31 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1968
Page
1
The notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE for help or to write to The Enterprise with concerns or questions. It emphasizes calling anytime and offers a c/o address for submissions.
A playful exchange notes snoring as a common noise from sleeping people. It explains snoring as mouth and nasal vibrations and jokes that the snorer sleeps peacefully while others struggle to rest.
Readers complain about prolonged excavation for sewer and water lines on Smith Street and Whiteoak Street. City agencies deny delaying tactics, citing weather and coordination as causes while contractors await completion payments.
The ordinance requires safety helmets approved by the state for all motorcycle riders and passengers in the city and everywhere. It also forbids carrying more persons than the motorcycle is designed to carry.
Bible scholars place Eden in the eastern Iraq region where the Tigris and Euphrates once flowed toward the Persian Gulf. Genesis mentions four rivers, but river courses and topography have changed, making a precise garden site impossible to pinpoint.
In Saigon the Viet Cong suffer heavy losses as a U S Embassy assault ends with a squad killed by its own actions. Across South Vietnam guerrilla units face mounting casualties at about ten enemy dead for every allied fatality. President Thieu declares martial law as U S helicopter gunships strike Viet Cong around Tan Son Nhut. Snipers still fire near the base as the Pentagon East facility rises.
The coordinated Tet assault extended across South Vietnam with heavy fighting in Saigon where the embassy was attacked. Five Americans and 19 guerrillas died. 11 Americans were wounded as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces fought insurgents in streets and at installations across nearly half of the provinces. U.S. officials viewed the strikes as a broader bid to force American troop pullback and intimidate civilians.
Washington reports that much work remains on the newest nuclear warheads while officials promise real, reliable hardware will be ready for production as expanded plants come online. The disclosure follows plans for major expansion of eight weapons production plants by the Atomic Energy Commission.
The Atomic Energy Commission outlined plans to expand plants to produce nuclear warheads for Sentinel anti ballistic missiles and other systems including Poseidon and Minuteman 3. Officials said prototypes exist but design details remain, with completion anticipated by late 1971. The same report called the 1967 focus on peaceful atomic power for electricity.
U S Steel Corp the largest maker reports 1967 earnings of 172 499 331 down from 249 238 569 in 1966. Fourth quarter earnings were 51 721 141 or 96 cents a share on sales of 1 053 110 479. Row costs rose while shipments declined.
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