15 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1968
Page
1
A brief notice urges readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise to ask questions, settle problems, or share worries. It promotes calling anytime or writing to the newspaper for assistance. The tone invites community engagement and practical support.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk reports the latest U S initiative with North Vietnam yields no basis for stopping bombing or opening talks. U Thant and Amintore Fanfani conducted talks in Paris and Rome with Hanoi reps, but U S and Hanoi positions remain far apart. Rusk cites Hanoi’s refusal to curb military activity and insistence on halt of all U S bombing before talks. Johnson reiterates conditional willingness to halt bombing if talks show progress.
Tar Heel Followers request rosters for UNC reserves. They seek each player’s years left and current class for Jim Frye Gray Whitehead Mickey Webb Joe Brown Gerald Tuttle Eddie Fogler Jim Delaney and Ralph Fletcher. The note ends with a fan chorus about Tar Heels.
A CPA warning clarifies Social Security benefits are not taxable but count as support. Dependency hinges on whether the widow provides 51 percent or more of total support, including SS income. Seek professional guidance to determine if the daughter remains a dependent based on all support costs.
Local fan asks about a new Thomasville team. Answer confirms the club will again be called the Hi-Toms. The manager has not been named and is unlikely to be Mickey Mouse, as spring training is required for players to participate in summer play.
The gauge system is the number of solid lead balls equal to a pound. Ten gauge means 10 balls per pound, so each ball matches the barrel diameter. A 16 or 20 gauge uses more balls per pound, giving smaller diameters. The .410 uses a decimal inch measure, about 0.41 inches.
The FAA will fund half the cost to lengthen the northeast-southwest runway by 1,100 feet. Construction is slated to begin mid March. If federal funds arrive, a 1969 extension would bring total runway length to 8,200 feet. Eastern will operate 727-200s, while United and Piedmont will use DC-9s.
Neal Austin, librarian at High Point Public Library, notes the library has all but the latest State Of The Union addresses in print. A six month ago acquisition added the compilation “State Of The Union Messages of The Presidents, 1790-1966” to the reference section.
U S Marine jets bombed Hue s massive brown stone walls for the first time as offshore destroyers kept up bombardment of pockets holding out for a 16th day. Naval shelling augmented land based artillery with 5 inch shells as refugees sparked Vietnamese troops to seal routes across the Perfume River.
Israeli air force jets attacked Jordanian artillery positions along the Jordan River after Jordanian shells hit Israeli border settlements. The clash spread with artillery and tank fire from both sides. Both sides blamed the other for starting the fighting. casualties were not reported.
Government spending on foreign travel runs into millions, with no reliable total. Officials admit they cannot quantify how much is spent or how much leaks to foreign carriers. Programs like Peace Corps and NIH NIH-funded fellowships reimburse travel at eight cents per mile and often allow non U.S. carriers. The NSF paid about $100,000 in 1967 for fellows to travel abroad with similar mileage reimbursement.
The Army plans to airlift riot control gear to any city if civil disorders flare next summer. Officials say the National Guard is insufficiently trained and largely lily-white, prompting discussions of a federal riot-control force and coordinated military and police planning across dozens of states. Maj. Gen. Francis Greenlief and Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson will tour 40 states to review preparations.
Nine justices average 64 years ponder which depictions of anatomy trigger “morbid interest” for minors. Courts have hinted at state power to curb such material for youths, with New York and Dallas ordinances already restricting sale or screening to minors, potentially expanding censorship if five justices concur.
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