03 Mar 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1968
Page
1
A brief notice invites readers to call ACTION LINE or write to The Enterprise to ask questions settle problems or express concerns. The message emphasizes available assistance and contact avenues.
Readers share gratitude for 18 callers funding a hearing aid and a donated device delivered to an elderly recipient. ABC TV's Grenoble Olympic rehearsal draws praise with details on budget and crew. questions arise about Mexico City coverage.
Washington AP A presidential commission warned that without multibillion dollar measures to heal racial division riots and rebellion could erupt. It urged higher taxes welfare education and job training plus a federal minimum wage boost and new income supplementation to ensure a decent standard of living for all workers.
President Johnson flies to Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico with Lady Bird Lucy Nugent and grandson Patrick Lyndon Nugent for a sun break after reaffirming US global Vietnam role in Georgia. Security tight at base as he travels from Marietta Georgia.
UAW threatens to pull out of the AFL-CIO and push for revitalization of the 14 million member federation. In a telegram to George Meany the UAW president calls for a December special meeting and warns of a split if denied a chance to present its program.
Saigon reports three gun Communist trawlers destroyed by U S naval units off Phuoc Vi coast Friday in what the Navy calls the enemy boldest sea infiltration attempt to date. A fourth trawler was chased away.
Kinshasa reports government order to expel all foreigners lacking means of support and to compel jobless Congolese to leave cities including an estimated 150 000 in Kinshasa. Interior Minister Tshisekedi signed the measure aimed at returning people to native villages to revive agriculture.
U S B52 bombers pounded near the Marine outpost at Khe Sanh and in North Vietnam with 750 tons dropped over two raids as forces prepare for a potential North Vietnamese push. Ground fighting slowed with scattered clashes as Navy and Marine jets flew 187 missions in support of 5 000 Marines and 500 government Rangers.
North Carolina Republicans closed a two day state convention with unity rhetoric as Jim Holfhouser and leaders were returned to office. Gubernatorial hopefuls Jim Gardner and Jack Stickley urged party cohesion while four at large delegates were chosen for the national convention. A trio of resolutions sparked a roll call vote, including anti communism and anti poverty measures. the anti communist item resembled Birch Society petitions.
William S. Gaud head of the Agency for International Development blasts inspectors reports of waste and pressures officials to curb misuse of U S aid. He cites warehouses miles of AID financed supplies and schools built without teachers or electricity, urging better internal oversight amid congressional scrutiny of the global program.
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