16 May 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1969
Page
1
The Enterprise invites readers to call or write ACTION LINE to share concerns, questions, or worries. Aiming to settle problems or provide reassurance, the service emphasizes accessibility and prompt response for community issues.
A reader asks about legality of landlords entering rental homes without permission and notes rental shortages. Community Q&As address playground fencing, theater seating, softball signups, and city services. The column also offers housing and public works guidance plus a listener question about a race car driver’s contact details.
Moscow reports Venus 5 reached Venus area and released a 53 minute descent capsule. The instrument package measured temperature, pressure, and chemical composition during entry and parachute deployment. A pennant with Lenin and the USSR coat of arms was reportedly delivered at the surface. Venus 6 expected to enter Venus atmosphere Saturday.
Ambassador Lodge formally presented the Nixon plan at the 17th full session of the Vietnam peace talks in Paris and said the other side indicated it would consider the proposals. Hanoi and NLF delegates denounced the plan while insisting U.S. aims are neocolonial and that the talks remain far apart on major issues.
Berkeley scene turns violent as police clash with hippie squatters and students over a park land tied to UC Berkeley. About 50 injured, guardsmen placed on alert after police fire tear gas and birdshot, 18 blocks cordoned, 45 arrested. Newsmen Don Wegars and Daryl Lembke hit by birdshot.
Abe Fortas faces an uncertain future after resigning from the Supreme Court amid the Wolfson Foundation incident. He says he plans no firm path yet and hopes to live a good life and do some good for people. He notes offers have been limited and he might teach, travel, or return to his law firm.
CAPE TOWN AP Dr Philip Blaiberg the world's longest surviving heart transplant recipient was taken to hospital by ambulance today. Three days earlier doctors ordered the 59 year old former dentist to rest in his Wynberg apartment for a week due to exhaustion. Mrs Blaiberg said he was admitted for X ray examination.
President Nixon faces a slow nominating process after Fortas resignation and Wolfson foundation payments spark scrutiny. Aimed at filling Fortas and Warren positions, careful selection could ease public concern and reinforce court credibility while conservatives push for strict constitutionalist judges.
Geneva AP report details James Roosevelt oldest son of Franklin D. Roosevelt stabbed in the back during a family quarrel at his villa in Ve Senaz. He underwent emergency surgery and was expected to recover. police called it a medical case with no charges yet. Roosevelt's condition improving, comments from his spokesman and attorney say he will be discharged soon. Roosevelt previously served in the U.S. House and U.N. council, now involved with mutual funds through Investors Overseas Service in Geneva.
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