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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1969
Page
1
Public notice urges readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise with concerns or problems. Readers may call or write to share issues and seek assistance from the column, which offers a direct line for community input and responses.
A reader outlines the steps to apply for the Peace Corps. Begin with a questionnaire from the Post Office, County Agent, congressman, or college. it asks about skills and references. After qualification, expect mail notices of Civil Service administered examinations roughly every three months. Contact Peace Corps, Washington DC 20525, for blanks and details. If you pursue it, the writer invites you to share your progress.
Readers learn higher octane means higher price and quality, while pumps may share pipelines but separate brands at stations under Gasoline Inspection Department rules. Lenses can be donated to New Eyes for the Needy in Short Hills, and a note on Famous Artists Schools in Westport advises teens on schedules, cost, and career value.
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol warned Knesset that Soviet Arab accusations of Israeli border buildup were being revived amid the French arms embargo dispute. He cited May 1967 rhetoric and warned such libels could trigger regional war, noting Arab capitals and Soviet diplomats have warned of a possible Israeli attack on Jordanian and Lebanese borders.
Bruce Reynolds, the last of Britain’s Great Train Robbery gang, is sentenced to 25 years in prison in Aylesbury. Reynolds pleaded guilty to taking part in the 1963 raid that yielded about seven million dollars, with only around one million recovered. Eleven co‑defendants remain jailed, and Reynolds denies mastermind status while noting he had a good run.
Two battalions of 8200 Marines landed at Batangan Peninsula in Vietnam in a major seaborne assault aimed at destroying a North Vietnamese sanctuary. The operation targets an eight square mile area with up to 800 enemy troops, amid expected bloody, slow pacification. Brig. Gen. Howard Cooksey commands inland cordon as forces push toward allied battalions.
The US Court of Appeals ordered Morton Sobell released from federal prison after credit for 7 months 18 days time served due to bail issues before his 1951 30 year sentence for disclosing atom bomb information to the Soviet Union. Sobell, 51, has been at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. The Rosenbergs were executed.
A Scandinavian Airlines jet splashed into the Pacific near Los Angeles International Airport during a rainstorm. Of 45 aboard, 30 survived, 4 died, 9 of the remaining 11 were listed as missing. Rescue crews pulled survivors from wings and floats as divers checked for bodies. Jet was en route from Copenhagen via Seattle. pilot Kenneth Davis praised crew and passengers for orderly evacuations.
Moscow reports AP that Air Force Lt. Col. Vladimir Shatalov launched aboard the Soyuz complex in a test flight. He reported feeling well after liftoff while Tass noted successful manual control and sun fix. Shatalov, 41, backs the Beregovov mission on Soyuz 3, continuing post Komarov testing.
SAIGON AP reports a likely cutback in U S forces amid unclear outcomes. Some see allied gains and a potential end, while others warn against ignoring political factors and enemy strength. Discussions cite possible withdrawals of 20 900 to 30 600 troops and debate when and how.
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