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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1969
Page
7
A mixed crib of clues and answers spans across and down entries. Readers chase letters to solve definitions from herbs to humor, with names, places, and terms weaving through this cryptic style grid.
Cathryn Louise Muirhead, 19, wins the Maid of Cotton title and sails for a year of travel for King Cotton. She answers a trap question with gusto, earning applause. First alternate Cynthia Gay Vincent and second alternate Eileen Lovejoy Arnold named from 20 finalists. Muirhead’s family and pageant officials praise the victory as outstanding.
North Carolina shows heavy clouds in the east and clear to partly cloudy west with colder highs near 30 to 50. South Carolina sees decreasing clouds west and a cold, windy night with a coastward freeze. Virginia remains sunny and very cold with subfreezing nights. Georgia stays fair but colder with rain احتمال southeastern areas.
Allied forces intensified sweeps in the U Minh Forest to locate U S and South Vietnamese prisoners held by the Viet Cong. So far one American and six Vietnamese have been rescued amid finds of arms depots and a small Viet Cong prison camp. The operation, part of broader efforts across the Mekong Delta and Gulf of Công region, includes dozens of field sweeps as border tensions rise along the DMZ with North Vietnam.
Major James A Rowe veteran of the Viet Cong captivity says he hardly believes he is free and back in the United States on arrival at Kelly Air Force Base Texas. He describes the escape from captivity and his minimal weight gain while surviving on rice and fish during five years of imprisonment.
Washington AP Nine members of the North Carolina delegation in the House voted Friday against seating Rep. Adam Clayton Powell for the 91st Congress. The House, however, voted to seat Powell and fined him 25 dollars. Reps Henderson Lennon Galifianakis Jones Taylor and Republicans Jonas Mizell Ruth and Broyhill opposed the seating. Newly seated Rep Richardon Preyer was not recorded as voting nor was Rep L H Fountain. Fountain's brother is seriously ill in North Carolina.
All six members of South Carolina's House delegation opposed seating Rep. Adam Clayton Powell. The House voted to seat Powell and imposed a $25,000 fine.
Robert J. Hinkle a 21 year old with mental retardation faced Army tests after his father Robert R Hinkle accused authorities of using and abusing his son The family says Robert has the mind of a 19 year old and cannot read or write They protested to congressmen prompting a postponement of tests and a move from Vietnam bound orders to Fort Lewis Washington for further evaluation They previously moved from Portland Oregon to Scappoose Oregon to escape taunting from neighbors and Robert attended a special education program before leaving school
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union orders a 60,000 member refinery strike starting at 12:01 a.m. local time. Major companies report no immediate shortages. 435 contract renewals expired at midnight. Union seeks 72 cent hourly raise over 23 months, current average pay is 3.80 an hour. Port Arthur Tex Texaco refinery injunction noted.
A second North Carolina child is treated for severe burns from the holidays. Ten-year-old Terry Wayne Bailey of East Spencer was flown to the Shriners Burns Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday after suffering third and fourth degree burns on New Years Day at his grandmother's home.
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