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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1969
Page
1
Readers seek local service reps and home tips from The Enterprise column. Questions cover Fuller Brush availability, removing grease from skillets, cartoonists, dental care for teens, FM programming, call letters origins, and long sleep records, with expert notes and local contacts.
President elect Nixon named Massachusetts Attorney General Elliott Richardson as undersecretary, U Alexis Johnson as undersecretary for political affairs, and Richard Pedersen as counselor. He also intends U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker to stay in Saigon temporarily. Johnson will return to Japan after a Vietnam stop. Pedersen will advise on major foreign policy issues.
Washington AP report says President Johnson will send a balanced budget under $200 billion, using a one year extension of the 10 percent surcharge set to expire June 30. Built in cost increases push spending to about $195 billion minimum, with potential rise if new programs are added.
Gen Leonard F Chapman Jr, commandant of the Marine Corps, said it is too early to begin substantial U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam. He noted a possible move within a year if enemy units stay out of contact and ARVN improves, while political settlement aspects lie outside his purview.
An Afghan Airways Boeing 727 with 67 people aboard crashed outside Gatewick Airport as fog grounded flights. Ambulance services report 52 dead, 15 rescued alive and taken to hospitals. many later transferred. Fire crews and 25 ambulances responded, with over 50 firefighters fighting the blaze.
U S military figures show 4768 U S aircraft lost since Jan 1 1981 including 2493 planes and 2275 helicopters from enemy fire and other causes. Total cost about 4.8 billion with helicopters dominating the toll as operations continue in Viet Cong areas like the U Minh Forest. Maj James Rowe of McAllen Texas, a Special Forces officer, was rescued after five years of captivity in the forest.
AP Washington Kennedy, 36, takes No 2 spot as Democratic whip, signaling a shift from his brother John F Kennedy’s presidential bid tactics. The piece traces parallels with Lyndon B. Johnson and Maine’s Edmund Muskie, noting Kennedy’s focus on legislative work and Mansfield calls him a true Senate man.
About 60,000 oil refinery workers walked off their jobs in a nationwide strike after failed talks on a 23 month contract. A F Grospiron of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union said no incidents were reported. The union seeks 72 cents an hour plus fringe benefits and better conditions.
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