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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1970
Page
3
American B52 bombers dropped nearly 1,000 tons of bombs on suspected North Vietnamese positions along the Cambodian border southwest of Ben Het. The raids, begun Monday, aimed to prevent a siege of the Ben Het Special Forces camp and disrupt enemy buildup in the central highlands.
Israeli warplanes flew within 19 miles of Cairo to strike two Egyptian bases housing SA2 missiles near Helwan. The raids targeted bunkers antiaircraft positions motor pools and army camps along the Suez Canal. Moscow promised support to Arab states if Israel persists.
A 10,000 gallon fuel oil slick flowed from a grounded tanker Delian Apollon in Tampa Bay, circling shorelines and coating boats at St. Petersburg Beach. Crews and volunteers rushed to clean beaches while Audubon officials warned birds were dying from exposure.
Anne of the Thousand Days leads with ten Oscar nods as the Academy's 3,100 voting members favor a historical drama over youth-oriented films. Midnight Cowboy receives seven nominations while Easy Rider earns two, and Dustin Hoffman Jon Voight Elliott Gould Genevieve Bujold Jane Fonda and Liza Minnelli land acting mentions. The 42nd ceremony is set for April 7 with winners receiving statuettes.
North Carolina crackdown arrests 14 youths aged 17 to 22 across Orange Durham and Moore counties. Curtis Howard Sitterson, UNC Chancellor J Carlyle Sitterson’s son, faces four narcotics sale counts with $20 000 bail. Others include UNC and Sandhills Community College students and several Durham residents.
The Winston-Salem Forsyth County Board submits a desegregation plan leaving 20 schools either all black or all white with no involuntary bus ing. Free bus transport will be provided for students living more than a mile and a half from their schools. The plan, filed in U.S. District Court, prioritizes applications to attend racially minority schools and rejects school pairing or broad busing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed G Harrold Carswell 13 to 4 despite sharp criticism from civil rights activists and labor leaders. Critics, led by NAACP and AFL-CIO, condemned the nomination as harmful and warned it could embolden extremists while supporters argued he meets professional standards for the Supreme Court.
The West German Supreme Court rejected Anna Anderson Manaham's appeal challenging a Hamburg court's 1967 ruling she failed to prove she was Grand Duchess Anastasia. The decision was on procedural grounds with no ruling on her claim, and she may pursue action against other heirs.
Los Angeles AP petition states Superior Court Judge William B. Keene attended a bar association skit mocking Charles Manson. Robert Levy, a Manson friend and producer, claims the event compromised Keene's impartiality in the Tate murder trial. Levy sought only to inform the appeals court of the facts.
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