22 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
1
The message invites readers to contact ACTION LINE to answer questions or resolve problems. It suggests calling anytime or writing ACTION LINE c o The Enterprise. The note emphasizes proactive outreach and accessibility for readers seeking assistance.
Readers ask about the Wachovia name. A Moravian tale links Wachovia to Wachau in Austria and Count Zinzen dorf estate, later Anglicized. The column then guides on locating a bookkeeper for five years of receipts and offers an accountant contact. It also explains how to obtain Greensboro Superior Court trial transcripts through the court reporter and clerk, with cost considerations and eligibility.
City attorney Knox Walker says selling sparklers and pistol caps within High Point city limits is prohibited by ordinance. State pyrotechnics law was updated to permit caps and sparklers in Guilford County, so sales are allowed there except in High Point while use is allowed in most areas.
The article states five days of rest and recuperation do not extend a soldier’s Vietnam tour or deduct from annual 30 days. After nine days in the area, servicemen become eligible for R and R, though encouraged to take it after six months as a mid-term break. It notes a Pan Am contract provides free jet flights among various cities and that travel time does not count against the five-day allowance.
A reader shares a family recipe for pumpkin pies resembling the one the mother baked during the Civil War era. The method uses two eggs and milk with nutmeg, flour to bind, and sugar to sweetness, with variations for fewer eggs or sugar only, plus a note on preferred preparation.
Airlines railroads and bus lines prepared for the holiday peak as millions travel home for Christmas. Airlines added about 150 000 extra daily seats Dec 15 23 and Jan 1 , with resort trips to Miami Hawaii Mexico and the Caribbean Islands booming. Greyhound moved 75 090 troops since Dec 15. Continental Trailways reports similar load but below preholiday forecasts due to snow. Miami reports record holiday tourist crowds.
President Johnson left Australia after memorials for Harold Holt and talks with allied leaders. He refueled in Darwin in a secret stop, fueling speculation he would visit U.S. troops in Vietnam or Thailand and possibly Rome to see the Pope. Johnson conferred with Thieu on peace prospects and met with Wilson and Yew, with Holt’s death prompting tributes from Archishop Strong.
Seventeen men trapped for 19 hours behind a cave-in in the Techachapi mountains crawled through a narrow passage to safety. Rescuers and fellow workers had struggled from three directions before one team broke through 80 feet of debris to uncover a partial passage. The Carley V. Porter tunnel, part of the California aqueduct project, will move 110 million gallons per hour from Northern to Southern California.
In Florissant Missouri Ruth Fahrenkrog 34 and Richard Fahrenkrog 37 celebrate four baby boys Brian Mark Paul and Dwayne born Aug 25 in a St Louis hospital The quads weigh just under 19 pounds combined and are not identical The couple raise ten children in a five room brick faced bungalow near St Louis with older children aiding in the busy household
Senator J William Fulbright told Arkansas constituents the Vietnam involvement is a mistake and that the best support for troops is ending the fighting through negotiation. He said the war was not a Vietnamese aggression but a civil war and urged a settlement as he campaigns for re election. The letter followed testimony by William P Bundy about Gulf of Tonkin resolution drafts and normal contingency planning before August 1964.
In a 28 page address to the College of Cardinals, Pope Paul VI asked the United States to suspend bombing in Vietnam and offered to mediate. He urged an end to violence and promoted negotiations as the path to peace and liberty for all.
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will spearhead the administration’s counter campaign against Eugene J. McCarthy’s bid to unseat Johnson. Humphrey travels widely, handles much of the campaigning, while Johnson stays as the campaign platform leader.
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