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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1972
Page
1
Not The Lone Ranger? Masked cycling in Nixon China trip
Reader asks why people wore hospital style masks while biking with the Nixons in China. Answer notes cold weather makes face protection hard, limited consumer goods, and some use masks to curb sneezes, with an elderly official also weighing in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixons
China
Mrs. B
Residents complain of mud on Woodside Avenue during apartment construction
A Woodside Avenue resident reports six months without a driveway due to adjacent apartment work. Mud blocks access to yard and carport, causing a Sanitation Department worker to push the car out. City Engineer Jim Oliver says crushed stone will be added temporarily, with paving done by petition priority order, Woodside not near the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodside Avenue
Sanitation Department
Jim Oliver
Woodside
A. Public Works
Wills
Bowman Gray Stadium Derby Rules and Sanitation Query
The column describes a demolition derby at Bowman Gray Stadium with rules banning head on crashes and door kicks, age 21 plus entrants, and notes promoter Alvin Hawkins for details. It also addresses a sanitation complaint advising residents to place refuse out on collection day to ease worker access and prevent cart damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman Gray Stadium
Alvin Hawkins
TWA Faces $2 Million Ransom Demand Bomb Plot
New York extortionists demanded $2 million after bombs were planted on two TWA jets in a broader terror plot. A ransom delivery attempt failed. one bomb exploded in Las Vegas injuring no one. Investigators suspect insiders with airline experience aided the plan as security protocols nationwide tightened and flights faced cancellations and heightened checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Las Vegas
New York Daily News
Atlanta
Charles C. Tillinghast Jr
Charles Wyre
Los Angeles
McCarran
Five Diehard Shots in Detroit Card-Game Shootout
A Wayne County sheriff deputy was killed and three deputies wounded in a five minute gun battle with Detroit police who raided an apartment where off-duty deputies were playing cards. STRESS officers believed they found an illegal gambling den. a mistaken confrontation sparked the shooting. Deputy Henry Henderson, 40, died at Detroit General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Wayne County
Near West Side
Stress
Wayne County Sheriff’s
Henry Henderson
Detroit General Hospital
Sanford enters North Carolina presidential primary
Former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford announces a bid for the U S presidency and will start by contesting North Carolina's May 6 primary. He joins Shirley Chisholm Edmund Muskie and George Wallace as Democrats in the field with other nominees still filing fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N.C
North Carolina
Terry Sanford
Sanford
United States
Shirley Chisholm
Edmund Muskie
George Wallace
State Board
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Eugene McCarthy
Wilbur Mills
John Lindsay
Duke University
America
Tar Heel
John F. Kennedy
Education Commission of the States
Southern Regional Growth Board
L.Q.C. Lamar Society
Humphrey
Muskie
McGovern
ITT underwrites Republican convention bid claims aired
Washington report details an aide to columnist Jack Anderson quoting Dita Beard saying ITT president Harold Geneen ordered underwriting of the Republican National Convention in San Diego. Brit Hume testified the ITT lobbyist met Geneen in San Diego last May amid an antitrust settlement with the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jack Anderson
Dita Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
San Diego
Anderson
Brit Hume
Senate Judiciary Committee
ITT
Harold Geneen
Justice Department
Richard G. Kleindienst
Kleindienst
Supreme Court
House Chooses Tough Path in Busing Conference Fight
The House voted 272 to 139 to send 20 conferees a hard busing mandate as talks with the Senate loom. The Senate favors milder terms and a June 30 1973 deadline for court rulings, while Nixon signals plans to oppose court ordered busing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Nixon
Irving and wife indicted by grand jury in Hughes book case
Federal and county grand juries indicted author Clifford Irving and his wife on conspiracy and other charges tied to Irving's disputed Howard Hughes autobiography. The couple faced mail fraud counts, while Irving's researcher Richard Suskin was charged with conspiracy grand larceny and possession of forged instruments in separate indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clifford Irving
Irving
Howard Hughes
Irvings
Richard Suskind
Sus
FDA readies lead paint rule and refunds for toys
FDA plans a two step regulation cutting lead limits in toy paint and then reinstating consumer refunds for banned toys and household chemicals. Advocates debate retroactive buybacks and lawsuits, while officials signal a possible time-spawned refund policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Jensen
Congress
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Kennedy
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Sheriff's Department
Terry Sanford Jr
State Board of Elections
Raleigh
Geneen
Hume
Hene
Toy
Malcolm W. Jensen
Bureau of Product Safety
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