24 Mar 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1970
Page
1
City Planning Department holds maps, mostly of city limits. A full section 42 by 30 inches costs about 10 dollars. Partial maps cost less and use a scale of 1 inch to 200 feet.
Students seek guides on drugs water air pollution and capital punishment. The recommended starting point is the public library and its Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature with librarian assistance. The High Point Memorial Hospital maintains a medical library for doctors and staff, not open to the public.
A reader asks the Health Department to address roaches seen in a store and homes, urging enforcement or Sanitary action. Officials note inspections show no current roach issue but encourage complainants to identify themselves and speak to management for immediate remedial steps.
Striking postal workers return to jobs in Chicago Detroit Philadelphia and much of Connecticut and New Jersey with hints of progress in New York. National Guardsmen to be sent to post offices after lunch while Hartford and Brooklyn pickets mark remaining tension.
Congress moves to speed a postal pay increase if Nixon negotiates with striking workers. Senate aide and House speakers signal readiness for a conference, with the 11.1 percent demand and potential Easter recess impact. National Guard mobilizes in New York area as strikers return.
President Nixon unveils a two year plan to aid desegregation efforts in black and white schools. The package aims to raise quality and promote interracial contact while resisting compulsory busing. He seeks to redirect $500 million from other programs and emphasizes a cautious approach to avoid disruption.
Cambodia’s exiled leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk announces plans to form a national unity government and a liberation army with backing from North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. Reports in Pe king link his moves to possible foreign intervention and U.S. neutrality efforts.
The air attaché at the U.S. embassy in Santo Domingo was abducted on a polo field near the embassy hotel at 7 40 am by gunmen. A group opposing Balaguer's reelection claimed responsibility and demanded the release of political prisoners in exchange for Lt. Col. Donald J. Crowley.
Senator Thomas F Eagleton announces he will vote against G Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court calling him mediocre. The minority opposition grows to 28 votes while 39 are in favor as the nomination faces potential maneuvering in the Judiciary Committee.
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