30 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
1
A jumble of reader questions and notes asks about personal matters and local policy. Topics touch on doctor patient lines, legal entanglements, driver permits rules, carbonated drinks, and a search for a country religious song titled This World Can't Stand Long for a Christmas surprise.
Washington AP report says the Committee for Economic Development proposes a 50 percent tax credit on political contributions up to 50 dollars per taxpayer or 100 dollars for couples. Mills and Byrnes say hearings will consider the plan. party leaders weigh broader campaign financing ideas.
Israel denounces Arab support for terrorism and promises further retaliation for the Beirut airport attack. Premier Levi Eshkol says Israel will defend itself in the place of planning and execution, while the U.N. Security Council moves toward a condemnatory vote. The United States urges restraint and supports Council action to condemn the raid.
Viet Cong shot down three US helicopters over the weekend raising to 968 the choppers reported downed in South Vietnam. Despite the Viet Cong cease-fire, thousands of US and South Vietnamese troops pressed with 60 offensive operations and five enemy attacks on government bases. The Viet Cong announced a 72 hour cease-fire but warned of retaliation. US officials said there were light casualties and no fatalities on the American side and one civilian wounded. A second New Year meeting to negotiate the release of three American POWs was planned 50 miles northwest of Saigon after a prior inconclusive session.
Apollo 8 crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders begin a day of in depth de briefing with flight training specialists to review their six day voyage in detail. They will be recorded for a comprehensive report and continue discussions with scientists and fellow astronauts over the next ten days with a New Year break. Twelve color photos from the mission show Earth as a glowing blue sphere and Atlantic continents during transit.
United Nations mourns the death of Trygve Lie aged 72 in Norway. Lie, the first secretary-general, served from 1946 to 1954 before retiring to his homeland. News came via a family member in New York.
A United Nations scientist argues rising urbanization could reduce global population growth. Dr. Ulla Olin of the UN Development Program notes crowded living prompts family planning in urbanizing families, especially in developing nations, with implications even in Western countries as future generations trend smaller families.
President elect Nixon is expected to dispatch written Vietnam policy instructions to U S diplomats and military commanders soon after taking office on January 20. A top adviser said the messages would define aims and outline measures for Paris talks Saigon and field commands.
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