19 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1968
Page
1
Community members are invited to call ACTION LINE or write c/o The Enterprise to share problems and seek solutions. The notice encourages reaching out to settle issues, deliver feedback, and discuss concerns with the newspaper's assistance.
A reader questions child support duties and welfare payments amid a blended family and urges a firm talk on finances. The note also asks about veteran dependents hospital care and estate rights for children from two marriages.
The first three digits indicate the state of issuance with the next two as nonmeaningful series to enable volume. A, B: Toll removals between exchanges raise base charges. expansion requires community interest, customer approval, and State Utilities Commission consent. High Point and Randleman tolls depend on intercity use and local approvals.
The piece explains that Vietnam experiences year round rain with winter monsoons from October to April affecting the north and central coasts, and summer monsoons from the south and southwest soaking the Mekong Delta. Saigon averages 81.5 degrees and 80 inches of rain yearly, Hue in the north about 128 inches.
Johnson administration eyes an April 1 effective date for a 10 percent income tax surcharge on individuals while proposing a retroactive January 1 date for corporations. The plan, tied to a projected 186 billion dollar spending and an 8 billion deficit, awaits House action and Mills review.
In a AP survey, Congress members report crime and riots as the top voter concern, surpassing Vietnam while many express frustration over the war yet prefer a negotiated settlement. Critics urge swift anti crime action and faster progress on ending the conflict.
U S military briefing reports heavy fighting south of the DMZ with several air strikes, losses of two F4 Phantom jets, and a major clash near Khe Sanh. A Viet Cong mine attack near a Mekong Delta HQ killed 18 and wounded 38 as Lang Vei rocket fragments are examined.
Pennsylvania Gov. Shafer disclosed that Dr. Norman Yoder fabricated a report that six college students were blinded by the sun after taking LSD. Yoder admitted the hoax, was suspended, and sent to a Philadelphia psychiatric hospital after questioning by state officials.
At a White House lunch on crime in the streets singer Eartha Kitt confronted Mrs Lyndon B Johnson with a passionate appeal about Vietnam era youth rebellion. She blamed parental taxes and war for street unrest and urged constructive action while President Johnson noted day care funding under the Social Security Act.
Republican Rep. H R Gross accuses the SBA of helping Alaska Democrat L Donald Pruhs pay off a high interest bank loan with a large disaster loan. The $893 780 loan refinances prior debt at 3 percent over 30 years, far below Pruhs prior payments.
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