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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1971
Page
10
Readers are urged to contact Action Line at The Enterprise for questions or help. Officials note high volume means not every request can be acknowledged, but all inquiries are considered.
A reader questions a park airplane hazard and grave burial rules while others seek club access for loneliness and drug identification. City road maintenance complaints reference unpaved Snider Street and upper street sanding requests. Left handedness taboos and terms like morganatic marriage are explained with examples for a curious audience.
The American Medical Association presented its private medicredit plan to a Senate health subcommittee, funded partly by the federal government. It uses a sliding income-based contribution with full hospital coverage and physician services, plus 10 percent government support at higher income levels. The plan aims to improve delivery systems, not replace private medicine, and estimates first-year costs at 14.5 billion dollars.
North Vietnamese artillery and tank forces attacked a South Vietnamese base in Laos 34 miles southwest of Vire Base as U S helicopter support came under antiaircraft fire. American gunships knocked out seven enemy tanks north of Lolo while two 150mm guns at the base were damaged. Brig Gen Pham Van Phu said two regiments were moving into the area to defend Highway 914 and that an attempt to seize the base was unlikely.
Lolo east of winding Highway 914, a main artery of the Ho Chi Minh trail, served as the base for South Vietnamese troops sweeping the westernmost section. It was shelled with 8mm artillery, rockets and mortars Sunday night and today, with initial reports of three South Vietnamese killed and six wounded. At Ham Nghi, a forward base on the border, helicopters unloaded at least a score more wounded. South Vietnamese forces sweeping Laos reported 70 North Vietnamese bodies found about eight miles from the border, believed killed by air strikes. A military spokesman said paratroopers recovered four mortars, two recoilless rifles, 700 mortar and rifle rounds, four field radios, seven telephones and 24,000 pounds of rice.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Abba Eban left Tel Aviv for the United States to probe reopening the Suez Canal under an interim accord to break the Middle East stalemate. He will press Washington to maintain Arab sector control of Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, and Sharm el Sheik while meeting officials and attending fundraisers.
Washington and Israel reportedly show U S pressure on Israel to curb public territorial demands. Golda Meir faced domestic criticism at a coalition meeting over an interview with the Times of London proposing Sinai demilitarization and a peace force possibly including Egyptians. Opposition Gahal pressed for Knesset debate and a no confidence vote in the government.
The House Appropriations Committee approved 289.9 million dollars for continued SST supersonic aircraft development, sending the bill to the floor for a vote next Thursday. One prototype is slated to fly by March 1973, with total federal outlays near 1.3 billion including private financing.
President Nixon held a March 1 briefing with four governors on a revenue sharing plan. Missouri's Warren Hearnes voiced strong enthusiasm while Wisconsin’s Patrick Lucey sounded cautious. Illinois Governor Ogilvie pressed to exclude 1968 tax data, arguing it unfairly favored states with earlier tax starts.
Washington AP reports House Democrats will vote on a resolution demanding total withdrawal of U.S. forces from Vietnam by year end. The measure, sponsored by multiple D controlled lawmakers, seeks a Democratic caucus position after Senate Democrats already adopted a withdrawal resolution.
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