27 Mar 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1969
Page
1
Readers ask if returning unpaid encyclopedias can avoid payment and whether underage couples must owe for unused books. The column stresses contract validity, suggests selling the set or trimming expenses, and notes the value of the books for future education. Readers’ other queries cover mail pickup rules, city cleanup, trailer placement, referendum opinions, and federal holidays.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remained in critical condition at Walter Reed as doctors reported worsening congestive heart failure. He slept longer and stayed lucid when awake while Mamie Eisenhower stayed at his bedside amid ongoing treatment and grim prognoses. President Nixon visited him Wednesday night amid renewed concern over his health.
Gov. Bob Scott asked the General Assembly to form a major new state department to aid troubled local governments. The plan includes an 18 member local affairs advisory council and reforms to tax power, conservation and development, highway commissions, and a $364,090 reorganization budget with a federal funds office.
A 23-year-old miller from Rose Hill was charged with kidnapping and murder in the strangulation death of 1-year-old Jackie Stone. The body was found in five feet of water near a bridge after a 20-hour search that involved more than 400 officers and volunteers. Jackie’s mother reported her missing Tuesday afternoon, and the suspect admitted to the crime. The case occurred in Wallace, Duplin County, near Wilmington.
Beir ut AP President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt warned the Big Four powers the Middle East crisis is approaching an explosion point and must be defused quickly. He said peace cannot be imposed and the future of the region will be decided in the Middle East.
Secretary of State Rogers told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the United States is ready to withdraw troops from South Vietnam over a very short period if Hanoi agrees, while private talks on peace have produced progress. He stressed no long withdrawal timeline and the goal of mutual troop removal as a step toward ending the war, noting private talks may continue even if North Vietnam opposes public negotiations.
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong denounced U S and South Vietnam for seeking private talks on Vietnam settlement. Tran Buu Kiem called Saigon proposal a Nixon maneuver to cover intensifying the war. Xuan Thuy accused it of deceit to calm public opinion. both sides rejected direct NLF talks as a separate entity. Further talks depend on coalition government and U S troop withdrawal.
Washington reports a congressional official says private talks outside Paris show promise for a Vietnam settlement. He could not reveal locations. Senate Republican Leader Dirksen praises cautious Nixon administration actions and patience toward a just and honorable peace.
Senate Republican Leader Everett Dirksen warned that punitive harassment of businessmen over job discrimination must stop or someone will lose authority. The remarks targeted Equal Opportunity Commission chair Clifford Alexander as a Pentagon race and contract policy probe opened. Burlington Industries and a southern textile firm had just reached a nondiscrimination hiring accord with Deputy Defense Secretary Packard, ahead of a subcommittee hearing on Pentagon contract awards and a transportation nondiscrimination procedure.
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