15 Jun 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1971
Page
1
A reader asks about dog lots on small city lots. The reply cites Section 42 on sanitary pens and odors and the 40 foot distance rule for various fowl and small animals. Dogs are not named but fall under “other small animals.” Council may add dogs. meanwhile neighbors are urged to clean up to avoid nuisance during cookout season.
A resident reported a washing machine leak into the back yard affecting children. The property owner agreed to install plumbing within two or three weeks after Building Inspector Freeman Hill investigated the complaint. Waste water from machines must go to house sewer lines to prevent city-stream pollution.
Sanitation Enforcement Officer Clyde Weeks confirms the large rear lot has been mowed. Contracts are in place to clear the vacant lots south of it, with work set to start Monday May 17. Since 1970 the department has cleaned 167 vacant lots and resolved 42 debris complaints.
The New York Times rejects a Justice Department bid to stop publishing a secret Pentagon study on Vietnam policy. Attorney General Mitchell warned of an injunction, while the paper argues the public deserves access to the material and will let the courts decide.
Former candidate Barry Goldwater claims he urged Lyndon Johnson during the 1964 campaign to tell Americans the Vietnam war would widen with bombing and more troops. He says Johnson would have beaten him worse if he had admitted it, and Goldwater chose to keep silent to protect his own image.
New York Times reports a Pentagon study concluded on April 1, 1965 that Johnson ordered U.S. ground forces to go on the offense after a month of bombing North Vietnam showed air power would not win. The Times notes the decision was kept secret and implemented rapidly, with later actions expanding to 44 battalions as U.S. troops rose from 27,000 to 184,314 by year’s end and bombings intensified to pressure Hanoi.
Secretary of State William Rogers says distrust stems from past misled claims and the war's long duration. He notes laws on classified records and defends the Nixon administration’s pledge to wind down the conflict while acknowledging uncertainty about past actions.
Senate debate on a year end withdrawal from South Vietnam stalls as McGovern Hatfield and Stennis clash over a pullout amendment. A poll found most senators opposed to the measure while Everett Jordan supported ending U.S. military involvement. The discussion stretched about three hours with a roll call expected after further talks.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said open hearings are under serious consideration to reveal how the United States became involved in Vietnam. He voiced shock at details withheld from Congress and the public and urged disclosure of secret reports to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson after his Indochina trips in 1962 and 1965.
Homicide detectives sought four men and a motive for the mass killing of seven young people in Detroit near Northwest Side. Victims aged 18 to 27 included three men and four women. a wounded man remained critical. Investigators noted multiple calibers at the scene and speculated on narcotics or robbery motives. Police found $673 on the victims and wounded man.
The measure, tied to cost of living and wage trends, projects a typical couple might see 1300 monthly in retirement instead of current 280 for some cases. It also shows a median earner couple retiring in 2000 would rise from 414.90 now to 1042.50 under the bill with later life benefits up to 1311.90 and widow benefits around 915.80 to 958.90.
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