24 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1971
Page
1
The reader asks for the address of L H Hunt a noted wealthy individual. The public library references list 4009 West Lawther Drive Dallas Texas 75218 as the address.
The Q A column notes a health option for low income individuals: Guilford County Mental Health Clinic located on N Wrenn Street. A reader asks about landlord entry rights and is advised tenants cannot be entered without permission.
Citizens seek to form a pollution control group as industries rise. The Conservation Council of North Carolina offers a model turning science into public policy with monthly newsletters, legislative lobbying, and potential legal action. Contact CCNC in Greensboro for guidance and membership.
Registration director James Stainey notes a 1955 Motor Vehicle Laws amendment, effective July 1, extended the grace period for expired plates from January 31 to February 15, marking the last year plates were sold starting December 1.
The idea that cats have nine lives is not literal. It arose from cats being cautious and hardy, surviving falls due to padded paws, and the saying about loving fish but fearing to wet their paws describes people eager for value but avoiding risk.
The date of birth remains February 22 while the celebration shifts to the third Monday of February. This move creates a three day weekend observed as a national holiday in some countries.
Congressional testimony exposed wide scale domestic surveillance by the military against civilians. Rep. Abner Mikva denounced responsible officers as subversives, while Ralph Stein John O'Brien and Christopher H. Pyle described infiltrations at antiwar events and monitoring of conventions and MLK Jr funeral. O'Brien charged spies targeted public officials including Mikva. Mikva urged criminal penalties for military snooping and removal of officials behind abuses.
South Vietnamese bases inside Laos faced renewed attack as U.S. helicopter losses mounted. Six helicopters were shot down or damaged with no details given, while bases north and south of Highway 9 remained ten miles inside Laos. The fighting comes amid a 17 day Laos operation that has already left 29 American helicopters lost, 40 Americans killed, 15 missing, and 26 wounded.
The Senate voted 40 to 8 to send to the House a measure allowing county commissioners to levy a 1 percent local sales tax with or without a voter referendum. An amendment requiring a referendum in counties that voted against a tax was tabled 33 to 16. The bill, tied to constitutional questions from a prior 25 county tax ruling, clarifies that a county may impose the levy if approved by voters though adjustments and safeguards were debated.
Rabbi Meir Kahane head of the militant Jewish Defense League was arrested by Belgian police after being barred from a congress on Soviet Jewry. A U.S. Embassy spokesman said the case would be studied for official action. Kahane, arriving from New York, shouted from the lobby that police arrested him as he sought entry.
The North Carolina House expected to pass a liberalized abortion bill after debate. It would allow abortion on written request up to 12 weeks with doctor approval beyond that, require parental consent for minors under 18, and reflect support from medical leaders while sparking moral and social debate.
Lt William Calley testifies he and his platoon killed villagers at My Lai describing them as the enemy and saying he did not discriminate. He says he changed magazines once after the main firing and denies seeing civilians as noncombatants during the March 1968 incident.
President Nixon declares an inflation emergency in construction and suspends the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act requiring prevailing wages on federal projects. The move, aimed at curbing inflation, draws swift criticism from union and management leaders who say it will not stop wage demands and may have limited impact on the building industry.
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