23 Jan 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1970
Page
1
An advisory prompt invites readers to call or write ACTION LINE c o The Enterprise with concerns or questions. The note encourages reaching out to settle problems or worries and suggests using contact details provided.
A sports note clarifies that a field goal can count after a horn if the whistle comes later. a foul shot is dead once the whistle blows and cannot score until the referee signals. It also advises for writers to seek reviews from literary agents or publishers, with resources like The Writer's Market.
Readers ask about congestion at airport parking and advise contacting a deputy sheriff for a space when lots are full. A separate letter discusses GI Bill mobile home loans, with VA guidance on eligibility, guarantees, and local office contact.
Snow and sleet spread across most of the state causing emergency driving warnings in six western counties and widespread school closures. Roads west of Raleigh require chains on secondary streets and warnings persist as temperatures stay in the 20s with mixed precipitation forecast.
In Washington Congress members recount walking home alone after Nixon’s State of the Union warning. Senators and representatives including Burdick Proxmire Eckhardt Jordan Gore Aiken Yarborough Clark Saxbe Chisholm share experiences from burglaries, bar installations, and late returns to the Capitol area. A Commerce Department credit union was robbed of 128600 just hours before Nixon spoke.
President Nixon addressed a joint session outlining goals to make peace with nature, fight crime, and sustain Vietnam policy. He promised more than a dozen proposals this year, with a top item a five year ten billion dollar municipal pollution program. Senate and Democratic leaders weighed in on costs and possible measures to curb inflation.
In Washington Sen Edward Kennedy scheduled a second attempt to amend the anticrime bill as the Senate neared passage sought by President Nixon. Kennedy and Sen Phillip Hart debated striking a section allowing extended penalties and access to illegally obtained wiretap evidence. The bill aims to curb organized crime by tightening penalties and targeting racketeering in business and unions.
Many GOP senators who opposed Haynsworth remain undecided on Judge G Harrold Carswell nomination awaiting Judiciary Committee hearings. Some Republican leaders including Hugh Scott and Margaret Chase Smith expressed cautious positions while Mitchell briefed on Carswell background.
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