11 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1968
Page
1
The notice invites readers to call ACTION LINE or write to The Enterprise to share concerns or questions. It emphasizes accessibility and asks for readers to report issues or seek help by contacting the newspaper line.
readers complain about no night coffee or snacks for those waiting with patients and expectant mothers. the piece notes long vigils, the impracticality of a soda shop, and jokes about hidden autopsy signage near vending machines in the east wing basement.
Letters discuss whether local shops can fix defective electric blankets or if only manufacturers may open wiring. Advice notes GE may no longer produce blankets and suggests raising the thermostat. A Baltimore TV show critique prompts questions about local airing and reactions from listeners.
The piece warns that carbon monoxide can cause headaches weakness nausea fainting and slowed vital signs and requires fresh air and medical support. It also offers carpet pile repair advice using a brush, damp cloth, and warm iron to lift crushed wool fibers, suggesting repeated treatments to restore the pile after table movement.
Readers report Teflon flakes in food after coating chips from pans. The coating is non poisonous but not appetizing. Recoating or trade in may be offered by manufacturers. check the dealer. No removers mentioned to dissolve the coating.
Freezing rain sleet and snow grip the state closing schools and industries. Ice accumulations vary from one to four inches with hazardous driving statewide. Mountain roads become impassable and power outages affect major towns including Goldsboro where 60 percent lose electricity. Emergency generators supply Wayne Memorial Hospital.
The storm left many roads blocked by limbs and trees with power outages across Raleigh Dunn Apex Sanford Fayetteville and Southern Pines. Fayetteville and Fort Bragg facilities operated minimally while Raleigh reported about an inch of ice. Boone saw eight to 12 inches of snow with 21 degree temps as Arctic air swept the state. Governor Dan Moore canceled a Charlotte trip for a ground breaking and a flag ceremony at UNC Charlotte. Mount Mitchell logged fresh snow atop existing deposits and Charlotte endured slick streets despite nightly city maintenance.
H. Rap Brown and aide Robert Smith fled to the Cuban mission to the United Nations after a shoving incident with Patrolman Gleason outside the building. The Cuban delegation denounced the action and said guests were forced back to the mission while police prepared charges.
Sen. Mark O. Hatfield says Nelson Rockefeller’s Vietnam stance is flexible enough to unite Republicans if he becomes the party’s nominee. Hatfield notes Rockefellers general support for Johnson policies could still allow alternatives. Governors Winthrop Rockefeller and Spiro Agnew react as New Hampshire primary looms.
A four engine military transport plane reported icing and losing altitude in a blizzard near Battle Mountain Nevada. authorities cited 18 or 19 aboard and traced sounds of possible crash near Mt Moses and Needle Peak in rugged terrain.
A Los Angeles jury sentenced former deputy district attorney Jack Kirschke to the gas chamber after convicting him of murdering his wife Elaine and another man in their Long Beach apartment. He indicated plans to seek a new trial.
Gov. Dan Moore announced the resignation of J. Will Press Jr. from the North Carolina Supreme Court and the appointment of J. Frank Huskins to succeed him. Effective Feb. 3, Huskins is currently director of the administrative office of the courts and a former Superior Court judge, legislator, and State Industrial Commission chair. Press, 69, has served since 1966 and may later serve as emergency Supreme Court justice.
A Maoist Liberation Daily report from December 27 says hoodlum and delinquent gangs seek capitalism and have started new violence in Shanghai. The dispatch notes a last-ditch struggle against the enemy, a split within the workers movement in the port city of 10 million, and ongoing class tensions.
Sen Eugene J McCarthy launches a six day California trek for the Democratic presidential nomination amid a war uproar He argues Vietnam war has created joylessness and fear and that national priorities have been distorted He cites a $38 billion two year congressional defense rise and seeks free air time from networks.
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