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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1972
Page
1
The Enterprise invites readers to send questions or help requests to Action Line. Staff note high volume means not all inquiries can be answered or acknowledged. Readers are urged to write or call for assistance.
Reader asks if the lowered road bed will stay through winter. State engineer M C Adams explains trenching to prep base and pavement, weather delays. Contractor to backfill to prevent hazards. safety concern addressed. Also notes on Bill Boggs single status and ties, and a Q A about a Charles Perrault quote from Mother Goose Tales.
A police spokesman explains that private citizens may use only necessary and reasonable force to defend home and family. Each case is judged on its merits, with reasonableness determined at trial. actions must be guided by common sense and may be challenged in court. The column also notes Kendall Center volunteer info for retarded children in Greensboro.
Nation mourns death as Harry S. Truman lies in state and prepares for funeral in Independence Missouri. Public figures including Richard Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson pay final respects while Mrs. Truman rests at home. Memorial service planned in Washington and government offices closed in mourning.
Former President Harry S. Truman campaigned in 1960 for John F. Kennedy in eastern North Carolina, answering a reporter who called him Nixon and recounting anecdotes from his public life. Friends Mark Ethridge Sr. and Oscar R. Ewing recall Truman’s blunt humor and influence, including a Raleigh monument dedication to North Carolina natives who became presidents.
A cattle truck plowed through a guard rail and rammed a chartered church youth bus near Fort Sumner killing 19 and injuring at least 14. The Woodlawn Baptist Church group from Austin was en route to a ski retreat amid a federal NTSB inquiry and rescue efforts.
Israeli jets crossed the cease fire line near Nahal Golan to hit a guerrilla base, two Syrian army positions, and an artillery battery in retaliation for attacks. No casualties reported. The raids followed a five week lull, with conflicting claims over damage. Defense ministers cited retaliatory losses on both sides since September.
Randall Jessee of the EPA described Bess Truman and daughter Margaret Daniel as calm and composed after the former president's death. Margaret returned from New York to be at his bedside on Christmas Day.
U S military says in a Dec 18 to 24 operation more than 1400 strikes hit Hanoi Haiphong area targeting rail yards shipyards command facilities warehouses and more. Reports 20 planes lost 52 bombers 400 B52s dropping over 10000 tons. In South Vietnam heavy fighting continues in northern provinces.
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