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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1972
Page
1
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A government study by the National Institute of Mental Health questions popular views on marijuana and notes possible medical value for glaucoma. It calls for more research on effects on driving, fetal development, and brain and kidney health, and warns against smoking by young women.
The City-County Building basement on S. Hamilton hosts registrations from 8 to 5 with a lunch hour 1 to 2 on weekdays. Seventeen-year-olds who will be 18 by the November election may register early. Residency requirements apply: one year in state and 30 days in the county. Call Mrs. Elva Small at 886-4498 with questions.
Billy Everhart, 14, suffers third degree burns in a gasoline explosion in the garage behind his home. His father Sam also has burns on his hands. Four brothers ages 6, 9, 15, and 16 are in school. Donations to the Billy Everhart Trust Fund at 321 Gregg St High Point NC 27263 or to WNOS Radio are requested.
The article reports Clifford Irving denying a Los Angeles Times claim that he and Richard Suskind met Howard Hughes and that they forged the autobiography. It covers possible deals to gain legal protection for his wife Edith, ongoing federal and state probes in Madrid and New York, and related testimony from figures including Nina van Pallandt and Ann Baxter.
President Nixon insists on sticking with the eight point peace proposal and demands a reply from North Vietnam. He criticizes Democratic critics while reaffirming no new proposals without joint agreement and outlines plans for his China visit. He also covers taxes busing India and other questions in a broad White House briefing.
Sen Edmund Muskie accused President Nixon of whipsawing the government with two 1966 statements on Vietnam policy and pressed his own two point peace approach. Nixon and Atty Gen Mitchell countered at White House news conferences and a Washington fundraiser, while Mitchell praised Humphrey and Jackson.
Hundreds of U S and South Vietnamese warplanes launched about 400 strikes in a 24 hour period ending dawn, hitting the DMZ from the demilitarized zone to the central highlands. Raids targeted infiltration corridors in South Vietnam Laos and Cambodia including base camps supply depots and troop concentrations. Casualties reported include 149 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed by Communists countermeasures and 29 South Vietnamese killed with 104 wounded. Communist forces ambushed two U S convoys and encircled a government outpost on a busy highway.
Nineteen inmates escaped Warrensville Workhouse in Warrensville Heights by sawing bars, climbing to a roof, and jumping 24 feet to the ground. One captured soon after. two more caught after a high speed chase in a stolen car in Lakewood. Sixteen awaited felony trials. three were municipal prisoners.
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