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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1970
Page
5
Folk singer Joan Baez, in New York with her six month old son Gabriel, says she now frames herself as a nonviolent soldier for peace. She criticizes music as boring, plans Europe tour to sing and talk after taping a TV interview, while husband David Harris serves three years for draft resistance.
Former Foreign Secretary George Brown was the center of a fist fight with English students at a Labor party rally in Colchester England. An onlooker said Brown 55 knocked a youth down during the altercation. Brown did not deny the claim and recalled his tough east end upbringing.
The Soviet Union has agreed to renewed talks with the United States to pursue a political solution to the Arab Israeli confrontation. Secretary Rogers and Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin met 40 minutes in Washington but no immediate settlement was announced. Dobrynin refused to detail Soviet strategy on deploying pilots and missiles to Egypt, prompting concern over Soviet aims. Meetings between Dobrynin and Sisco will continue next week as both sides seek renewed efforts. Jets for Israel were not discussed.
The IRS filed a tax lien for 141606 against drummer Buddy Rich dating from August and says he failed to meet payment dates. His Las Vegas home bought in 1964 and furnishings will be auctioned to collect the income taxes.
Former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, 76, is said to be recovering from a mild heart attack. Unofficial reports indicate he suffered the attack last Friday and was taken to the Kremlin hospital, with officials saying he is out of serious danger but under observation for now.
The 12 000 member Southern Baptist convention in Denver chose Rev Dr Carle E Bates of Charlotte as president and rejected a hard line against liberal trends. He urged tone down extreme positions while opponents sought to curb the Christian Life Commission and restrict broadman Bible commentary. Black students addressed the gathering and urged action on racial injustice.
The Civil Aeronautics Board ordered full review of two examiner decisions delaying new air routes to Columbia, Augusta, and several Southeast routes including St. Louis to Charlotte and Raleigh areas. Piedmont and Eastern Airlines faced deferral pending restudy of proposed services.
Michael George, 18, of Fayetteville is acquitted on a charge of desecrating the American flag during an anti-Armed Forces Day rally. Judge Dupree cited Supreme Court flags rights, and George testified his flag usage showed disagreement with U S war policy. He wore the flag as expression and recited the pledge when asked. Police had said he wore the flag as a cape and sat on part of it.
The State Bureau of Investigation will begin moving on June 8 from the Justice Building to new quarters with more than double the space. The complex includes a one story laboratory building and a 26 room administrative offices house.
Four women have joined Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte as the first female deacons on the church’s 50 member governing board. The appointment marks a historic inclusion for the Myers Park congregation.
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