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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1971
Page
15
Readers petition for a traffic signal at Nathan Hunt and Brentwood and ask about widening Ward Street from English Road to Westchester. Officials cite minimal benefit during peak hours and estimate four to six years before any construction begins.
The letter explains NC law requires 16 to obtain a license with a temporary learner permit available at age 15 for 30 days or until 16. A licensed guardian must ride beside the driver. Driving before 16 without a permit was described as flirting with prosecution, not fugitive status.
National TV ads promise lower station to station long distance rates when dialing directly, but High Point users will pay similar rates via operator. Direct Dialing arrives late February. Day rates 7 am–5 pm in-state and 8 am–5 pm out-of-state. Evening 5–7 pm in-state and 5–11 pm out-of-state. Night 7 pm–7 am in-state and 11 pm–8 am out-of-state. Special low rates on weekends and holidays with details from the phone company.
President Nixon in a nationally televised interview says his greatest achievement to date is the gradual withdrawal of U S troops from South Vietnam and expresses hope for prosperity and peace by 1972. He concedes home-front setbacks and credits pre office events for much of the trouble. He predicts 1971 will be good and 1972 very good, with full employment aims and welfare reform efforts pending Congress.
President Nixon says there will be no tax increase in 1972 as deficits loom in the forthcoming budget. He outlines expansionary policy to cut unemployment to 4 percent by 1972 and previews plans for revenue sharing welfare reform and a possible later value-added tax. A new Treasury secretary will lead the push on these goals.
A South Vietnamese airborne soldier bends over a dead North Vietnamese trooper to retrieve ammunition from an AK-47 near Prey Totung Cambodia after an operation to clear Route 7 northeast of Phnom Penh.
Julius Alex Brigman 48 a Charlotte truck driver was charged with murder after allegedly following his wife in a car at 80 to 90 mph and ramming her vehicle It led to her death when her car struck a bank and fell into a hole near Interstate 85 A 21 year old passenger provided the account and identified Brigman as the killer
The U S Third Circuit Court of Appeals held federal housing programs must study the impact on racial integration for new projects. Judge John J Gibbons said Civil Rights Acts require agencies to weigh alternatives and justify whether physical rehabilitation or minority housing outweighs risks of increased segregation.
Consumer groups condemned an FDA plan to rely in part on industry funded research from CRI Washington meant to shape new nutrition label rules. Critics call it a conflict of interest while CRI officials say the study will reflect facts and empower consumer input in regulation.
The federal gun crime law adds an extra prison term when a gun is involved in a federal crime. First offenders face one-to-ten years for crimes with a gun, with two-to-25 years for repeats. a separate gun term piles on top. The act, part of a $3.5 billion anti crime bill signed by President Nixon, expands Safe Streets provisions and Congress oversight.
Lauderdale health officials declare an epidemic after 13 000 influenza cases in Broward County last week and 18 deaths from pneumonia linked to flu. Most victims are elderly with chronic heart or lung conditions. Health Director Dr Paul Hughes urges vaccination and booster shots as preventive measure.
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