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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1972
Page
1
A reader suggests recycling old license plates for scrap to fund city beautification or charity. The paper notes scrap value is small but benefits include reduced landfill waste and tax considerations. Other questions cover mail to Loretta Lynn, landfill hours, 4 H clubs in Guilford County, and a cashier’s plea for respectful treatment by customers.
The National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse urges decriminalizing private possession and smoking up to one ounce, while maintaining penalties for cultivation or sale. It favors persuasion over prosecution, notes uncertain ties to crime, and keeps marijuana contraband classification for outside-home possession.
The Supreme Court ruled single people may obtain contraceptives if married people can, upholding privacy rights. Justice Brennan wrote the 6 to 1 decision opposing Massachusetts punishment for Bill Baird for lecturing at Boston University and distributing contraception to an unmarried woman.
Mrs. J.C. and neighbors report tiled lot drainage from street washes onto their land. Water stagnates attracting mosquitoes. Public Works Director Wills says the drain has been checked and a work order issued, expecting corrective action to stop standing water and address nearby overgrown lot.
In Chicago the Illinois Democratic primary counted ballots showing Ed Muskie with a strong lead over George McGovern and Eugene McCarthy. Muskie captured about 63 percent of the presidential preference vote while delegate tallies remained unsettled as long ballots were processed across 24 contests for 160 convention seats.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley saw two major losses in the Illinois primary as Hanrahan beat Berg for state’s attorney amid a police raid controversy and Walker defeated Simon for governor. Daley vowed to back Hanrahan and not concede the Simon-Walker result, while Muskie led Illinois presidential delegates with 63 percent as McGovern trailed.
Three AFL-CIO leaders including George Meany resigned from the 15 member Pay Board in protest of what they call an anti worker inflation policy. They criticized wage controls while prices and profits rose and warned of greater government control of the economy. The move follows recent pay decisions affecting West Coast longshoremen and aerospace workers.
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