Action Line Guidance From The Enterprise
The Enterprise notes that readers may contact Action Line for questions or help. Requests are considered though high volume limits acknowledgement.
24 Jun 1971
Page 1
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1971
Page
1
The Enterprise notes that readers may contact Action Line for questions or help. Requests are considered though high volume limits acknowledgement.
A reader urges the High Point City Schools to connect a ninth grade student who excelled in the third grade but was held back to a school psychologist. The letter seeks understanding of possible learning blocks and home life factors behind the stalled progress and asks for guidance on future schooling or work options.
A reader asks about repairing warped records using heat between glass or on a sunny porch. The second item confirms High Point City Schools open with a half day August 31 and a full day September 1, prompting student concern.
A resident warns of a dangerous barn on Rowan Avenue and a snake infested vacant lot endangering children. Building Inspector Hill has contacted the owner and pledges swift action to correct the conditions.
The property owner has been contacted by Building Inspector Freeman Hill and will demolish the old structure within 30 days. The site had served as a stable until about a year ago and now attracts loitering and glue sniffing.
An underground water tunnel project near Sylmar, 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, suffered a predawn blast that killed one worker and left 16 others missing. Fire crews fought smoke and debris as they attempted rescue amid damaged ventilation and methane gas theories.
North Carolina House committee prepared to report on a statewide local option bill allowing liquor by the drink with miniature bottles. The measure would let counties vote on mixed drinks with a 15 percent threshold and impose a $5 per gallon surcharge. wineries would require sealed, 1.6 ounce bottles to ensure consistent pours.
North Vietnamese trops overran Fire Base Fuller below the DMZ driving South Vietnamese defenders from the hilltop position. One American was killed and another wounded as U.S. advisers and specialists escaped. the base endured 800 mortar shells in two hours. Government forces and American air power supported a retreat.
The North Carolina General Assembly’s Joint Appropriations Committee backed a record budget exceeding $4.3 billion for the next two years and sent it to the House and Senate floors. The plan includes a 10 percent pay raise for teachers and state workers and totals $14.3 million above recommendations, with a balanced outlook per Budget Director Andy Jones.
A 12 month term for principals and a 10 month term for teachers would apply under a contingency bill funded only if state revenues exceed 36.3 million over two years. The committee rejected an unlimited Medicaid inpatient days amendment and kept a 10 day limit per illness. The operations plan splits 90 percent state and 10 percent counties, with total state appropriations rising to 52.8 million for the next biennium from about 22 million.
President Nixon released a secret Pentagon study on Vietnam to Congress with access rules to prevent leakage. Leaders pressed for copies, vote postponed, and lawmakers may read behind closed doors but cannot copy or remove notes despite full reading access.
A major constitutional clash moves to the Supreme Court as the government seeks to block publishing of Pentagon Papers while The New York Times and The Washington Post resume or limit their series. Los Angeles grand jury probes leaks amid new articles by Knight newspapers and the Chicago Sun Times based on the documents. President Nixon offers Congress access to the 7000 page study but keeps it secret. Immune subpoenas issued in Los Angeles probe.
Knight Newspapers report former Defense Secretary McNamara proposed a 1967 coalition government for Vietnam while the Los Angeles Times cites NSC rejection of a 1963 pullout plan. The Chicago Sun-Times notes JFK sent LBJ to Saigon in 1961 to urge more U.S. troops. The NYT, Washington Post and Boston Globe are restrained by court orders from publishing study materials.
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