Help Line Seeks Reader Questions at The Enterprise
Readers are invited to send questions to The Enterprise Action Line. The paper notes that while every request is considered the high volume prevents acknowledgment or replies to all inquiries.
31 Aug 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1971
Page
1
Readers are invited to send questions to The Enterprise Action Line. The paper notes that while every request is considered the high volume prevents acknowledgment or replies to all inquiries.
Federal Housing plans a low rent project in the area. Housing Authority Director Don Hubbard says no local law requires hearings for site selection beyond zoning or street-improvement waivers. Juanita Hills hearings occurred in 1968 and 1969 with broad publicity. area residents showed little objection beyond aesthetics. A current petition against the project would be futile given prior steps and existing zoning.
Mayor Bencini cites architect Leon Schute that plans and specifications are near bids with a contract expected by mid November. An indoor Olympic size pool for two high schools is only a future possibility not in current plans.
The High Point Arts Council would offer a quilting class if there is enough interest and a qualified instructor, with break-even funding. People may call 882-0710 or contact listed quilters such as Gladys Blair and Mrs James Musselwhite. Other groups include the Mormon Church in Greensboro and the Erlanger Mill Senior Citizens Club in Lexington North Carolina.
Veterans with service before 1955 have lost entitlement. Those with at least 181 days of service since May 31, 1955 must complete schooling by June 1, 1974. An exception exists for disability discharges. contact your Veterans Service officer if you served in May 1955.
FBI Uniform Crime Reports mark 1960 to 1970 as a decade of near tripling in offenses. Mitchell says 1970 up 11 percent, 1969 up 12 percent, 1968 up 17 percent. Violent crimes rose 13 percent in 1970, 156 percent since 1960. Police solved one in five crimes in 1970. 100 officers died in the line of duty. arrests followed each case. Regional increases ranged 9 to 14 percent.
Washington AP reports a task force led by Herb Stein will draft the post-freeze program by month end. The Cost of Living Council will shape the plan for President Nixon, with a review board and possible legal powers as a next step. Rep Patman criticizes the six month outline and calls for action on interest rates.
South of Da Nang three Americans died and nine were wounded as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces attacked Allied patrols. The Americal Division faced four to five ambushes in five days, with eight Americans killed and 22 wounded since last Thursday. The U.S. Command lifted a weeklong alert but kept regional restrictions to avoid political demonstrations during upcoming anniversaries.
Flue cured tobacco on the Eastern North Carolina Belt opened at a record $77.29 per hundred as markets started. Farmers like C. M. Pippin noted strong selling with prices in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Local growers reported higher opening-day averages and sales totals, with most early lots selling between $76 and $83.
A DuPont Savanna River Atomic Plant physicist, David Irving, resigns over a planned 10 percent raise citing poverty in Aiken County and South Carolina. He notes his $15,000 annual salary is already excessive and opposes ongoing wage and cost increases. He is currently on a hiking trip in Canada.
Chief Justice Warren E Burger refused to stay the court ordered busing plan for Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools. He said the Supreme Court never required racial balance in every school though he disagreed with below courts that balance is a concrete requirement and noted insufficient time and specifics in the stay application.
The desegregation drive moves beyond the South as 24 Northern school systems in 14 states face court suits seeking busing and integration. Cities like Pasadena Oxnard Pontiac and Seattle implement or plan bus programs amid legal battles and private civil rights backing.
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