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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1972
Page
1
Readers submit questions on hepatitis from dirty needle use and emotional struggles. A Bowman Gray physician warns this infection is highly transmissible among drug users and urges sterile care. the page also offers tennis lessons, seed requests, family guidance, and a Headstart circus trip fundraiser.
London AP reports a high profile literary intrigue involving Clifford Irving and Howard Hughes. A singer describes a past relationship with Irving, recounting travel from Chelsea to Nassau and Mexico while noting doubts about an affidavit alleging she accompanied him. She fears impact on Irving’s marriage Edith and cites Ibiza social life as backdrop.
Congress advances its own remedy for a 124 day West Coast dock strike as Senate approves a strike ending bill 79 to 3. It creates a three member arbitration panel and bans strikes or lockouts for 18 months while a ratification vote is awaited by 13,000 longshoremen.
The carrier Constellation returns to the Tonkin Gulf from Hong Kong as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong attacks surge across South Vietnam. U S forces expect possible strikes on North Vietnam if a major offensive begins. At least 13 Americans wounded and 37 South Vietnamese killed. Cease-fire for Tet applies to South Vietnam only. allied forces on high alert.
President Nixon urged Democratic rivals to scrutinize antiwar criticisms to avoid giving the Communists incentive to fight. In a radio address he defended his 1968 campaign stance and emphasized the president alone can negotiate an end to the war while promising a more stable peace through new world alliances and talks with the Soviet Union and China. He noted agreements with Russia and a planned Moscow visit in May.
Belfast AP reports a 24 hour D-Day Disruption campaign by civil rights leaders caused minimal violence. Barricades blocked roads at Newry and Coalis while motor traffic burned in Tyrone. telephone service largely normal. Belfast and Londonderry saw small protests and few participants as leaders pursued anti internment action. Civil rights leaders collected petitions and fostered plans for broader action despite sparse turnout.
In 1968 Governor Bob Scott appointed 42 of 53 top donors to public roles. The list led by Irwin Belk, Clifton Benson and William Horton details appointments including highway commissioners and a Board of Conservation and Development chairman. Additional donors include N Elton Aydlett and Charles Hayworth with judicial and zoological authority roles.
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