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14 Jul 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1970
Page
1
Community readers are invited to send questions to Action Line at The Enterprise. Officials note high volume means not all requests can be answered or acknowledged, but every inquiry is considered.
A single family built in pool requires protective fencing at least 3 feet high with a locking device. Insurance considerations may push for greater height.
The John Birch Society sits on the far right in the political spectrum with a strong anti communist stance. The library holds literature on its origin objectives and philosophy and you can write to the society at 395 Concord Ave Belmont Massachusetts 02178.
The N C School of Diving in Greensboro provides a senior diving course certified by the National Association of Skin Diving Schools. Two Saturday classes at 10 am and 2 pm meet at McLeansville Quarry eight miles west of Greensboro. The course costs 40 dollars for five lessons and a night dive. Mr. Sexton is the instructor, contact Rt 12 Box 253 Greensboro.
President Nixon's welfare plan would pay a family of five $1,900 yearly if no breadwinner. It suggested $500 per person for the first two and $300 for each additional member, with no food stamp program. The House committee would merge this with the food stamp plan to add work incentives. The Social Services Department says current federal state county aid for a family of five ranges from $2,088 to $2,196 annually depending on schooling.
The Fire Prevention Bureau urges buyers to follow National Fire Protection Association standards for home fire safety. A four point program includes minimizing hazards sleeping with doors closed having an escape plan and a fire warning system with heat detectors and smoke detectors between sleeping areas and the rest of the home.
Cambodian infantry battled up Mt Kim Rom retaking key zones 50 miles west of Phnom Penh as fighting raged on. An enemy force of about 1000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese assaulted a battalion HQ 25 miles south of Kim Rom, causing heavy casualties at Srak Neak before withdrawing with their dead and wounded. The conflict threatened Highway 4 and Cambodia's sole refinery at Kompong Som while a relief force of U S trained mercenaries reportedly retook the main hotel and other facilities.
A Canadian 359-foot freighter loaded with pig iron struck a shoal and sank within minutes in the St Lawrence Seaway. Nine believed drowned, seven bodies recovered. The captain and two women and two children among those aboard were lost. Survivors say crewmen were swept from decks as lifeboats were lowered. Ontario police rescued 12.
President Nixon met with Appalachian governors in Louisville to hear their plan for a regional commission under new federalism. They seek block grants with local planning via the Appalachian Regional Commission and urban growth environmental policy. Nixon planned to attend the Cincinnati all star game before returning to Washington.
Rep. Emanuel Celler, 82, leads House Judiciary Committee resistance to the Senate passed Organized Crime Control Act of 1969. The package adds up to 30 year sentences for habitual criminals and leaders of organized crime, creates special grand juries, and broadens witness immunity and other reforms. Celler demands to study contents before approving any package.
In Charleston West Virginia disabled miners press on with a picket driven effort to halt coal output across five state Appalachia. Fifteen mines employing about 5000 workers in three states remain closed as leaders seek pension and hospital benefits from the United Mine Workers union.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves, who headed the World War II atomic bomb project, died Monday night at Walter Reed after a heart attack at age 73. He was reported ill at his apartment and died about 11 p.m. following admission to the hospital.
Washington AP Secretary Romney argues the home owners subsidy helps mid income families more than the poor and leads to higher priced subsidized homes. He proposes subsidies for noninterest costs for the lowest income families and flexible cost ceilings to prevent subsidies from inflating home prices.
Senate antitrust subcommittee hears that reputable service stations are vanishing as dealers flee the business. Standard Oil's Charles E. Shipley says fast buck operators dominate, leaving motorists to money hungry dealers amid lease rider schemes and supplier subsidies. Senator Hart cites Michigan as national example.
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