22 Jun 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1971
Page
1
Reader asks for a wood ash lye soap recipe with step by step instructions including lye handling and curing times. The second query requests a consumer advocate in High Point. the advice points to reading warranty terms and notes the Better Business Bureau in Greensboro as a resource.
Reader asks if oiling a trailer park road to reduce dust is illegal since it slicks highways when wet. The reply urges correcting hazardous conditions, suggests contacting the county highway commission, and notes private gravel work may prevent oil on public roads.
Boston Globe published 1964 Pentagon study excerpts detailing a Honolulu Joint Chiefs meeting where Adm. Felt pressed to grant commanders freedom to use tactical nuclear weapons in Vietnam. The report also covers Kennedy era covert actions, the Tet Offensive, and debates on troop levels and Vietnamization.
Col. David H. Hackworth, a highly decorated veteran, quits in disgust and criticizes the South Vietnamese army and the Vietnamization program. He says Saigon troops lack motivation and training unlike the North Vietnamese, calls Vietnamization a public relations dream, and condemns Army leadership as amateur and shortsighted.
Rep. Paul N. McCloskey Jr. says secret papers show Robert F. Kennedy proposed pulling out of Vietnam during a 1963 clash between the State Department and the Pentagon over overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem. He asserts Kennedy alone voiced reservations as officials debated Diem's fate and U.S. policy.
Edward Cody reports North Carolina lawmakers and industry leaders show growing interest in no fault auto insurance. The plan would pay victims through their own policies with exceptions and damages limited by ceilings, drawing on Massachusetts and national pressure from Secretary Volpe. Republican Rep. Charles H. Taylor vows to introduce a bill, though prospects this session are limited as legislators head toward adjournment.
The 2nd U S Circuit Court of Appeals voided a further restraining order to hear the government suit against The New York Times over its Pentagon papers series. Eight judges, on teleconference, will decide whether to block further publication amid ongoing court action.
President Nixon used an Atlantic City AMA convention address to attack Edward Kennedy's national health proposal, estimating a $77 billion annual cost three years hence. He argued the Kennedy plan would cost more and threaten federal control of medicine while outlining his own stance on employer employee cost sharing and federal support for low income families.
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