05 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1968
Page
1
A reader asks where to get a lighted clock dial bulb replaced in a two year old alarm clock. Advice ranges from self repair by replacing a small bulb to paying an electric repair shop two dollars. The note also mentions rising utility rates and counterpoints about heating and electricity use in winter.
A reader asks how to ease a cat and puppy’s tensions with tips to isolate, reintroduce, and feed separately. Another query weighs girdles versus exercise for staying firm, citing experts and adult film/TV comparisons. A Civil War era hat origins question mentions Bing ham Military Academy components and Vance County history.
South Vietnam will send its full peace conference delegation to Paris on Sunday led by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky with Ambassador Pham Dang Lam directing the talks. French authorities tighten security at Orly as Ky prepares to participate fully in the expanded negotiations with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong front. Ky, acting as Saigon's chief strategist, will meet U.S. envoy figures W Averell Harriman and Cyrus R. Vance to align on arrangements for the formal proceedings.
RALEIGH AP A study group said North Carolina needs would cost 4.7 by 1988 and proposed drastic tax increases to pay the bill. Major work includes arterial highway upgrades totaling 2.3 billion and urban feeder improvements at 1 billion. The plan would raise fuel, plate, license, driver, and vehicle sales taxes and redirect highway revenues to a dedicated fund.
New York AP report says President-elect Nixon may send a personal observer to the Paris talks and replace top negotiators soon after taking office. Harriman and Vance will hand tasks to Nixon’s team around Jan 20 while Greenspan named to Budget Bureau observer role.
The West German Foreign Ministry reported two clerks committed suicide, one in Bonn and one in The Hague. Bernhard Dudek, 47, died from sleeping pills after depressions since his wife’s death, while Ruediger Herold, 54, was found hanged at the German Embassy in The Hague after working there since 1985 and recent hospital release.
A spokesman for automobile dealers rebutted Senate investigation claims of unethical practices. Tom A. Williams of NADA argued headlines harm dealers and jobs. He cited a survey showing 64 percent satisfaction with first try service and 71 percent finding prices reasonable.
American combat deaths in the first month after the bombing halt in North Vietnam rose 27 percent from the prior period. U.S. Command reported 228 killed in the last week and 681 in the four weeks after the halt. October total was 536. The spike followed intensified ground actions along the Cambodian border north of Saigon. North Vietnam reportedly moved most forces from the northern province and the DMZ nearby.
A 24 hour general strike hit Rome amid renewed talks by Premier-designate Mariano Rumor to form a new government. Demonstrations spread through Naples, Rome and Milan with clashes over police killings of two Sicilian farm workers. Schools closed and Milan stock exchange shut for two days. Police kept a low profile to curb violence. The Communist party urged calm, fearing possible military intervention and loss of party influence.
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