06 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1969
Page
1
Action Line recounts a veteran who seized the flag during a protest over all night display at the City-County Building on S Main Street. The flag was later returned, and the veteran is praised for patriotic stand as the paper notes the duty to properly display the flag.
The YWCA promotes flexible volunteerism with a communitywide file and a questionnaire to match time availability, days, hours, and preferred tasks. Residents can stop by the YW on Gatewood or call to receive a copy and sign up without a fixed time commitment.
U S and allied forces report 453 Americans killed and 2 593 wounded in the first week of the spring offensive. Saigon says 521 of its troops died, while allied commands tally at least 6 752 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths. Total American combat deaths reach 32 976 since the war began, with 457 132 enemy killed since 1961. Civilians total not specified.
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird told reporters in Saigon that the United States will not tolerate any escalation of the war. He cited recent rocket strikes on Saigon, including a devastating attack that killed at least 25 civilians, and said several options are available for a response, with details to follow. He stressed patience does not signal weakness and noted ongoing Paris peace talks were disrupted by the attack.
About 100 pickets including students and some faculty marched outside UNC Chapel Hill’s Lenoir Dining Hall as state troopers and policemen guard the reopening amid clashes between workers supporters and others entering to eat. The hall had closed after fist fights during strikes, with Gov. Bob Scott ordering steps to keep lines open and backed by state law enforcement.
Snow swept western North Carolina mountains prompting school closures in Cherokee Jackson Swain and Haywood counties and on the Cherokee Reservation. Accumulations ranged from one to six inches with hazardous driving conditions reported. Temperatures expected to remain mild statewide with a possible dip in the western mountains.
The AP survey finds SDS active in a few high schools but with limited impact. Reports from Los Angeles Denver Boston and Columbus indicate some activity while Atlanta Philadelphia Kansas City Minneapolis Des Moines Chicago and Milwaukee report no presence among high school students. SDS leaders argue for youth outreach but others caution against intrusions into high schools.
Apollo 9 astronaut Russell L Schweickart ventured outside the lunar module for about forty minutes. He drifted in weightlessness while NASA mission control relayed his banter with James McDivitt and David Scott. Schweickart reported no suit problems and described a stunning vista of earth sun stars and moon.
East Germany closed the Berlin Helmstedt autobahn from 9 a.m. to noon as West Berlin and West German authorities elected Gustav Heinemann president. One west end lane remained open for U S British French garrison vehicles, though no clear passage occurred. No MIG sonic booms or leaflets accompanied the event.
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