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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1971
Page
3
The forecast warns hot and humid with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers through Tuesday across both states. Highs reach the upper 80s to mid 90s, with mountain regions cooler. Rain chances peak around 40 percent in NC mountains and coast, and 20 to 30 percent in SC.
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew told reporters en route to Guam that South Korea’s possible 15 000 troop withdrawal in Vietnam would not impact the Nixon administration’s Southeast Asia pullout. He said the issue is between Seoul and Saigon and will be raised in talks with Korean leaders in Seoul. Agnew criticized the Mansfield amendment as unsatisfactory and noted China visits could help improve relations.
Crown Princess Aiswarya, 21, has a son who is direct in line to Nepal's throne. The baby is the first grandson of King Mahendra. Aiswarya is wife of Crown Prince Birendra, 25, who is Harvard educated.
Donald Morrison, NEA incoming president, predicts more teacher strikes in the 1971-72 school year as school boards resist negotiation and teacher voices. He supports complete separation of private schooling from federal aid and condemns Nixon’s public funds for private schools. Morrison, a San Diego social studies teacher, notes the 1965 act and 1970 San Francisco convention shape current policy.
A 19 year old East Carolina University student Cheryl Sue Johnson was crowned North Carolina Rhododendron Queen atop Roan Mountain 6287 feet. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs W L Johnson of Southport. She won from 15 contestants succeeding Ann Bass of Salemburg. First runner up was Alitha Ballew 18 of Marion a student at Peace College in Raleigh.
In Charlotte delegates from North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Tennessee heard Sol Setin say Southern textile workers earned far less than the national average. He urged substantial wage and fringe benefit increases if contracts lack automatic raises this year. He noted the national average was 3.40 per hour versus South’s 2.41 and challenged members to shrink the gap.
North Vietnamese gunners shelled allied firebases below the DMZ as U S and South Vietnamese units swept the jungles. Rockets hit Charlie 2 and nearby camps with light casualties, while Fuller was abandoned and later reoccupied. 496 enemy killed around Fuller since June 19 with 29 U S casualties.
The tomato is cultivated as a vegetable in culinary usage but botanically classified as a fruit since it develops from the ovary of a flower and contains seeds.
The ad promotes Afterdinner Flights with fares 20 percent cheaper than day coach. Flights depart after dinner at 10:00 p.m and serve drinks and coffee. It encourages checking if Eastern offers these options and mentions a booklet The Afterdinner Mint for 20 percent savings on hotels and car rentals. Local contact numbers are listed.
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