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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1972
Page
1
The Enterprise offers an Action Line for questions and help requests. Readers are invited to call or write in care of the newspaper. The paper notes high volume may limit acknowledgments but all inquiries are considered.
The owner received a notice from the building inspector to remove or repair two junked vehicles in a yard and driveway to comply with the abandoned and junk car ordinance by July 1, 1972, per Chief Building Inspector Freeman Hill.
Students may not practice cosmetic art in a salon until they finish the course and obtain state board examination approval and a permit. Advanced school work occurs only in school under a licensed instructor. Out of state cosmetologists must secure a North Carolina license before practicing cosmetic art in the state. Applications are available from the NC State Board of Cosmetic Art in Raleigh.
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A reader asked why there is no signal at Parris and Main to turn toward K Mart. City Traffic Engineer R V Moss says a signal installed months ago was removed after demand was lower than expected and overall delays decreased for through traffic.
City plans show a West Belt by pass approved in concept with no immediate work due to higher priorities. Efforts focus on completing the East Belt to ease Westchester traffic. The junk lot on Dayton Street has been cleared as of June 8 by sanitation enforcement, per Public Works, while flying squirrels can glide 50 to 60 feet, occasionally up to 150 feet.
A reader suggests planting blue iris lilies around flower beds to deter moles due to an iris component. Another advises a pet cat, noting that a cat will wait by mole holes and kill the animal, avoiding poison risks to children or pets.
Saigon observers say North Vietnam's central committee has resolved to press the offensive in South Vietnam despite heavy U.S. bombing and harbor mining. A 5,000-word Nhan Dan series and a government communique signal policy to mobilize all forces for final victory, stressing war footing, transport, and rice harvest amid floods and typhoons.
Washington AP reports that while Don Kendall of PepsiCo and Merrill Lynch’s Effective Government Association led large public gifts, hundreds of wealthy backers remain anonymous. The April 7 to May 31 filings show 51 donors gave 2,500 or more totaling 409,405, part of a 1.22 million group, with committees under Maurice Stans.
Investigators identify a malfunctioning cargo door that opened midflight on an American Airlines DC10. The jet sustained damage but 56 passengers and 11 crew members avoided serious injuries as it safely returned to Detroit Metropolitan Airport after an emergency landing. FBI found no evidence of an explosive device.
A DC10 cargo door opened in flight over Ontario spilling a coffin and other cargo near a Windsor farmhouse. Investigators traced the incident to a faulty door. FBI and airline teams coordinated with authorities to determine the cause and timing after the flight from Detroit to Buffalo.
Frank Rouse of Kinston submitted his resignation as state GOP chairman effective immediately and pledged support for all Republican candidates in the fall. Gardner urged Rouse to stay, while Holshouser welcomed the move as healing, and a convention in Greensboro looms amid party realignment.
Rapid City began burying its dead in three cemeteries as survivors search for more flood victims. Anton Zieglmeier, a department store manager, was buried at Mountain View Cemetery before about 75 mourners. Judge Marshall Young announced the official death toll at 202, with more bodies expected. Burials continued at Mount Calvary and Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. The service was brief as Rev. Ralph Smith spoke of the heavy burdens on family and community.
President Nixon urged Congress to approve an ABM treaty limiting deployments to two sites per nation and a companion accord freezing total land and sea based offensive missiles. He warned the pact does not end strategic competition and urged a stronger modernization program for broader arms limits, noting possible withdrawal from the ABM treaty after five years if tighter curbs are not agreed. Both sides retain six months' notice to withdraw.
The United States and the Soviet Union remain far apart over NATO allied modern submarines in the North Atlantic. Moscow argues third-country submarine expansion warrants a corresponding Soviet build up, while Washington rejects that premise. The U.S. pressed to curb land mobile ICBM launchers but paused to accelerate the agreement for Nixon’s Moscow summit, while signaling such launchers would be inconsistent with the executive agreement. The Soviets gave no stance on this issue.
Israeli air force fighters shot down two Soviet built Egyptian MIG21 jets in a dogfight over the Mediterranean. Egyptian pilots parachuted into the sea about 25 miles off the Sinai. The Israeli planes returned safely. exact patrol size and fighter types were not disclosed.
Ground fire had last September brought down two aircraft. A military spokesman said a today air battle began when Israeli jets encountered Egyptian craft over the Mediterranean near the Sinai. Unofficial tallies put MIG21 losses at two, with 113rd and 114th Egyptian planes shot down since 1967. Israel reports 17 own aircraft lost in the period. It remained unclear if the clash violated the cease fire. Details on number of Israeli planes and weapons were not disclosed.
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