Action Line Offers Help From The Enterprise Readers
The Enterprise invites questions and problem solving via Action Line. Staff note high volume prevents answering every inquiry but each request is considered and acknowledged when possible.
30 Aug 1971
Page 1
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1971
Page
1
The Enterprise invites questions and problem solving via Action Line. Staff note high volume prevents answering every inquiry but each request is considered and acknowledged when possible.
Reader questions cover handling poison ivy and poison oak safely with digging methods and herbicide use, plus a note on avoiding burns. Other items include guidance on introducing toy ideas to manufacturers, CARE relief for Pakistan India refugees, and a correction request regarding Libby Childress's hometown.
Nathan F. Leopold the son of a wealthy family known for the 1924 thrill killings with Richard Loeb died aged 66 in Santurce San Juan Puerto Rico reportedly from a heart attack. He had been paroled in 1958 after 33 years in an Illinois prison and later worked in Puerto Rico’s health sector.
President Nixon's economic program aims at large tax cuts with 7.5 billion annual relief from the plan and up to 16.5 billion with congressional changes. Elements include investment credit, higher personal exemptions, standard deduction, and elimination of the auto excise tax, with social security payroll tax changes debated as the biggest potential addition.
Thieu's supporters appeared headed for a majority in South Vietnam's new lower house after nationwide voting. Official returns for 140 of 159 seats showed Thieu backers with 58 to 32 for the opposition, with 47 incumbents unknown. Turnout reached about 78.5 percent amid scattered attacks, while the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong staged nearly 100 raids but did not disrupt the election.
In Lee Park Wise held the final Rap with the Establishment of the year for the Lee Park Free University. He promised to obtain a discrimination list from restaurants and ice cream parlors and said police complaints could be taken to the city council. The hippie audience pressed for action amid skepticism.
Lee Park once elite but now run down hosts community homes and facilities for drug treatment and runaway youths. Despite crime concerns and park dangers, seven Dallas citizens started Lee Park Free University drawing about 1000 students in its first year and 800 the next summer, with locals optimistic about renewed learning and family involvement.
Rear Admiral Gravely says commanders must follow equal opportunity orders without giving special consideration to black sailors. He argues against racial preference, urges merit for petty officer roles, and cites a case of a black gunner's mate who refused extra study and was denied advancement.
The dollar fell to new lows in Paris and Frankfurt as devaluation pressures mounted while Tokyo held steady above 341 yen. Lt. Gen. Gordon M. Graham ordered a temporary suspension of yen sales at U.S. facilities, urging Japan to view the crisis as surmountable and supporting government stimulus to shield the economy.
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