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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1970
Page
5
The region expects windy and warmer weather today with increasing clouds. Tonight will drop to the 40s, Sunday highs in the 50s with more clouds. Precipitation chances rise to 50 percent tonight, then ease to 30 percent tomorrow.
Forecast for North Carolina calls for windy mild conditions with a chance of showers in the mountains today and a turn to colder weather with scattered showers tonight and Sunday. Snow flurries possible in the mountains as temperatures drop with highs in the 60s today and 40s to 60s along the coast Sunday. South Carolina forecast is partly cloudy and warmer today with showers possible northwest tonight, cooler on Sunday with more showers and highs mainly 60s to 70s.
A 47 year old Virginia woman identified as Ethel Wetherington Willis of Arlington died when her car struck a bridge railing and plunged into water in Vanceboro Pitt County. State Highway Patrol reported the accident occurred Thursday night.
Ft. McPherson reports show Capt. Ernest Medina’s lawyer argues the My Lai assault was ordered from a briefing that claimed civilians would be absent. He asserts the intelligence was incorrect and not known until after troops entered My Lai on March 18, 1968, while Lt. William L. Calley Jr. faces separate charges.
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox declared himself a segregationist and angrily walked off Dick Cavett's show after Jim Brown's question described admirers as bigots. Cavett offered an apology for wording, but Maddox refused to return.
RALEIGH AP North Carolina public college leaders will meet January 4 in Raleigh to discuss Gov. Scott’s push to reorganize higher education. The NC Board of Higher Education executive committee backed the plan, with Consolidated Univ trustees set to meet December 29 to discuss it. Scott insists any changes must come from trustees and involve a new governing structure, not a personal program.
John M. O'Brien a 26 year old Evanston resident told a news conference he spied on politicians and civilians during his Army service and warned that martial law could trigger mass arrests. He named Adlai Stevenson II Otto Kerner and Jesse Jackson as subjects and said the files were sent to Fort Meade. An ACLU lawyer sided with caution on discussing classified material and Ervin plans to call O'Brien at a Senate hearing on military spying.
SBI reports more than 15000 amphetamine capsules confiscated after a vehicle was stopped near Kings Mountain. John Harry Sheek 37 and James Joan Eller 30 were charged with illegal possession of drugs for sale and transportation of drugs.
Georgia legislator Julian Bond told a Greensboro audience at North Carolina A and T State University that blacks should fill a political vacuum created by whites moving to the suburbs. He urged blacks to be aggressive and independent in politics and spoke of a revolution in Black thinking and unity as an ideological nation within a nation. Bond called for education for liberation and support for black colleges and universities.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley announces campaign for a fifth consecutive four year term. The 68 year old Democrat, longtime head of the Cook County political machine, spoke at a news conference as the election set for next April.
A study by the North Carolina Board of Higher Education shows private colleges face budget shortfalls as enrollments fall and reserves are tapped. Deficits exceed 100 thousand dollars in nine campuses, with two near one million, prompting calls for state aid and higher reliance on scholarships and reduced capacity.
President Bob Jones of Bob Jones University says the school does not enroll Black students as it would contradict its beliefs and welfare of students. He warned that failure to enroll Negroes could jeopardize tax exemption and lead to a lawsuit if the government withholds status.
Charles W. Patterson is reappointed to a fifth term on the High Point Housing Authority. Mayor Robert Davis announced the decision on Thursday.
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