14 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1968
Page
1
A reader asks why Thomasville light bills rise at Christmas. City manager J Kyle Williams says the city pays for seasonal lights, citing a past season cost of 133.08. The advice: check Duke Power meter and detect unauthorized usage.
The column suggests marble slab work for a table top with guidance to North State Monument in Greensboro and Guilford Monument, plus furniture sizing tips. It notes shared truck routes between the two shops and cautions about hazardous methods and pest control tactics for moles and grubs in the yard.
A reader urges news outlets to curb graphic live action footage of soldiers in Vietnam and Korea, expressing distress over seeing loved ones in battle and recalling wartime losses in World War II. The letter urges less sensational reporting while acknowledging reporters risk their lives to inform the public.
AP reports U.S. fighter bombers downed two MIG17s and struck three North Vietnamese airfields while Marines attacked Hue. F4 Phantoms fought the MIGs northwest of Hanoi, total MIGs downed in three years reaching 110 against 40 U.S. planes lost. Air strikes targeted Bai Thuong Haiphong Haiphong airfield Vinh. Marine jets pounded the Citadel outer walls as a North Vietnamese regiment held the fort.
U Thant rushed to Paris after New Delhi patrol as talks on Vietnam peace appear distant. He met with North Vietnamese representatives and planned discussions with French officials while London officials remained pessimistic about progress.
An indictment unsealed in Charleston charges former West Virginia Governor William Wallace Barron and five associates with conspiring to obtain bribes for state contracts. Also named are Sawyers Johnkoski Gore Brown and Schroath, all tied to a scheme starting January 1961 to steer contracts through preferred firms and predicated bids.
A 275 gallon kerosene tank at High Point Oil and Coal exploded just before noon, destroying the office interior and roof and sending burning fuel over the brick building. Employee Roy Staton witnessed smoke and a fire under the tank near Commerce and Centennial around 11 30.
Time Inc agreed to acquire all assets and liabilities of the Newark News from Richard Scudder Jr. and Edward Scudder Jr. for 325000 shares of Time stock plus about 5 million dollars in assumed debt. The Newark News would become a Time subsidiary pending IRS tax ruling and Time board approval.
The President's Commission on Civil Disorders is nearing a final report concluding last summer's urban riots were spontaneous not conspiracy driven. If no new evidence emerges, this will be a central finding with urgent recommendations to prevent disorders.
Sen Thruston B Morton questions the necessity of the U S stand at Khe Sanh in northwest South Vietnam amid a possible Communist attack. He says impact on supply lines and the lack of local population questions the strategy and urges focusing on protecting populous areas. He notes GOP and Democratic unease and predicts Congress will question war policy. Pan American United Continental and Trans World will boost MAJCOM airlift to Vietnam. Officials see no new Viet Cong influx yet major centers remain vulnerable.
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