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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1969
Page
1
A call to readers to contact ACTION LINE with worries or questions. It invites messages by phone or mail to The Enterprise discussing problems or concerns and promises to respond. The notice emphasizes accessibility and ongoing support for community issues.
Discussion covers old Panama Canal tolls for merchant vessels, ballast ships, and other craft, with note on potential inflation since 1950. Includes guidance on contacting the canal company for up-to-date rates and a light aside about Boy Scouts racing through the locks. Also mentions locating toy manufacturers, Vietnam aid resources, birth certificate steps, and a reader seeking a bamboo rake.
Maj. Querin Hurlik, Laird Osburn, John Fisher, and Rob Pryor, captured February 12 when their L19 was shot down near Cambodia South Vietnam border, were released to the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh. They arrived in Bangkok today via a Burmese airliner and described a 30 minute Viet Cong fight before capture. Osburn recovered from shrapnel wounds, and all were vaccinated and flown to Saigon.
Apollo 9’s landing was postponed by one orbit to avoid stormy seas southwest of Bermuda. Flight controllers chose a splashdown 480 miles south near Grand Turk Island in the Bahamas, with 11:56 a.m. EST ETA, while the Guadalcanal ships repositioned for recovery.
Paris reports describe Vietnam negotiations as largely a time-marking exercise. Saigon officials show restiveness under US leadership and favors exploring long term solutions possibly with the NLF or Hanoi. The NLF resists secret talks, while Washington advocates secret U.S.-North Vietnamese contacts, though no direct approach has been green lit.
Viet Cong rocket and mortar assaults fell sharply tonight, though U.S. officers warn a new wave could come soon as only a portion of the enemy’s hoped-for force has been committed. Allied spokesmen say 20 attacks on bases and towns occurred overnight, with light casualties. Fourteen more Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths were reported Tuesday, while 10 Americans were killed or wounded in separate fighting. A convoy ambush near Dau Tieng killed 76 enemy and left one beer truck lightly damaged. U.S. casualties were eight wounded.
An AP report says Edwin Buzz Aldrin is likely to be the first to set foot on the moon during Apollo 11. Space Agency officials caution plans could change before next summer's flight. Neil Armstrong remains the other possible first footstep, with Michael Collins piloting the command module.
AP notes re entry and recovery are the riskiest parts of spaceflight with past near misses and fatalities. It recalls Vladimir Kormarov's fatal crash after failed parachutes, Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 sinking, and near misses by John Glenn and Scott Carpenter during reentry.
President Nixon plans a Friday White House news conference with congressional leaders to discuss the anti ballistic missile controversy and to announce whether he will deploy the Sentinel ABM shield. Press secretary Ziegler says a decision is expected this week, with the East Room briefing at noon EST. The NSC session scheduled for today was postponed.
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said a Senate vote on ratification of a nuclear weapons treaty could occur Thursday or Friday. He noted two thirds of those voting are needed and discussed reservations raised by Sen. Ervin, while Sen. Fulbright dismissed the need for such commitments. Kennedy and Dodd offered criticisms and possible conditions on U.S. approval.
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