ACTION LINE appeal prompts reader contact
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06 May 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1967
Page
1
A call to readers to reach ACTION LINE for help or to share concerns. The notice invites calls or writing to ACTION LINE c o The Enterprise to settle problems or ease worries.
W D Lee Jr president of Piedmont Savings and Loan notes groups of three white birch trees planted on the Westwood side. He says the birch is indigenous to the North, flourishing in Piedmont’s yard, with smooth white bark valued for ornamentation and timber use.
A reader asks how to deter and kill skunks. County agent Willard Kimrey notes they raid insects, mice and eggs. Safe guidance suggests distance and avoidance. toxic bait or trapping are described as options, with methods to dull odors by soaking in household liquids.
A traffic signal for the Redding and West Point intersection is discussed after two severe crashes and an 11 year old child’s death. R V Moss reports blocked driver vision from buildings and a bricked wall endangering a supported house, with costly remedy hindering action. future studies may justify signal installation as traffic increases.
The program offers long term low interest loans administered by colleges with 90 percent government contribution. Eligibility hinges on need with academic excellence favored. Not limited to teachers. some benefits exist for those who teach full time, including partial or full forgiveness of the loan after teaching in designated schools.
Report notes two patients could not obtain blankets the week of March 20. Staff say no blanket shortage, but heat overwhelms patients. Inquiry found hospital heating was consistently high and air conditioning not turned on for cooling. No staff confession on missing blankets.
Dr Earl P Crow Jr associate professor of Religion at High Point College authored a piece on antinomianism focusing on John Wesley. It appeared in the Duke Divinity School Review and should be available from the Duke Library per department head W R Locke. The note explains antinomianism as faith alone saving without moral law obligation.
About 10 000 youths rioted for almost three hours in Boston's downtown after a theater offered free admission to anyone in a James Bond style trench coat for a Casino Royale preview. Police dispersed the crowd with 75 officers and tactical units. more than 20 arrested and several injured from glass. One 18 year old man was killed by a car in nearby Braintree while hitchhiking to the event.
Senator Robert Kennedy endorsed James P. Hoffa Jr. for the Michigan House of Representatives seat in Detroit's 19th District. The 25 year old Hoffa, Democratic nominee, faces a May 23 runoff after the late Joseph Kowalski vacated the seat. Kennedy spoke at a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner and offered no further comment.
In Tallahassee Florida House Republican leader Donald Reed proposed amending a truth in packaging bill to ban items altering appearance such as falsies hair dye wigs eye lashes makeup and girdles. The amendment passed overwhelmingly by voice vote before Reed withdrew it to save the day for women.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a suit by Richmond woman Mrs. Progner against Duke Hospital surgeon Dr. W W Eagle. The panel found insufficient information to decide the appeal over negligence and breach of contract tied to a December 12 1961 nose operation resulting in a saddle back nose. The district court had directed a verdict for Eagle on contract and a jury favored the surgeon on negligence.
Communist forces attacked Ham Tan and Trang Sup, killing or wounding over 100 South Vietnamese civilians. The raids targeted a provincial capital and a Special Forces camp near the Laotian border, with U.S. planes, gunfire, and flare ships involved. American pilots also hit Hanoi outskirts and Ha Dong barracks in a wide aerial campaign.
NEW YORK AP The World Journal Tribune ended eight months after announcing union restrictions harassment and losses forced it to quit Staff and industry leaders expressed shock and sorrow The paper faced losses averaging 700000 dollars a month and blamed union intransigence while union leaders and owners faced possible difficulties among three owners Arthur Ochs Sulzberger called the loss a blow to the community and its spirit
The World Journal Tribune shuts after a 140 day strike amid new NY newspaper talks. Ganett and rival editors lament the closing while circulation was about 700000 daily and 900000 Sunday. The New York Post lifts ad rates 20 percent. Daily News price rises one cent due to rising costs.
The Defense Department plans to call 31,000 delinquent reservists to active duty starting July 1 for up to two years. About 15,000 to 25,000 come from the Army, 4,000 from the Air Force, 2,000 from the Marines, and 100 from the Navy. Delinquents have until May 31 to rejoin units with vacancies.
Sunday Enterprise compares taxi wait times in a major city with High Point, noting the latter’s service holds up despite issues. It also highlights vaudeville’s persistence in Vietnam where jugglers magicians and animal tamers perform, illustrating enduring live entertainment amid conflict.
In a tense Senate fight over campaign financing, Sen. Russell Long pressed for floor time. McGovern refused, citing a Williams recognition plan. Long then plotted a cloakroom scheme via Mondale to regain the chair and speak next.
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