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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1967
Page
1
W H A reports from Dr Robert B McQueen Jr of Graham that Coach Bill Gentry, hospitalized in Burlington, is alert and conscious but cannot yet speak. He sees in a direct line, uses a left arm and hand, communicates by finger movements, and eats soft foods as total paralysis slowly declines while daily improvements continue.
James Arness rises at 6 feet 6 inches born in 1923 while John Wayne at 6 feet 4 inches is older, born in 1907, making Arness taller and Wayne the earlier figure.
Readers ask why the High Point German Club uses German in its name and if ancestry matters. An explanation says the term refers to a formal partnered dance, not ethnicity, with roots in old quadrille style and a relaxed modern form.
Sound Off ice letter from F. W. A. notes two local banks oppose a policy basing charges on free service with a $100 balance. They state they will keep free accounts at $100 balances and levy a 50 cent base plus four or five cent per check for lower balances, versus higher charges elsewhere.
AP reports confusion over a planned contact between U S Ambassador Bunker and a Viet Cong NL F envoy thwarted by Saigon police arrest. Embassy says no such talks occurred without South Vietnam knowledge. other sources cite a CIA arranged attempt and possible implications for cease fires and talks.
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower, both 19, plan to marry after graduation in 1970. They revealed the engagement at Smith College in Northampton and Amherst, where they attend college. David gave Julie his great grandmother's diamond ring, and Mamie Eisenhower offered her late mother's ring for the proposal.
Senators Vance Hartke of Indiana and George McGovern of South Dakota consider favorite son presidential bids to aid McCarthy’s 1968 campaign stance against Vietnam. Both back McCarthy’s Vietnam opposition, but neither commits to delivering state delegations. New Hampshire’s primary looms as McIntyre and King weigh their roles.
Sheriff Stirewall rehired his uncle Emmett Stirewalt after county commissioners ordered termination citing close relation and alleged Klan ties. Officials visited Chapel Hill to confirm if commissioners can compel firing and who holds hiring and firing authority in the sheriff's department.
Marines thrust into a four hour battle 2.4 miles northeast of Con Thien driving North Vietnamese from fortified bunkers. At Bu Dop near Cambodia border US forces clash with a larger Red force while eight B52s and Phantom jets hit positions above the DMZ.
President Johnson claims Defense Secretary Robert McNamara sought the World Bank post and that Johnson could not block it. He portrays himself as a target of unfounded charges and notes McNamara will resign to lead the 107 nation bank.
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