18 Jun 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1967
Page
1
Rabbi Israel Wolmark describes the Western Wall as the holiest Jewish site, the western foundation of Solomon's temple, dating to 70 CE destruction by Romans. It stands about 59 feet high, faces the street, and uses stones from Solomon's temple. It is linked to the Mosque of Omar and adjacent houses.
Colleen A. Yale asks about the college connected to The Whiffenpoof Song. The famous Yale University a cappella group name suggests the likely source is Yale College, though origins are tied to the university's Whiffenpoofs.
The item discusses obtaining Ed W Hiles address to High Point Central seniors via Mrs Doris Teague and notes the Freedoms Foundation award for the address. It mentions Hiles as executive VP of the Georgia Savings & Loan League and invited by John Clinard. Also covered are Channel 8 program cancellations and Paramount Theater history tied to City Hall origins in 1922 Lake Crowe confirms its 1922 civic use and later theater lease.
Readers ask if Ann Landers and Dear Abby writers are sisters and seek truth about a High Point dump fire. The letter notes a polluted plume from the city dump and criticizes public spending on smoke free incinerators while the dump continues burning.
Request for the mailing address of Congressman Jim Gardner. The standard reply provides the Honorable [Full Name] in the House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
The host on Friday nights for Shock Theater on Channel 8 is revealed as Dick Bennick. Bennick is described as a versatile showman likely to appear across the station’s programming in New Hampshire.
President Johnson discussed a potential U S Soviet summit during a Camp David weekend with Premier Kosygin mentioned as a possible outcome. Johnson also noted talks with Holt could touch on lunar plans while delaying any Middle East policy shift.
Enterprise staff writer John Baskin explores a new sport nicknamed Sky Knight and its tie to defiance or avoidance of death. The piece frames this trend as ultimate cool in a hippy era, with location and page reference noted.
TOKYO AP reports Red China announced it successfully exploded its first hydrogen bomb on Saturday near Lop Nor in Sinkiang. The test, sixth in a series since Oct 16 1964, signals a more powerful weapon in China’s arsenal and prompts atmospheric monitoring by the U S Atomic Energy Commission.
The AEC confirmed China detonated a nuclear device possibly a hydrogen bomb. Estimated yield runs to megatons, making this the sixth Chinese atomic explosion. officials noted the test near Lop Nor in Sinkiang Province, with no formal White House or State comment.
HUD will name 60 to 70 cities as model cities from 193 applicants led by New York Chicago Detroit and Philadelphia. High Point appears among smaller city contenders while Los Angeles is not in the first round. Allocation totals about 11 million for planning funds with scope guiding urban renewal efforts.
Passengers on Flight No 5 were delayed as a cheetah escaped in the baggage compartment at San Francisco International Airport. Peninsula Humane Society workers Ronald Lively and Mark Felderberg tracked it with a long wooden come-along, taking about 45 minutes to capture the animal and secure it in a cage.
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