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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1972
Page
1
Readers ask about IRS contact, Weight Watchers meeting locations, condemned houses, Elder Road paving, and family reunion costs. The paper explains staff limits, church meeting sites, demolition bids, petitioning for road paving, fair cost sharing, Sunday sale rules, and beach riding guidance.
Paris AP report states the United States and South Vietnam suspended the Viet Nam peace conference indefinitely due to lack of progress. Porter said no date was set for next meeting as North Vietnam ignored demands to halt offensives.
South Vietnamese paratroopers began their first counterattack since the North’s offensive 36 days earlier, aiming to reopen Highway 14 between Kontum and Pleiku. U.S. and Saigon forces mobilized a crash program to offset losses, while Hue was seen as a main target.
Shirley Chisholm campaigns in North Carolina as a potential spoiler drawing from Sanford to aid Wallace. Polls show Wallace and Sanford near even. Muskie and Jackson have withdrawn. Black voters and Sanford’s Duke leadership loom large in NC delegate race.
In Kellogg Idaho federal inspectors say smoke is diminishing in the Sunshine Mining Co mine, raising hope after a fire killed 24 and left 58 miners missing three days earlier. Rescue crews press toward the No. 10 hoist shaft as air flows through an internal pipe system to reach trapped workers. Carbon monoxide remains high and smoke hampered efforts as teams approach within 200 feet of the hoist room.
Washington reports additional land based air power to Southeast Asia as part of a broad buildup. The Pentagon confirms more fighter bombers and bombers to South Vietnam, Thailand, and Guam, raising total air force strength to over 800 planes in theater.
President Nixon names L. Patrick Gray III as acting FBI director to avoid Senate confirmation during the election year. He postpones a permanent appointment until after November 7, keeping Gray in dual roles and reducing partisan debate. The prior nominee, Richard G. Kleindienst, faces scrutiny over DOJ proprieties in ITT antitrust settlements.
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