05 May 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1969
Page
1
Mrs C A asks for a special folding type wheelchair that keeps legs straight, to help her husband who has two broken legs and high medical costs. Exchange Club and Council of Jewish Women report no wheelchairs available and urge return of borrowed items. please contact if you can lend one.
The speaker asks where to replace rusty locks and leather handles on an antique trunk. Local locksmiths say they can do the work if they can source a matching lock and must see the item to fit it properly.
A project house dedicated to showing low income families how to make homes attractive with limited funds will not be sold this year but will be offered later by sealed bids. The house remains open as long as interest lasts, with Project House offices taking appointment tours at 885-2042.
A reader asks about a wire cage on the right field line at Finch Field. The enclosure houses a pitching machine used by Hi-Tom batters to sharpen their eye, but the machine has been broken since early in the season.
A wary camper seeks protection ideas for keeping snakes out of an in yard tent. Advice suggests a tent with a sewn in canvas floor and secure closures when unused. The note adds cautions about snakes and mentions a Myrtle Beach snake farm for education and reassurance. It ends with a personal call to locate former students of Mrs Flossie Shaw to visit her.
President Nixon rebuffs immediate troop pullback under pressure from Congress and Republican lawmakers. White House officials cite progress at Paris talks and South Vietnam’s growing strength, outlining conditions for any withdrawal while signaling flexibility on a possible peace agreement.
Hundreds of University of Wisconsin students join hippies in riot sparked by a failed black dance. Police used clubs and irritant gas as barricades burned and clashes spread through downtown Madison. More than 1,000 involved. about 80 arrests, including two city aldermen. Mayor Dyke weighed a curfew as unrest subsided.
Dr Gerald T Clark of Elwyn Pa says about 200000 American males may carry the XYY genetic makeup linked to violence. He cautions there is growing evidence many XYY individuals are stable law abiding citizens and that the XYY male has been falsely stigmatized.
SAIGON AP reporting that U S forces withhold assessments of B52 damage along the Cambodian border. About 400 bombers dropped $18 million in bombs over two weeks with no official damage results. U S officers say harassment and denial of enemy refuges are key gains while acknowledging occasional enemy bodies found. A ground clash northwest of Saigon left three NPCs dead and four Americans killed with seven wounded.
An $8.3 million federal program to aid nearly 250000 impoverished mothers and children is behind plan and only reaches fewer than 100000 after six months. The effort provides a $7 monthly nutrient package though cooperation between federal and local agencies remains weak.
Gov. Bob Scott ties proposals for a 10 percent teacher pay rise next year and the year after to a cigarette tax. He argues North Carolina must tax tobacco to fund education, criticizing anti tax campaigns and calling tobacco funding essential to meet payroll while noting high teacher certification and low pay.
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