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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1972
Page
1
The notice explains that requests are considered but high volume limits replies and acknowledgments. It directs readers to send inquiries to Action Line in care of The Enterprise. It emphasizes the newspaper’s effort to respond despite limits.
Sports broadcaster Charlie Harvelle reports George Becker, once a wrestler, is alive and well in Charlotte. He retired around the start of this year, did some wrestling promotion work, and now lives quietly with no current employment known.
The paper notes consult your family doctor first for a possible referral to specialists. Families with low income may access diagnostic clinic information through the Guilford County Health Department’s Children and Youth Comprehensive Health Services project by calling for guidance.
Questions cover how to request a change in undesirable discharge through the Discharge Review Boards, and the need for affidavits. Other items include Super Bowl date January 14 in Los Angeles, how to obtain AKC papers for a cocker spaniel via ex-owner, geranium winter care in High Point, and Mrs Kathryn Kuhlman’s Pittsburgh address.
The Guilford County sheriff’s office seeks patrolmen, dispatchers, bailiffs, and jailers with a starting salary of 571. patrolmen rise to 598 after rookie eight weeks. Qualifications include a high school diploma, good character, no police record, and age limits or experience matching. Applications available at High Point or Greensboro offices or mailed.
In Paris Kis singer and Le Duc Tho resumed secret talks as U S spokesman warned of possible disappointments and setbacks in final peace negotiations. After a two hour session the envoys agreed to reconvene next Thursday while press reports speculated on a nearing cease-fire accord.
Apollo 17 lifts off from Cape Kennedy after a three hour delay caused by a stubborn computer. Commander Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans depart for lunar orbit amid minor system alarms and latch concerns. Mission Control reports no mission-threatening issues.
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, stable yet described as critical by doctors at Research Hospital and Medical Center in Kansas City. A morning bulletin noted fluctuating temperature, improved lung fluid, and ongoing heart failure concerns while medical staff reported earlier a dramatic drop in blood pressure and rapid heart rate.
In Greenville North Carolina a white police officer shot and killed Connie James 23 sparking a night of rock throwing and sporadic gunfire. Barricades manned by police and highway patrol closed a 30 block area while SBI and sheriff's deputies investigated the accidental discharge and Williamson was placed on leave.
The Labor Department reports a six tenths of one percent rise in the wholesale price index for November, the largest gain since July. Increases were manly seen in fresh vegetables eggs dairy cars furniture lumber leather textiles coal hides skins and natural gas, dampening inflation hopes.
Michael Arnold LaPrade was found guilty on two counts of first degree murder in Wake County Superior Court. He received concurrent life sentences for the rifle killings of Patricia Grimes and Peter Williams, whose bodies were found September 30 at Raleigh Beach on the Neuse River. Ballistics evidence linked a .22 magnum rifle to the crimes. a neighbor testified she loaned the weapon. The state mentioned possible motives, including sport or robbery.
Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, was slashed on arms and hands by a dark suited man with a bolo knife at a Pasay City amusement park during a beauty contest awards ceremony. Guards killed the attacker as doctors reported the first lady out of danger at Makati Medical Center.
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