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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1972
Page
1
Readers are invited to send questions or requests for help to Action Line at The Enterprise. Staff note that while every inquiry is considered the high volume prevents acknowledging or answering all submissions.
The excerpt parodies a sci fi idea of shrinking humans to reduce pollution and logistical burdens. A wage Q&A clarifies North Carolina rules: stores with annual sales over 250 000 dollars pay 1.60 per hour unless certified to hire students at 1.36. below that sales threshold the state minimum is 1.45 per hour. Holiday, part-time, and full-time wages follow the same base rates. overtime only after 40 hours. no guaranteed time and a half on holidays or Sundays.
The anticipated appearance of Halley's Comet is set for the year 1986. It is expected to reappear to observers worldwide after its current orbit brings it back into the inner solar system.
Residents on Ferndale Boulevard cannot place leaves and yard waste in the median. Public Works Director Carl Wills states leaves should be placed at the curb on the lot from which they came.
Readers ask about Parker Drive litter and a dirt street ignored for years. Public Works says Parker across the border is not on the city system. owners can request a site visit to pursue maintenance. A 431-4146 line offers pickup for papers in Sunday's paper.
U S B52 bombers struck a 200 mile western Viet Nam border zone from the DMZ to the central highlands. The raids, the heaviest in four months, hit northern entrances to the A Shau valley and areas west of Kontum as Gen Westmoreland warned of a multiphase offensive. South Vietnamese air forces also claimed victory near Kontum while DMZ clashes and rocket barrages continued.
Ireland orders home its Britain ambassador after 13 civilians die in Londonderry. IRA bombings in Belfast injure ten. violence and strikes ripple Northern Ireland as Catholics mourn and call for restraint amid a government parade ban.
Gen Westmoreland warns of a planned North Vietnamese push just below the DMZ and in central Vietnam. He says South Vietnamese forces can blunt any attack with heavy enemy casualties, while U.S. leaders expect multiple short phases and emphasize political aims.
In London Bernadette Devlin a Northern Ireland MP assaulted Home Secretary Reginald Maudling in the Commons punching scratching and pulling his hair during a dispute over the Londonderry killings. Prime Minister Heath and colleagues intervened as Maudling faced the scuffle.
The Soviets begin deploying larger missile armed OSA patrol boats to Havana amid Cuban gunboat clashes. Two OSA vessels reached Cuba in mid January, carrying Styx missiles with 15 mile range and four launchers each, marking a step in strengthening Cuba's armed forces alongside recent MIG21 deliveries.
Mayor John V. Lindsay gained surprise strength among newly enfranchised youth and minority voters to finish second in Arizona's 500-delegate Democratic convention race. Ed Muskie led with 38 percent. Lindsay 24 percent. McGovern 20 percent. 17 percent uncommitted. Lindsay carried Phoenix and led Muskie in Tucson and Tempe university precincts.
Government meteorologists attribute the nation’s erratic winter to a wind river high above the planet. The jet stream’s 300 mile per hour flow, unsettled for 20 years, explains sudden temperature swings and reversed vertical weather across regions from the Mississippi line. A notable 72 degree drop is cited as an example and the discussion continues on Page 2-A.
Clifford Irving's Manhattan grand jury session was postponed with no new date set. The delay follows his lawyer Maurice M. Nessen's request for more briefing time as the probe focuses on the $650,000 paid by McGraw-Hill for the Hughes manuscript.
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