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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1969
Page
1
Readers ask about pruning timing for roses crape myrtles and shrubs with guidance from local experts. Costume rentals: sources in New York Philadelphia Hickory and a frugal copying idea. NASA moon claims and servicemember mail rules are clarified with safety notes. Police in cold weather duty cited with Gilbert and Sullivan reference.
A reader from North Carolina reflects on snow days and compares local winter conditions to harsher Canadian winters. She recalls arriving late or missing days, questions if children are becoming soft, and jokes about shouting Mush during the next storm while noting safety in bus loads.
A National Airlines jet with 25 passengers and seven crew was hijacked over the Gulf of Mexico by two men wielding a bomb device and a revolver. Capt. James Brown diverted the Los Angeles bound flight to Havana, landing at 10 03 a m local time, marking the sixth such hijacking to Cuba this year and the second in five days.
The last of nearly 100 miners trapped by a roof collapse and electrical fire at Humphrey No. 7 mine near the West Virginia Pennsylvania line was rescued at noon today. One man received hospital treatment for smoke inhalation as rescue teams battled to prevent spread to the main shaft. The mine, straddling West Virginia and Pennsylvania, employs about 553 workers underground and on the surface, with significant coal output in recent months.
Senate Republican leader Dirksen said the 10 percent income tax surcharge may continue until June 30, 1970 to fund federal activity and curb inflation. He spoke after a Capitol Hill meeting with Nixon and GOP leaders, noting a possible split in presenting 1969 proposals. Rep Ford said Nixon will seek power to reorganize federal agencies, with ready plans awaiting area details.
Sen. Claude Currie of Durham County was named chair of the Senate Alcoholic Beverage Control Committee. Sen. Lindsay Warren of Wayne was named vice chairman, with a roster including Sen. Bruce Briggs, J. J. Harrington, Hector MacLean, Charles Maxwell Jenburg, and Mrs. Geraldine Nielsen among others.
President Nixon told GOP leaders he will ask Congress for extra money to battle crime with emphasis on speedier trials and clearing crowded calendars. Dirksen said a supplemental appropriation would cover anticrime activities through June 30 and noted need for more judges and a larger Justice Department staff.
South Vietnamese ranger battalion backed by U S planes and artillery killed 320 North Vietnamese fighters in a weekend battle about 18 miles from the Laotian border. U S bombers and artillery accounted for about 200 enemy deaths as 51 rangers were wounded in the clash near Pleiku. additional clashes near the Cambodian border and in the DMZ reported small Vietcong losses amid ongoing Paris talks.
World reaction pours in as Iraq hangs 14 people including nine Jews on spying for Israel charges. Vatican paper decries the act, U Thant to be informed, and Israel warns of further executions while the United States condemns the action as repugnant to conscience and disproportionate to Iraqi affairs.
President Nixon signals a shift toward using sufficiency instead of superiority to describe U S military power. He states the aim is to ensure enough force to defend U S interests and maintain global commitments, a stance that may impact arms talks with the Soviet Union.
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