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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1972
Page
1
The Enterprise invites readers to contact Action Line for questions or problems. The page notes many requests are considered but staff cannot answer or acknowledge every inquiry due to high volume and limited resources.
A reader reports thick black smoke from a local factory on Giles Street, urging action on air pollution. Environmental supervisor Jack Perdue cites Gene Kirby of High Point Woodworking Co saying corrective equipment arrived June 9 and should fix the issue within 60 days.
A Jiffy Manufacturing representative says the company will buy newspapers only. The purchase rate will vary with supply and demand.
A reader questions why High Point cannot host a coliseum while stars perform in Greensboro or Winston. The reply cites hurdles: need a stadium with parking and water to Archdale, plus high patronage to avoid debt. It suggests building the stadium first to attract outside entertainers.
A resident reports dog noise and smell on E Commerce Street and asks for action. Health officials found no current dogs at the apartment complex and no dirty pens. The city dog warden discussed issues with tenants, some removing dogs. Angela Davis travel plans referenced. contact via her father Frank Davis in Birmingham for messages. Boats at City Lake cleaned. oars and locks prepared for use by Marvin Keith.
A $5.3 billion annual federal aid program for states and cities looks set for swift House approval after opposition failed to amend the bill. The plan would start with 1.8 billion to states and 3.5 billion to local governments, with distributions tied to tax effort population urban concentration and poverty. The Senate action remains uncertain but hearings may begin before the July Democratic convention.
Former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford tells Democratic National Platform Committee a four point plan to withdraw U S forces from Vietnam Laos and Cambodia by a date certain and end all U S military activity. North Vietnam and the Vietcong would release prisoners and refrain from attacks during withdrawal as talks toward a settlement begin. Clifford criticizes Nixon policy as bankrupt and predicts war end by final withdrawal. Mayor Lindsay urges end to the global war and US prestige loss, calling for limits to power and rejection of deception.
North Vietnamese armor and infantry breached the northern defense line near Hue but the main thrust was checked with U S air support. Reports say 16 armored vehicles were destroyed, including at least nine tanks, around My Chanh River as U S jets knocked out three 130 mm guns west of My Chanh.
Reports say ammunition at a Vietnamese base camp southeast of My Chanh was still exploding midmorning as South Vietnamese marines claim 14 more tanks in a sweep east of Paratroopers along the Street Without Joy in Quang Tri. U.S. jets and F4 Phantoms claimed multiple enemy assets, while two U.S. planes were shot down but crews rescued. American bombers hit Haiphong area depots and SAM sites as Viet Cong freed hundreds of captured South Vietnamese troops. On Highway 13 toward An Loc, six Americans were killed in the stalled push, with two advisers and four helicopter crew among the dead, and two helicopter gun ships were downed Tuesday, another on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that creating smaller school districts to perpetuate racial segregation is barred. The ruling gives federal judges broad power over district boundaries, citing Emporia in Virginia’s Greensville County as the split blocked, while Scotland Neck North Carolina’s separation was prohibited in a separate case.
Edwin C. Grace, 33, an off duty guard, opened fire with two sawed off rifles in Heritage House in Cherry Hill. Six men died and six were wounded as police tried to locate a motive. Grace was hospitalized with neck and head wounds after being wounded by officers. Police found bullets on his person and said victims did not know him. Many workers escaped as he fired and ordered people to move.
Tropical Storm Agnes battered the Atlantic seaboard with torrential rains causing floods and evacuations. Pennsylvania declared extreme emergency as roads flooded and up to seven inches fell. Deaths were reported in Pennsylvania Virginia New York and North Carolina amid evacuations and disrupted transit including Amtrak and Penn Central.
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