29 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1970
Page
1
The U S local court personnel say no current plans to change divorce proceedings. Any legal changes would come through the legislature. There are three main grounds for divorce one year separation adultery and mental illness.
The article credits A Paul Anderson with the record back lift of 6000 pounds by a man. It notes feats of extraordinary strength include bending steel to free someone from a burning vehicle and other dramatic demonstrations.
High Point district court judges say a drunk driver faces a six month suspended sentence a $100 fine and costs plus possible license loss unless restricted driving is allowed. For public drunkenness an active sentence is rare until cure efforts fail and most arrestees are jailed at least four hours.
George Austin A joins Ragsdale High School VICA to offer 20 volunteers with cars to distribute toys food and candy in High Point and Jamestown during Christmas. The note praises local youths who helped prepare two Christmas parties for hundreds of kids organized by C E C Civil Air Patrol St Christopher's Episcopal Church and Southside neighborhood centers.
Citizens may take de tinsel trees to their nearest fire station on December 30 or 31 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The city chipper will grind trees at the stations and produce free mulch chips. Children accompanying trees receive a free toy. chips are free in exchange for a bag or carton.
The Senate approved a 1.8 billion dollar appropriations bill sending 255 million to Cambodia and 500 million to bolster Israel's armed forces. The package also advances Social Security enhancements for about 26 million recipients and contemplates a large Asia Middle East aid share as Congress nears adjournment.
Former Undersecretary of State George W. Ball says West Germany's liberal stance toward the Soviet Union could invite diplomatic adventures that threaten the Western Alliance. He expresses confidence in Chancellor Willy Brandt but questions Bonn's course after Brandt and urges firmer concessions from Moscow in the nonaggression talks.
In an Associated Press interview former senator and Western alliance advocate Richard Ball warns of a possible drift of West Germany away from the Atlantic bloc toward Moscow. He notes Brandt’s push for a nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union tied to Berlin talks, and questions whether ratification will come without substantial concessions from Moscow.
Snow covered most of the state with two inch accumulations in the western Piedmont and mountains. Ice closed Blue Ridge Parkway. four inches reported at Wayah Gap. Ground covered in Charlotte. Fayetteville saw mixed precipitation. Rain expected overnight with clearing by Wednesday. temperatures in the 20s tonight and 40s Wednesday.
The FTC is reportedly ready to require octane ratings on gas pumps, a goal dating to 1968 urged by Sen. Proxmire and supported by consumer groups. Industry objects that octane alone misses other gas qualities, but proponents say it helps drivers choose proper fuel and may curb pollution and engine damage.
Representative F Edward Hebert of Louisiana pledges to keep the House Armed Services Committee on a tough pro military course set by the late L Mendel Rivers Hebert says the draft will not end and no major spending cuts are planned urging expansion of the Navy modernization program and Safeguard antimissile system Hebert argues Nixon should pursue a Vietnam endgame with a strong military and rejects becoming the worlds policeman Hebert says a volunteer army will not work and the draft should extend beyond June 30
Workmen rewire the Senate chamber for a speech reinforcement system delaying completion by the lame duck session. The 125000 dollar system aims to give each senator a desk microphone and personal loudspeakers with gallery speakers planned for public listening when Congress reconvenes.
The Federal Trade Commission filed a proposed complaint accusing Reader's Digest Association of 11 sweepstakes promotions from 1966 to 1969 of misleading prize disclosures. It seeks an order guaranteeing full prize award, clear odds, and consent-based use of winners' names and addresses.
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