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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1970
Page
2
After a 24 hour New Year cease fire, allied forces in Vietnam restart operations. U S casualties push total dead past 40 000 with 8 Americans killed in the Dec 21 27 period and Agnew visiting Saigon.
In Fayetteville North Carolina Sgt C Leroy Jones 32 of Fort Bragg witnessed the shooting of Shirley Hussey 38 wife of a Vietnam era Army casualty. She died of four gunshot wounds at home with one daughter Lynn 12 present and hospitalized. an official ruling on cause of death was pending.
Abbott Abbie Hoffman, 33, sparred for six hours with an assistant U.S. attorney in a Chicago federal court over charges he conspired to incite rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Judge Julius Hoffman admonished the defendant as he claimed statements attributed to him were taken out of context.
North Carolina Court of Appeals reversed the Sparrow couple's convictions for hiding a runaway girl in Charlotte while upholding Britton Oxidine Jr. The justices found insufficient evidence the Sparrows knew of the girl's presence but ruled Oxidine knew she should not be there and tried to conceal her from parents and police.
Vice President Spiro Agnew met with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu and gifted four tiny moon rocks. He flew in from the Philippines on Air Force Two, then left by helicopter likely to visit U.S. troops. Agnew stressed the Nixon Doctrine does not abandon Asian commitments as U.S. forces tighten security around the palace.
Forecast shows mostly cloudy cold conditions across North Carolina with possible rain or snow in the mountains and rain elsewhere. South Carolina expects cloudiness and cooling with a chance of rain possibly mixed with sleet or snow at higher elevations. Virginia has partly cloudy to night with lows in the 20s and Friday clouds with rain or snow chances. Georgia remains cloudy and cold with light rain possible tonight and late Friday, with brief snow risk on the north high ground.
New Orleans AP. Judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr of the state criminal district court steps aside on indefinite leave after being charged with soliciting and transporting three women to a stag party. The 56 year old presided over the Clay Shaw trial and resigned after the district attorney filed formal charges following a police vice raid.
Winston-Salem coverage reports the NC Democratic party restructuring commission weighing a quota representation plan. James B. Hunt cautions a potential fight over the system to be discussed in Winston-Salem meetings. Reginald Hawkins demands quotas for executive committee membership staff and delegate selection. He says the national party study enables a state quota system. Hunt notes strong sentiment for minority group fair treatment proposals.
A Czech escapee named Jim sought asylum after fleeing Los Angeles leaving belongings behind. He spent initial hours in a Long Beach jail while a board reviewed his plea. National attention drew letters and funds from New York and Ohio families. He planned to buy a car, spent Christmas with the Kegley family in San Clemente, studied with Dawn Kegley, and pondered returning to Prague years later as an American citizen.
New Year celebrations span from Times Square in New York to Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro and Trafalgar Square in London. Crowds witness fireworks and music as police report arrests and injuries in the chaos.
Princeton AP report notes Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower leading the Gallup poll with 125 votes among 1511 respondents. Close runners include Indira Gandhi 112, Mrs Richard Nixon 110, Golda Meir 103, Mrs Aristotle Onassis 100, with other figures like Mrs Kennedy and Queen Elizabeth also named.
Elka Mann, a stripper known for the theme song Not Enough Blood, agreed to donate blood for a local health drive in Hamburg West Germany. When asked for her blood type she answered Warm.
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