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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1969
Page
2
A new act empowering counties to enact local ordinances was passed, signaling expanded home rule authority. The measure, supported by AP Business Writer, outlines the framework for zoning, taxation, and municipal regulations to be implemented at the county level.
Spacemen waved as Eartier McDivitt reported systems checks and extended the LEM landing gear. Senator Bailey led opposition calling the bill one of the biggest mistakes and warned of overreach. Senator White defended the measure, arguing counties lack new powers. Other senators supported the bill as debated in Raleigh.
Raleigh AP reports supporters of a bill to make Pembroke State College a regional university claim enough votes to pass in the General Assembly. Rep Gus Speros says 78 House members would back the measure and Sen Hector McClean expects sufficient support. Pembroke lies in Robeson County.
In Chapel Hill North Carolina Tuesday night students clashed in Lenoir Dining Hall as White Southern Student Organizing Committee and Black Student Movement members tried to disrupt cafeteria service in support of an 11 day old strike. One participant was treated for a head injury after being hit by a sugar shaker. Police in riot gear arrived and the crowd dispersed. About 140 food service workers walked out over wages and conditions. The university operated several cafeterias on a serve yourself basis to cope with dishwashing.
Schweickart moved to the LEM about 6:30 am EST followed by Apollo 9 commander McDivitt thirty minutes later. The swap launches a three day sequence of LEM tests including a planned spacewalk, then a complex separation rendezvous and docking exercise. If the LEM fails, the Moon landing timetable could be set back. The LEM nicknamed Spider and the command module Gumdrop. Schweickart was the first to enter an unpowered orbital spacecraft. Temperature and cabin pressure were within expected ranges. Scott closed the command module hatch after both astronauts were aboard.
A National Airlines Boeing 727 with 26 aboard was hijacked after departing New York Kennedy Airport and diverted to Havana. The hijacker, described as a dirty shirt wearing man with Fu Manchu facial hair, robbed passengers including $1,700 from Raul Rowman. Cuban authorities seized him and returned the money. the jet landed in Havana at 4:30 am local time. The incident marks the 17th hijacking to Havana in 1969.
Apollo 9 astronauts James McDivitt and Russell Schweickart viewed the first space television pass as the moon camera aired from orbit near Florida and the Atlantic. Ground control asked for words of wisdom but garbled audio limited comments. The camera, designed for lunar work, will capture detailed lunar images for the July lunar mission and the LEM hatch deployment.
In Raleigh North Carolina voters will decide this fall whether to continue the Nickels for Know-How assessment program funding soybean and peach research. The program is financed by a five cent per ton charge on feed and fertilizer.
Governor Bob Scott told UNC officials to keep cafeteria lines open to serve all students during a food service worker strike at Chapel Hill. He condemned student activists for disrupting service and warned law enforcement would support normal campus operations if needed.
The House Banks and Banking Committee unanimously approved a bill to set state credit union regulations equal to or better than federal rules. Introduced by Rep. Ernest Messer of Haywood, the measure was described as making only minor changes by Jim Graham, Agriculture Commissioner who supervises the unions. about 200 state credit unions exist in North Carolina.
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