26 Jan 1972
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1972
Page
1
In a telephone response in The Enterprise an office worker asks why Southern Railway shifts cars from 11:30 to 1:30. Superintendent Leon H. Smith Jr. says a rail project caused noon switching at Fraley Road and the road train time was moved to 12:30 p m to reduce lunch hour crossings. The responder also provides the help line 882 8121.
A. Maynard French, executive director, says any person may join by buying a four play season ticket. Adult membership costs 8 dollars and student 4 dollars. No dues or fees beyond the ticket. Try-outs are open to all, and participation does not require membership. Mailing list available at Greensboro Little Theatre 712 Summit Ave Greensboro NC 27405.
Police Chief Laurie Pritchett says any Community Services Unit member can visit a class to discuss becoming a policeman or other police work. Call Captain C H Leaks office at 885 0101 ext 47 to arrange a meeting. Residents may obtain a nuisance wildlife permit from the police department to shoot squirrels within city limits if they are a nuisance.
You can obtain copies of WWII required allotment records such as birth and marriage certificates from the Register of Deeds. Visit the county seat’s Register of Deeds office in the county where the events occurred to secure copies.
The 1971 Who's Who in America lists James Cagney as president of Cagney-Montgomery Productions and vice-president of Cagney Productions. The entry implies ongoing executive roles for Cagney in that year.
Q and A clarify that holders of driver permits may drive at night if a licensed driver is present. The letter laments curbside courtesy issues in High Point where furniture buyers are given preferential treatment, citing parking meter bags and crowded street parking as a sign of ungraciousness toward furniture merchants.
Hanoi dismissed President Nixon's eight point peace proposal as unchanged from prior policy and not addressing Vietnamization or Saigon support. It urged acceptance of the seven point Viet Cong plan and said no POW releases will occur until the war ends. The broadcast criticized Thieu's 1971 unopposed re election and warned of growing prisoner lists.
President Nixon disclosed an eight point peace proposal tied to a U.S. pullout in exchange for prisoner release and Thieu stepping down for a new election. Hanoi rejected prior offers, while critics at home urged stronger moves as Paris talks prepared for a public briefing.
Henry Kissinger disclosed that over 30 months he made 13 secret trips to Paris for private Vietnam peace talks. He traveled between planes and landed at a little-used airfield near Paris, saying he would not discuss details as the actions might be repeated.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield hailed the Nixon Vietnam peace plan as a long step forward while pressing his antiwar amendment to require a fixed troop withdrawal date within six months, contingent on prisoners' release. Bipartisan reaction varied from praise to doubt about acceptance by North Vietnam.
An anonymous caller claimed incendiaries exploded at the offices of Sol Hurok and Columbia Artists Management in Manhattan. One woman is dead and impresario Hurok injured as six people are treated for smoke inhalation. Columbia Artists offices were empty. The militant Jewish Defense League has used harassment to protest Soviet Jewry.
President Nixon proposes ending all U S bombing in Indochina while keeping American jets based in Thailand after a total Viet Nam withdrawal. Pentagon sources say the text does not call for pulling planes from Thailand but allows air presence under the Nixon doctrine. The plan links a general cease fire to full troop withdrawal and prisoner releases, with SEATO allies in mind.
Thailand faces perceived danger from North Vietnamese advances in Laos and Cambodia. Defense officials compare continued U S air power in Thailand to NATO shielding Europe. Thai bases host over 130 F4 Phantom fighters, 40 B52 bombers, plus other strike aircraft.
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