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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1970
Page
4
The Peruvian quake leaves up to 100000 dead and over a million homeless as remote northern towns collapse inaccessible areas delay aid. Red Cross Church World Service and government relief rush to coordinate. More than 100 million dollars in relief has reached Lima while distribution remains hampered.
President Nixon nominates Elliot Lee Richardson as head of Health Education and Welfare describing him as the best qualified for the job. Rogers notes the loss of his “right arm” as Richardson takes command of a vast agency employing 110000 staff and spending 50 billion.
The House Banking Committee and international observers pressure President Nixon to consider wage and price restraints amid rising inflation. Prices climbed 7.2 percent in April, with debate over possible soft jawboning or a broad policy, despite past denials of wage and price controls. Officials from the IMF and OECD weigh in as public sentiment calls for action. The administration hints a mid June message may outline a mild plan.
Nixon aides push Virginia mining professor J Richard Lucas to head the Bureau of Mines amid a lobby from George Barnes Virginia state senator and Lewis Hunter of the National Independent Coal Operators Association, with Gov Linwood Holton pressuring the White House. The move reflects political patronage over professional merit as enforcement of strict mine safety rules faces criticism.
In a luncheon address to the Piedmont Chapter of American Business Clubs, the speaker cites a Brandeis study placing High Point among the top 20 U.S. cities for growth this century and notes the area’s clean air. He credits early soil and water conservation efforts by Dr. W. J. McAnally and Hugh Hammond Bennett, plus local pond projects that reduced silting in the Cape Fear Basin, as key to ongoing prosperity and environmental health.
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