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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1970
Page
2
American troops tanks helicopters and fighter planes attacked a North Vietnamese force near the Cambodian frontier about 75 miles northwest of Saigon. The fight left 88 enemy dead and two Americans killed with 23 wounded as air and artillery strikes continued.
Washington AP report says union and government negotiators have a basis for negotiating a postal pay settlement after a two day talks stretch. Blount and Gildea lead teams while Congress and the White House await action and a House Senate Post Office panel delays. About 10,000 reservists remain on active duty in New York with no immediate strike escalation planned.
Forecast details for North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Virginia call for fair cool nights with frost inland and mild days. Increasing cloudiness Saturday bring chances of rain or showers western states with lows mostly 30s to 40s and highs from 46 to 72 depending on location. Extended outlook shows Sunday rain risk in North Carolina and cooler mornings into early next week along the coast.
Greensboro police monitor AAA Realty Co. apartments damaged in a rent strike that has led to 60 evictions to date. Residents refuse to pay until repairs are made, with an escrow account set up by Judge Robert A. Collier to hold back rent. Planned marches continue through the weekend and beyond.
Hatfield and Packwood joined others opposing Judge Carswell with six Republican defections and a growing Democratic opposition. Senate leaders predicted a close turnout as Nixon backs Carswell and supporters claim a clear vote for confirmation despite mounting opposition.
Washington AP figures from the U S Department of Agriculture show adults 18 and older average 3993 cigarettes per year, under 200 packs, down from 4186 last year. The department notes 1969 projected rate 4034 and a 1963 peak of 4345 before the surgeon general report.
Berlin AP Western allies hope Berlin four power talks yield fewer Soviet restrictions on West Berlin and people. But analysts warn Moscow will demand concessions. observers doubt a final settlement without entrenched rights. Next session set for April 28.
The Teamsters union rejected the industry’s three year contract offer worth about one dollar more per hour in wages and benefits. Negotiations resume with a midnight Tuesday deadline looming as both sides foresee a higher overall settlement.
The New York Times cites a Defense Department study led by Lt. Gen. William R. Peers finding a massacre occurred at My Lai on March 16 1968. The report asserts higher command levels received watered down accounts while individual and group acts of murder rape sodomy maiming and assault were committed against noncombatants.
Mrs. Bobby Ray Bagley of Sumter South Carolina learned after 30 months that her husband a pilot shot down in Vietnam is alive. A Greensboro woman also learned that Michael Christopher Lane POW. both families were stunned by the unexpected news from an antiwar group. Lane had not been heard from since 1967 while his wife-to-be taught at Guilford College and waited years for an update.
Governor John J. McKeithen said he informed Vice President Spiro Agnew that he would back a third party if needed to secure fair treatment of the South on school desegregation. The Democrat spoke after a private two hour meeting with Agnew and later held a news conference. Agnew planned further private talks with officials and citizens.
The Federal Communications Commission issued a new rule restricting ownership of radio and television operations to curb influence by few groups. Existing multi-station owners may keep all stations but cannot acquire more in the same market. The agency also floated a study on dismantling combined newspaper broadcast holdings within five years and asked for comments on defining the market.
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