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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1972
Page
1
Readers are invited to submit questions or problems to The Enterprise in care of Action Line. The note explains that while every request is considered the high volume prevents individual replies or acknowledgments.
A reader asks about exchanging lumpy mattresses without a receipt and air concerns over sanitizing secondhand bedding under North Carolina Bedding Law. The column notes records aid exchanges, cites state rules, and mentions measles vaccination limits and antique trophies.
WGHP TV cannot air The American Sportsman when ABC offers it due to previous commitments. The program manager notes no remedy at this time.
Japanese Defense Agency reports a Sverdlov class cruiser and a Kotlin class destroyer seen steaming south through the Tsushima Strait between Japan and the Korean peninsula. The spokesman avoided speculation on a North Vietnamese mission, noting speeds around 10 knots with cruiser max 34 knots and marking the first southbound Soviet warships through the strait since last December's India Pakistan conflict.
North Vietnamese troops and tanks battered An Loc 60 miles north of Saigon despite 70 B52s dropping over 1 700 tons of explosives. One American adviser killed, another wounded, two Air Force spotters missing as fighting spreads toward Chon Thanh and Saigon. Security tightened with curfews and closures as Hanoi air campaign prompts civilian evacuation in Hanoi and southern provinces.
Protests across the United States over Nixon’s Vietnam policy lead to the UN in New York closing to visitors. Demonstrations surge on campuses and streets with 500-plus arrests, while a poll shows 59 percent support for mining. Police clash occur in Albuquerque and Cambridge. I-80 blockage attempt noted.
Washington experts believe Russia and Red China could supply North Vietnam by railroad to offset seaborne losses from U S mining. They doubt a sustained heavy airlift is feasible. redundancy and multi-rail networks bolster North Vietnamese logistics.
Republican candidate Jim Gardner accuses the White House of pressuring Jim Holshouser to quit the North Carolina gubernatorial race after a poll showed Holshouser could not win. Holshouser dismisses the charges as desperation politics as he vacations on the coast.
Raleigh sources say Roy Sowers will announce at a 2 p.m. news conference that he will not seek a runoff against Jim Hunt for the Democratic nomination. The primary left Hunt at 44 percent and Sowers at 23 percent amid accusations of campaign flip flops and party funding.
Sen. Mansfield and Sen. Scott, after a 16 day China tour, praise cleanliness order and safety in cities. They note low crime, free medical care, cheap entertainment, and subsistence level wages with free nursery and public schooling. They contrast private cars rarity with utilitarian vehicle focus and rising production.
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield reports from his Orient trip that China will not pressure North Vietnam to end the war or free U.S. prisoners. He says Beijing sees bombing resumption as a continuation rather than a solution and notes Nixon’s mine order tainted his visit. Meeting with Chou En-lai described as frank, candid and blunt.
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