08 May 1966
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1966
Page
1
Nine year old Vicki Michael of 924 E Dayton Ave High Point writes a loving tribute to her mother. The piece celebrates kindness strength and the role of mothers.
President Johnson called for an international lunar treaty in San Antonio. The aim is to ensure free scientific exploration of the moon by the United States, the Soviet Union, and other nations, denying any one nation lunar sovereignty.
Five of six sky divers and their pilot were killed when a plane carrying the sky diving team crashed during a meet at a Pottstown area airfield. One diver escaped but his chute tangled and failed to open. another leaped free, parachuting to safety from 500 feet. The incident ended the meet and left responders assessing the wreckage on a farm.
Robert F. Allen 29, an insurance broker, remained in critical condition at St. Joseph's Hospital Tucson with bone cancer described as terminal. He had volunteered for a tumor transplant exchange, sparking nationwide support, and was linked with patient Larry Rink and others undergoing the Buffalo program.
The page titled REMAKING FACE OF THE CITY presents a feature on urban change and community transformation. It explores new developments, residents and local venues shaping the city’s identity and daily life.
Vice President Hubert Humphrey favors a new high level commission to reassess relations with Communist China. He supports containment without isolation and notes long-standing attention to China at the highest levels, while Kennedy and McGovern push a similar proposal.
Buddhist organizations in Saigon call for strategy meetings after Premier Ky says his regime will stay in power another year. The move could trigger more political unrest in South Vietnam as Da Nang mayor Nguyen Weeeee See warns of a bad time if Ky remains.
The Supreme Court's Ginzburg decision strengthens the Post Office as it regards obscenity in the mails. Officials say first class mail remains sacred and that the agency will not act as a censor but will pursue organized pornography without undermining privacy.
AP reports a Canadian survey showing sixty cent favor censor ship of newspapers and homes without warrants, one third support denying free speech to certain people if convenient. Hobart notes influences changing morality toward totalitarian control and a split view on future wars, with 42 percent saying the world is more dishonest. He stresses honesty and meaningful personal ties to counter youth confusion.
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