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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1972
Page
1
Readers are invited to call or write Action Line for help with questions or problems. The Enterprise notes that every request is considered, but high volume may prevent acknowledgment or a reply to every inquiry.
A reader asks about proper steps if marijuana is found in a child’s room. Youth counselor Tom Watson recommends calling Contact and the Drug Action Council for counseling before discussing the issue. Also included is a math lesson on monthly interest from a five percent annual rate and notes on contacting Contact during night calls.
Disabled widows may receive Social Security benefits starting at age 50 if disabled for at least 12 months. A widow can get benefits at 60 without disability or at any age with a dependent child on the husband's record. Call 883-4166 for Social Security and 888-6478 for veterans information. An Arts Council event on January 29 at Top of the Mart is open to the public. reservations 882-0710.
The Supreme Court hears four cases challenging capital punishment as cruel and unusual under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. California and Georgia defendants argue the penalty violates rights while prosecutors defend it as a valid state policy. The ruling could affect 694 inmates in 34 states and set a constitutional standard for future executions.
In Brentwood England residents tackle litter by installing trash cans shaped as animals to engage children. A two year old Hayley Owen plays with a faux frog bin, illustrating the playful approach to waste reduction.
Washington reports a rising welfare bill with 14.3 million recipients and $10 billion spent in the year to June, projected to reach $15 billion by 1975 and possibly $25 billion by 1980. Governors and Congress push reforms including Nixon’s guaranteed income idea and tougher work requirements, while states like Maryland and Pennsylvania see large increases and 26 states move to cut rolls or benefits.
Washington reports the Nixon administration revised new food stamp rules to ensure all eligible families receive at least as much benefits as before. Secretary Earl Butz announced that benefits will be as high or higher for every household, reversing planned cuts that would have reduced assistance for higher income customers. Under the old and revised system a four person family near the poverty line would pay 84 dollars for 108 dollars in stamps, shielding higher income enrollees from reduced benefits.
SAN FRANCISCO RP Longshoremen resumed a strike at 24 West Coast ports after negotiators failed to reach a settlement. The union said talks would be resumed later and picketing began at San Francisco and Los Angeles-Long BeachHarbors once the 8 am PST deadline passed. Harry Bridges announced the strike officially resumed at 8 am while noting efforts to settle it had failed.
Washington AP reports the Internal Revenue Service begins strict enforcement Tuesday of a law requiring retailers with over $200 000 yearly revenue to post base prices conspicuously. Small shops under this threshold are exempted. fines up to 5000 and possible damage suits apply for violations.
Sheik Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's prime minister, told BBC interviewer David Frost that West Pakistani troops killed three million people and destroyed towns and homes during the fight for independence. He named 25,000 to 30,000 houses burned and called for UN action against Yahya Khan, saying the events were genocide. He said 85 percent of his country's 75 million people face starvation.
Israeli security men searched a Gaza refugee camp for Arab guerrillas after an ambush killed Mavis Pate a 46 year old nurse from Ringgold Louisiana and wounded Rev Edward Nicholas 49 and his 17 year old daughter Carol. The group was driving past the camp near Tel Aviv when gunfire struck.
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