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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1971
Page
3
North Carolinians enjoy spring like warmth amid dense fog and 50s temps. Forecasters predict more variable skies through Saturday with 60s to near 70 nationwide and 40s to 50s overnight. Rain chances rise to around 50 percent by Saturday with mild Sunday and Monday followed by a cooler Tuesday.
Shelby County grand jury indicts black sheriff's lieutenant Theodore R. Wilks and four other officers for first degree murder in the beating death of Elton Hayes, 17, after a police chase. Four other officers charged with assault to murder and neglect of duty. all but the sheriff's lieutenant released on bond.
Saigon officials assess Cambodian army weakness and say 80 percent of Cambodia is controlled by Communist forces. North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units in Cambodia, about 80,000 strong with 60,000 aim South Vietnam, are seen as securing supply lines and bases while world opinion may overlook invasions. Senior officers call Cambodian defense efforts confused and contradictory.
In Saigon AP dispatch reports communists shot down five U S helicopters and three South Vietnamese aircraft in South Vietnam and Cambodia and damaged three American rescue helicopters. Two Americans were killed and seven wounded with no Vietnamese casualties reported.
At the United Nations Israel plans to reject an African backed resolution that would push Israel to pledge troop withdrawal from occupied Egyptian territories. Abba Eban will address the General Assembly to argue the plan is unacceptable and deviates from four African heads of state proposals. The Soviet Union accuses China and the United States of blocking Middle East peace.
Raleigh AP report says Assistant social services commissioner Robert H. Ward claims the state could save about 400000 dollars annually by handling Medicaid related services itself instead of using Cross Blue Shield. Blue Cross Blue Shield president Alex McMahon disputes the potential savings and notes the contract termination is set for six months.
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