14 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
1
Letter column recaps a reader seeking his grandmother's pumpkin pie method and another asking why low income families are blocked from public housing. Advice notes limits on welfare, lists housing units and sizes, and mentions NC radio station directory guidance via the state broadcasters association.
A reader asks about truck driving training and contact at State College for a four week course begun in 1949 with about five thousand graduates. A new 30 day course uses donated equipment and costs around two hundred dollars. A road dust issue near Camp Keyaunee prompts officials to review paving priority status with a report expected in a week.
A reader recalls using Cascade dishwasher detergent to remove discoloration and odor from a scorched Corningware coffee pot. The accidental cleaning method involved detergent and water during a brewing session, reportedly restoring the pot to like new condition.
Allied commands report last week as one of the year’s costliest with 595 allied deaths including 380 South Vietnamese, 194 Americans, 21 Koreans and Australians. Civilian toll hits 232 with 114 Montagnards at Dak Son. Ky announces upcoming Christmas cease fire plan. Viet Cong vows three day Christmas New Year ceasefires and seven day Tet truce.
In Athens the regime announced the conspiracy to oust the junta was crushed with little fighting. King Constantine fled to Rome as Col. Papadopoulos, new premier, praised the armed forces and urged unity while banks and the stock exchange remained closed to prevent panic.
The Army began using large artillery rounds that release thousands of steel shafts over wide areas against Viet Cong. The XM546 round weighs 28 pounds, is 34 inches long, and can be set to burst at a chosen distance. It fires from 105mm howitzers and has shown lethal effect against enemy masses near the DMZ.
The compromise Social Security bill would raise benefits for 24 million Americans and increase taxes. Critics led by Sen. Harris and Sen. Kennedy warned welfare limits could push needy families to lose aid and increase day care dependence. The House backed the welfare tightenings 388-3, aiming for a Johnson signature tonight.
Urban and rural lawmakers clash over the Elementary and Secondary School Act funding formula delaying adjournment. Conferees worked past midnight Wednesday amid broad disagreement on how to allocate funds between urban centers and rural areas. Speaker McCormack warned a bill extension is needed, with potential pressure to push action to next year.
An autopsy is completed in the mysterious death of Evalyn McLean 25 once an heir to the Hope diamond Her body was found fully clothed in a Plano ranch home neighbors reported no activity for days Justice of the Peace B B Carpenter said no foul play suspected The funeral is planned with cremation The McLean family fortune and the Hope diamond history are noted including its transfer to Harry Winston and the Smithsonian Institution.
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