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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1972
Page
9
Evangelist Billy Graham is due in Charlotte a week before an April five day crusade at the Charlotte Coliseum with overflow to Ovens Auditorium. A 3 p.m. finale on April 9 and nightly 7 30 p.m. services are planned. A $140000 local budget aims to raise half before start, with donations from attendees covering the rest.
The Buffalo Creek Hollow disaster in West Virginia leaves 103 known dead and about 100 still missing. Ten more bodies are recovered as National Guardsmen search 16 coal camps along a 17 mile valley after a mine waste dam breach.
American warplanes hit two antiaircraft batteries in North Vietnam and B52s increased raids in Laos as the U S command reports the fifth straight day of strikes in the north bringing total for the year to 80. Saigon reports 39 enemy killed in ground action and a river convoy explosion sank three barges loaded with ammunition.
Mary Bandy age 74 quits her Peoria Journal-Star paper route after 27 years. The great grandmother delivered to 43 customers, walked every morning, and recalled doing it for love and exercise rather than money. She plans to enjoy time with her cat and yard work.
The Irish Republican Army rejected claims of involvement in the Abercorn restaurant bombing in Belfast that killed two women and injured 136. Police tied the blast to IRA terrorists, while IRA spokesmen in Dublin labeled it a deliberate act of terror against civilians and Sinn Fein condemned attacks on civilian sites.
The Christian Action League of North Carolina led by Rev. Coy C. Privette expects any liquor-by-the-drink bill to fail in the 1973 General Assembly. He plans candidate conferences and questionnaires, noting strong Senate opposition and predicting only 16 of 40 may support the bill. He criticizes Charlotte events by the North Carolina Travel Council, including a Bloody Mary Party and a President's Reception hosted by Schenley Distiller Inc.
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