26 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1971
Page
1
The Enterprise invites questions and requests through Action Line but notes high volume limits acknowledgment. Readers are urged to call or write and understand not every inquiry can be answered due to the volume.
A reader recalls a 1929 Sunday afternoon dirigible passing over High Point from southwest to northeast amid low clouds. The memory notes confusion over newsworthiness and references a Graf Zeppelin show and local city budget headlines from that era.
North Vietnamese forces overran Hill 31, a South Vietnamese paratrooper base in Laos, in a fierce hand to hand fight. The 450 man garrison was nearly wiped out as Hanoi pressed a Laos incursion. US air and helicopter support tried to blunt the assault and relieve the siege along Highway 9.
A caller in Archdale is told the license number provided was referred to law enforcement. The note explains the paper does not publish many such complaints as investigations proceed and prior reports have been found distorted due to incomplete facts.
Reader questions why 800 block Tate Street homes remain despite building inspector actions. Anon notes previous Tate Street fires and reports that the inspections office will not allow substandard structures to stand without repairs or demolition once due process is completed.
A reader on Archdale Road laments trash from vehicles including beer cans bottles wrappers and cups and urges residents to keep litter bags in cars. The writer asks for adults to set a better example for children and notes the community has previously condemned sloth but will pass along the comment as a reminder.
Senator Javits told the Mid-America World Trade Conference that the Vietnam War could ruin Nixon next year, urging total withdrawal by mid 1972. Fellow Republicans Mathias and McCloskey echoed concern that without Congress action to end the war, the political outlook may shift before the New Hampshire primary.
Sen. George S. McGovern campaigns ahead of the New Hampshire primary, saying he does not expect to win but aims to show strength in the first four or five 1972 contests. He denounces Vietnam war policy, pledges a federal jobs program if needed, and meets with Democratic leaders in Concord while touring Hawthorne College and Durham events.
The White House seeks to end a ban barring federal aid to students tied to campus disturbances. Rep. Neal Smith expects the restriction to stay in appropriation bills. HEW cites 0 lists while officials warn the plan creates an administrative nightmare.
Mount Airy North Carolina police detective C Monroe Boggs aged 37 was shot dead while stopping a car during a stolen vehicle search. He died eight minutes before his 11 pm shift end at the intersection of US 52 and NC 89. He leaves a wife and two children and had four years on the force with prior sheriff and merchants patrol experience. His brother Roger Boggs is a Randolph County deputy sheriff.
An Associated Press test of nearly 800 letters across six bureaus finds air mail at an extra four cents often does not shorten delivery. Zip codes rarely guarantee speed, with seven in ten nonzip letters arriving as fast or faster than coded mail. Monday morning is best. Friday morning worst.
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