Action line prompt from The Enterprise urge readers to call or write
The notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise to address questions, worries, or problems. It encourages calls or letters to discuss issues or settle matters, emphasizing accessibility and outreach by the paper.
High Point Snow of 1927 March 1 2
Snow began in the late afternoon of March 1 1927 reaching record depths of up to 45 feet by midnight and tapering to flurries by mid morning March 2. Enterprise reports show minimal school attendance prompting Wingate Andrews to cancel classes for the day with no official weather measurements then.
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High Point
Enterprise
T. Wingate Andrews
Gas service possible on Valley Ridge Drive
Residents may get natural gas once Piedmont Natural Gas surveys demand. District manager W L Pamplin says the 1700 block already has a gas line but no one else on the street has requested service. Call Piedmont to confirm interest and trigger a survey.
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Valley Ridge Drive
G. A
W. L. Pamplin
Piedmont Natural Gas
Piedmont
Rocket Club seeks intergroup model rocket competition
The Thomasville Rocket Club invites contests with other rocketeers. Brent Litwin is contact at 476-6640 to arrange events. He says models may use solid fuel engines reaching up to 2,500 feet and welcomes all rocket types and engine categories.
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Thomasville Rocket Club
Brent Litwin
Which Senator Spoke Longest on Record In Congress
Oregon Senator Wayne Morse delivered a 22 hour 26 minute uninterrupted speech on the Tidelands Oil Bill in late April 1953. Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina followed with a 24 hour 18 minute Civil Rights Bill speech on August 28-29, 1957, aided by a brief interruption.
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U. S
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Tidelands
Strom Thurmond
S. C
Urban maintenance queries and broadcast timing notes
The column explains street washing flusher mechanics flushing debris toward the curb and catch basin and notes sidewalk debris on resurfaced streets. It also covers Paul Harvey's radio show status, and details High Point park baseball limits and adult softball activity with local sponsorship changes and youth programs. It ends with an explanation of a beeper tone heard on networks tied to time zones.
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Henry Craughn
Paul Harvey
Harvey
Frank Lambeth
ABC
WMFR
High Point
Parks and Recreation Department
American Legion
Ray Kisiah
Kisiah
R.J. A. Ken Davis
Channel 8
FBI probes gangland graves as two bodies found in New Jersey
FBI teams using bulldozers uncovered two skeletons at a suspected Cosa Nostra cemetery near Jackson Township 60 miles from New York. One victim, Angelo Sonnessa, 48, disappeared in 1961. the other, Kenneth Later, 55, disappeared in 1963. Both linked to Cosa Nostra. farm owners arrested as witnesses.
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Jackson Township
N.J
FBI
Cosa Nostra
J. Edgar Hoover
New York
New Jersey
Hoover
Angelo Sonnessa
Milton Helpern
New York City
Kenneth Later
Washington
Joseph Celso
Rose
Asbury Park
Sonnessa
Celler Predicts Powell Seated If Harlem Special Election Wins
Congressman Celler, chair of the House panel on Powell, says the House will seat Adam Clayton Powell after a Harlem special election. He cites private talks with members who now favor seating Powell, a view echoed by Rep. Conyers as likely to prevail if Powell wins April 11.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Rep
Ce Celler
Tony
Celler
Select
House Committee
Powell
D-N.y
New York
Harlem
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
Five year old taken on final train ride
Terri Ann Duskin, a five year old with a brain tumor, rode an observation car on a Minneapolis to St. Paul train with her mother. She wore red polish and a blue hair clasp as her last days fade, memories of past joys contrasting with her weakened condition.
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Jim Klobuchar
Minneapolis Star
Minneapolis, Minn
Terri Ann Duskin
Brookdale
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Money Pump to Economy Boosts 1966 Deficit Peak
Government spending surpassed receipts at an annual $3.6 billion deficit in late 1966, the largest since 1964, while Johnson touts these national income accounts as accurate policy indicators. Labor data show wholesale food prices down amid a steady 106.0 wholesale price index.
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Washington
Johnson
Commerce Department
National Income Accounts
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Last Train Ride Echoes a Mother's Fear for Dying Child
A family rides a domed cruiser past industrial decay as Terri Ann, once active, loses speech and movement. Doctors warn she may not reach six, while her mother clings to hope and protects the girl’s happiness despite the looming loss.
Lawmakers probe big computer firms as IBM top target
The House Antitrust Subcommittee requests documents from IBM Control Data GE Honeywell and Sperry Rand Univac as part of an inquiry into the electronic computer industry. The Justice Department has already been looking into cross licensing disputes involving IBM and Univac amid a $12 billion data processing market with roughly 40 000 systems installed.
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Washington
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Antitrust Subcommittee
IBM
Data Corp
General Electric Co
Honeywell Inc
Sperry- Rand
Univac
Subcommittee
Federal Communications Commission
EDP
Electronic Data Processing
United States
U.S
Nashville mother seeks child back from loan firm
A Nashville mother Wanda Lee Thompson 27 sent her 5 year old Teresa Lynn Thompson to a downtown finance company after her paycheck was garnisheed. Teresa Lynn is now a ward of juvenile court and Thompson faces neglect charges. The girl was left with a note and later placed with a great aunt with possible custody pending final action. The loan manager said he would help if the mother asked and offered to release funds or the check.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Wanda Lee Thompson
Teresa Lynn
Martha Marsh
Bernice Clements
Bill McMaster
Communists Shoot Up Truck Convoy Near Da Nang
In northern South Vietnam Communist forces attacked a 121 truck convoy near Da Nang injuring 140 Marines and killing 24. Mines hit a Marine convoy, leaving three trucks burned and three Marines dead with 10 wounded as fighting raged around Con Thien Mountain in Quang Tri Province.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
da Nang
U. S
Con Thien
North
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