood victims amid a toll of at least 276 dead.
The James River returned to normal as flood damage rose to about 132.4 million dollars and the death toll in Virginia reached 76 with 111 missing. Civil Defense teams searched Nelson County canyons for flood victims while state officials assess costs and recovery proceeds with coast guard help in Hampton Roads and Richmond damages near nine million dollars.
A two judge federal court blocked three new eastern North Carolina school systems from opening as the courts review the laws creating them. Halifax Warrenton Scotland Neck and Littleton Lake Gaston face desegregation compliance and reorganizations to integrate pupils and staff.
A gerontology congress heard Dr. Ralph Goldman of UCLA warn that unlimited life extension could create stiff competition between youths and long lived elders. Dr. Alex Comfort and Judge Sherman G. Finesilver added insights on longevity prospects and senior driving safety from North American and international studies.
North Carolina Conference Methodists will ask 837 churches in 56 Eastern and Piedmont counties to raise funds the first two Sundays in September to aid victims of Hurricane Camille. The appeal was approved Monday.
In San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto rejects California Superintendent Max Rafferty’s plan to decertify teachers using Soul on Ice and Dutchman. Alioto argues local boards control curricula and pledges to resist federal censorship while not endorsing the books.
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