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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1967
Page
1
The notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise to discuss problems or concerns. Readers are encouraged to call or write about their issues for assistance or guidance from the newspaper’s help line service.
A civic club in Thomasville seeks Christmas food baskets but the Davidson County Welfare Department says no families are in need. Readers urged to help locally beyond agencies, with notes on those in need and community action within reach. A reader asks about an antique music box repair option and is directed to R L Allred at Stylecraft Antiques Greensboro High Point Road for diagnosis and possible repair.
Readers learn two suppliers for print plus Braille greeting cards: Edward Lorenz in Chicago offers 18 cards for 1.25 dollars, and Matilda iegler Magazine For The Blind in New York provides another option. A reminder to order early for year round support.
A reader asks about the history and meaning of The Thinker by Auguste Rodin and his broader works. The note also shares a Christmas plea about a missing bicycle, a violet Schwinn fastback, hoped to return to a boy named Larry and his mother Mrs. B. at Lindsay St. contact 882-9641.
The eastern United States faces widespread influenza and related illnesses this winter, with Michigan reporting near epidemic activity in Detroit and lower Michigan. Alabama and Tennessee report sizable flu and flu-like illness totals as Oklahoma cites Bartlesville as a national hotspot.
President Johnson signed a spending cut of 4.3 billion on his plane while en route to Australia. He noted Congress had cut 1.8 billion and pledged a further 2.5 billion reduction to protect the dollar. Johnson travels from Honolulu to Pago Pago then Canberra for talks with allies and memorial services for Harold Holt.
Cape Town based reports indicate Louis Washkansky 53 shows improvement in 24 hours after white blood cell transfusion. Doctors say his transplanted heart functions and lungs respond to treatment with no signs of rejection. Continuous serious illness noted despite slight gains earlier in the week.
Interim Prime Minister John McEwen said Holt’s death does not change Australia’s pledge to back allies in Vietnam. He promised to share their efforts and agonies as about 6000 Australian troops fight in Vietnam. Preparations proceed for a memorial service in Melbourne for Holt, who disappeared while swimming off the southeast coast.
President Johnson told a pretaped interview that the war might be stopped in a matter of days if South Vietnam's leader talks informally with Viet Cong and gains agreement to honor the Geneva accords. He urged private U S action on unemployment and outlined five peace proposals to end Vietnam conflict.
AP reports nationwide disputes over Christmas in public schools and government spaces. Debates cite First Amendment separation of church and state with nativity scenes carols and cross lighting at parks.
The National Safety Council estimates 625 to 725 deaths from Christmas weekend traffic with about half linked to alcohol. The period runs 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday. About 29 000 to 34 000 people may suffer disabling injuries. Travel is expected to total 7.9 billion vehicle miles.
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