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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1972
Page
1
Readers raise multiple issues including a travel trailer in a front yard with water and power, improper mobile home placement rules, and public concerns about garbage collection. They also ask about stopping church chimes that disturb daytime sleepers and report a magistrate option for a small claims matter.
The general tax on most purchases was imposed during Governor Terry Sanford's term, replacing prior sales levies on luxury items. Food was not exempt, making the tax widely felt by families and remembered as the food tax rather than the broader sales tax.
In the largest U S air naval effort in Vietnam the task force began mining Haiphong and other North Vietnamese ports and bombarded railways and highways. One North Vietnamese MIG was shot down as seven others were reported downed in four days. The operation’s initial phase was declared successfully completed with Navy planes returning to their carriers.
President Nixon linked the mining of North Vietnamese harbors to a sea quarantine and warned Moscow to stop arming Hanoi within three days or face destruction of Soviet ships. Kissinger said Moscow has not yet decided on the May 22 Moscow summit and acknowledged potential risk to U.S.-Soviet talks.
House Democrats led by Rep. Bella Abzug push impeachment charges stating Nixon mined Haiphong and North Vietnamese ports. Senate support comes from Republican Leader Hugh Scott as military actions widen with widespread air strikes and naval mining across the region.
Nixon avoided a formal blockade while ordering efforts to seal North Vietnamese ports. Mines will be dropped from carrier planes to block Haiphong and at least five other harbors, with a three day grace period for ships to depart. At Haiphong harbor 36 ships are present, including 16 Russian vessels and 11 from other Communist nations.
North Carolina Senator B Everett Jordan says he may call for a runoff against Nick Galifianakis after a tight Democratic Senate primary. Galifianakis, who led by about 38 000 votes but short of a majority, hopes Jordan does not seek a runoff.
Tass, the Soviet news agency, accuses President Nixon of naked aggressive acts and violating international law in Vietnam actions. It condemns mining port entrances and threats to strike in internal waters, and questions Nixon's stated aims to end the war and bring troops home.
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