23 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1969
Page
1
A notice inviting readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise to discuss questions problems or worries by phone or letter. Includes instruction to write ACTION LINE c/o The Enterprise. The text emphasizes reaching out for assistance or discussion.
Garden and home queries cover pine tree transplant timing and technique with root protection advice, aspirin timing for meals explained by pharmaceutical association guidance, and local park lighting logistics. Additional notes detail PBX operator recognition process and guidance on valuing a Stradivarius copy, plus references on invention guides.
Senator George Aiken of Vermont said Nixon may drop the ABM system if a U S Russia arms limitation deal progresses. He doubted Senate hearings helped the administration and suggested some contractors differ. He warned continued ABM push signals a renewed arms race while openness to disarmament talks remains possible.
President Nixon denounces campus disorders as a threat to intellectual freedom and civilization while limiting federal retaliation to withdrawing financial aid from students convicted of breaking the law. HEW Chief Finch outlines enforcement while protecting dissent, as Nixon seeks moderate new initiatives to ease college tensions in California.
Sen George McGovern chair of the Senate hunger committee calls the Nixon administration food program half hearted tinkering with the poor's needs. He cites a proposed 1 billion over four years with 100 million first year and argues 700 million could feed far more. he urges higher funding and broader reforms including free stamps for the poorest, income-based payments, health care, sanitation, and nutrition education. He plans to press for hearings with Agriculture Secretary Hardin and Welfare Secretary Finch and to offer amendments to the Food Stamp program totaling 1.5 billion.
Fresh fighting flared around Saigon as Viet Cong launch a spring offensive into its second month. U S and allied forces report heavy clashes across several zones including Dong Tam and Atlas Wedge, with American casualties described as light to moderate and Viet Cong casualties in the dozens in multiple engagements. Rocket and mortar barrages and helicopter air assaults figure prominently in the action across the region.
Former President Harry S. Truman arrives in Key West for a two week break. At 84, he walks with a cane and smiles as about 40 local officials and Boca Chica Air Station brass greet him. He quips he feels damn good for an old man. Clifton Daniel and family accompany him.
James Earl Ray now contends he is innocent and says he was pressured into pleading guilty to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His new Savannah lawyer J B Stoner visited Ray at Tennessee State Penitentiary and said Ray plans to pursue libel suits against Life magazine and others, not criminal actions.
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