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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1968
Page
2
U S planes struck the Hanoi radio station for the first time in the war while monitors reported it remained on the air. The attack targeted a major transmitter near Hanoi as U S forces escalated ground and air operations across North and South Vietnam.
Scott M. Lucas, Democratic leader in the Senate until his 1950 defeat by Everett Dirksen, died after a cerebral hemorrhage. A former congressman and candidate considered for Truman’s running mate, Lucas had long supported New Deal and Fair Deal legislation and practiced law in Washington and Havana. He was born February 19, 1892, near Chandlerville, Ill., and served in World War I.
Governor Moore’s office handles many requests for North Carolina flags from Tar Heels in Vietnam. A 2x3 foot flag is sent free to servicemen. others pay 2.40 dollars. Lawrence A. Watts Jr. manages mailing duties, having sent 250 to 300 flags since July.
Pfc Lloyd T Goodman Jr from Greensboro asks the governor to send a North Carolina flag for his Vietnam service, offering to pay the cost COD or by other payment. Pfc James L Stevens also requests a NC flag to display in his quarters.
A row of icy formations along the Lake Michigan shore near Fullerton Avenue in Chicago stretches into the water. Temperatures dipped below freezing early today.
In Raleigh AP report, at least four candidates filed to enter North Carolina May 4 primaries, including Nick Galifianakis and David Stith in the 4th District Democratic race. Durhams shift to the 4th District noted. Stith is a Black president of a business college. Charles A Pratt of Wrightsville Beach also filed to oppose Sen Sam Ervin in the Democratic primary.
Weather forecast notes very cold conditions across the region. The Carolinas remain mostly clear and cold with night lows in the teens to 20s and increasing cloudiness Friday with a chance of rain or snow. Virginia stays fair and cold tonight with lows near 10 to 16 and Friday highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s. Georgia is mostly fair with colder nights and Friday clearing and cold with lows in the teens to 20s and highs in the 40s to 50s.
Richard B. Hayes is named director of client services at Wm. F. Freeman Associates, a new department to broaden service areas. He previously worked at R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in Winston-Salem as an assistant advertising manager and at J. Walter Thompson in New York.
George M Irvine Jr age 40 named executive vice president of Hatteras Yacht Co in an announcement by president David R Parker Jr Irvine resigns from Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp where he led marine and recreational products for 17 years He is Maryland alumnus with studies at Johns Hopkins and MIT married to Joan C Murphy of Wilmington Del with two children George M III 16 and Edison Lewis H 14 Delaware naval heading to Hatteras Yacht Co.
Police and FBI pursued a possible link between the West Springfield Virginia dynamite theft and a bomb explosion at the Soviet Embassy in Washington DC. They had several leads as investigators, under President Johnson, worked to resolve the case quickly.
The Associated Press reports two to three inches of snow across lower coastal North Carolina with streets mostly clear. The light snowfall extended to Myrtle Beach in South Carolina as Wilmington recorded a 25 degree low and clearing skies after the morning.
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