27 Dec 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1971
Page
1
A medical guide notes diabetes results from multiple factors including reduced insulin production and brain and body gland issues. Most cases run in families, especially when both parents have it. It is diagnosed via urine sugar testing after meals and confirmed by blood sugar tests. Symptoms include thirst hunger urination weight loss fatigue vision changes and slow healing. Control relies on diet insulin and exercise.
Citizens report cars parked both sides of Edgeworth Street at Broad from 4 to 7 daily blocking passing. Traffic engineers concur the issue exists and will urge the city council to remove parking on one side.
A reader reports a Greensboro chain letter claiming a $38,000 payoff when named on top. An officer in the Greensboro Police Department detective division had no knowledge of the scheme, and the reader asks if the chain letter is legal or legitimate.
An anonymous reader asked if gift certificates can be used for post Christmas sale items. Respondents said gift certificates behave like cash in hand and can be used on marked down merchandise or any other goods, though they cannot be redeemed for cash.
Question and answer define a Day-Care Facility as any arrangement that provides care to more than five children and receives payment. The bill specifies licensing requirements for such centers, prompting details on whether five children trigger licensure.
Sixteen veterans occupied the Statue of Liberty demanding a Southeast Asia withdrawal date from President Nixon. At Travis Air Force Base eighteen Vietnam veterans who used narcotics seized an observation ward to protest drug treatment policies.
Democratic National Chairman Lawrence F. OBrien plans to monitor the primary race and call out any candidate who breaches agreements or attacks rivals. He will serve six more months as activist chairman and hopes contenders focus on shared issues rather than personal clashes to defeat Nixon.
North Vietnam faced a large air assault as 350 American fighter bombers pounded anti aircraft batteries and supply depots. Reports say missions continued around the clock with claims of hits on a hospital and provincial targets, while U S Command described the raids as limited in duration.
U S forces widen air strikes on Barthelemy and Mu Gia passes as North Vietnam doubles anti aircraft defenses. MIG jets reappear for first time since 1971 bombing halt while Nixon orders protective reaction strikes to deter further escalation.
The Internal Revenue Service announced base prices must be posted prominently by retailers before January 2 1972. Small retailers with under 100 000 in sales must display base prices on 40 top selling items, while larger firms must post on 40 top selling items per department and on all food products not exempt.
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced no draft in January and possibly none in early 1972 as the Pentagon pushes toward a volunteer army by March 1973. He cited a $3 billion pay raise, more volunteers, and retention as key factors, along with Vietnam withdrawal and Army downsizing to 892,000 by midyear.
The national Christmas Holiday toll rose to 592 traffic deaths as the 78 hour weekend ended. California led with 55 fatalities, with the year’s high of 720 noted in 1965 and last year’s total at 509.
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