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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1973
Page
1
Readers are invited to call or write Action Line in care of The Enterprise to seek answers or help with problems. The column notes that while every request is considered the high volume makes individual acknowledgment difficult.
A reader asks about affordable or free name change options for a child amid custody and adoption routes. An attorney notes minors need parental consent unless abandoned. adults can petition at 16. legal aid and adoption are options. The second letter inquires about draft law and adultery shootings. the answer denies such laws. A third asks about moving planted trees if renting, with guidance to obtain landlord approval before planting permanent additions.
Dorothy Owen Mrs J G A Grace received the first Social Security card in late 1936. The number issued was 001-01-0001. The holder allowed public release due to public interest. Address unavailable. she lived in the northeastern United States.
A reader asks if a husband can will full ownership or only his share when the wife dies without a will. An attorney replies that placing both names on the deed creates an estate by the entireties, giving the husband control at the wife’s death and the ability to will it to anyone. The answer implies legality depends on state law and the deed’s nature.
Contributions for the High Point tree planting, though not in the article, are tax deductible and may be sent to the High Point Beautification Association, Inc. at P.O. Box 5025, High Point, North Carolina.
Theaters once offered student discounts via Hi Cards at schools, but printing costs and poor uptake led to cancellation. Cards were abused by non-students, and the discount was dropped about two years ago. Prices reflect town location and population. High Point rates are among the lowest in their 10-state circuit.
U S intelligence says about a dozen Communist cargo ships head toward Haiphong or China ports awaiting mine clearance. A Navy delegation led by Rear Adm. Brian McCauley plans talks with North Vietnamese officials on mine removal. Reports also show continued Chinese and Russian support and large January deliveries to China for North Vietnam.
Viet Cong banners sprout across a hamlet southwest of Saigon where the group has held control for years, with flags visible since the cease-fire and local display noted.
Contracts covering nearly five million workers face wage talks this year with unions asserting the 5.5 percent Nixon guideline is unrealistic. Leaders from the Communications Workers, International Ladies Garment Workers, and United Rubber Workers press for stronger pay and benefits while opposing standby wage and price controls.
Leonard Woodcock said Phase 2 controls easing is a step forward but wages won’t be the main issue in September contract talks for 775,000 UAW members in auto, farm-implement, and auto parts plants. He noted overtime and early retirement pension plans as key concerns. The Machinists union is pressuring Congress to end Nixon’s economic controls by April 30.
The IRS pushes self service in income tax filing as reform aims to cut complexity. Congress loosened provisions to lower taxes for millions, while agencies seek to simplify forms and instructions so most filers can complete returns without outside help.
IRS Commissioner Johnnie M Walters leads a reform push amid concerns that more than 600 million dollars was spent on tax assistance last year. He targets growing numbers of fly by night tax preparers as a core aim of the drive.
Walters cited a survey finding 50 percent of returns prepared by nationwide tax preparers were unacceptable to the IRS. The agency now requires outside preparers to sign and include their Social Security numbers to trace returns, signaling a move beyond prior standards.
U S officials expect the first American prisoners of war to be released this week in South Vietnam as a joint commission works to finalize the initial phase of releases. Meanwhile U S ships and helicopters prepare to clear Navy mines in North Vietnamese waters and a task force forms in the Tonkin Gulf for minesweeping duties.
Rescue teams search the rain swollen Haw River for Fred Fuller of Chapel Hill after his rubber raft capsized near Pittsboro. David Miller also of Chapel Hill swam to shore while four others were rescued. Two UNC Chapel Hill students, Tom Dunigan and Jim Sneeringer, were in another canoe that overturned. they reached an island and signaled for help. The Weather Service reports rivers have crested as floods ease.
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