17 May 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
1
Inquiry notes strong demand for mobile home and trailer parking in the area and asks proprietors to share locations and phone numbers with mobile home dealers. Suggests public sources like the Inspections Department and Planning and Zoning to provide maps and assist with designated areas.
The five lowest earnings years are dropped from age 65 calculations. If you retire between 62 and 65, benefits still use up to age 65. With 29 or 30 years counted, five lows are removed leaving 24 or 25 years. Future earnings lower than past reduce benefits. disability resets benefits. Call 883-4166 for help.
Acme Arms Company is out of business and Dixie Gun Works in Union City Tennessee has no records. They suggest buying a $2 catalog with reference charts. The National Arms Collectors Assn. in Columbia South Carolina offers inquiries, and Gun Week is included with membership. Magazines on gun collecting are the best information source.
A North Carolina statute allows teachers and principals to use reasonable force in schools. A dissenting view argues hitting students is not reasonable and teaches fear, while proponents cite discipline as essential to maintain order.
Anwar Sadat moves to consolidate power seven months after Nasser’s era. He arrests six ministers and three political bosses for alleged overthrow plots, reshuffles top posts including armed forces, interior ministry, intelligence, district attorney, and the national assembly speaker, while Egyptians express broad backing and relief at reduced surveillance.
Sen. Sam J. Ervin calls the Nixon administration crime control bill unconstitutional and politically motivated. He says the measure aims to impress the public that justice officials are focused on law and order while proposing up to 60 days pretrial detention for certain dangerous or organized federal cases. Attorney General Mitchell defends the plan as protective and limited to specific defendants with safeguards.
AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen led a 13 000 member strike with lines honored by other unions. Rail traffic stopped nationwide causing severe delays in New York and New Jersey as officials warned of widespread disruption. Government mediation continued as wage demands remained central to talks.
Michael Haley, a Vietnam veteran near discharge after a second tour, owes $3 724 due to a five month wait for orders. The Army says his pay is docked while his dependents receive$40 of his basic pay and $130.60 not counted in basic pay. Haley, 23, of Champaign Illinois, tells of a 128 day AWOL listing while awaiting orders and facing the debt amid publicity.
Washington officials led by Clark McGregor and Secretary of State William Rogers say Mansfield's plan to cut U S troops in Europe by 50 percent will fail as Senate votes approach. Truman and other ex government figures back Nixon position. Javits opposes and offers a substitute. Rogers warns such a unilateral reduction could threaten NATO and future Soviet talks.
The U S Postal Service faced opening hearings by the Postal Rate Commission in Washington to justify and seek permanency for temporary postage increases. Accountants and lawyers led as judges assess new rates marking the first outside congressional setting since 1792.
In Philadelphia Frank Rizzo campaigns for the Democratic mayoral nomination after leaving police commissioner post. He faces U.S. Rep. William J. Green, Hardy Williams and others as voters head to the polls amid party tensions and questions of black support.
In Memphis, a dispute over a phone led to an armed confrontation with a resident and more than 50 officers. Patrolman James C. Crossno, 26, was wounded by a shotgun blast and underwent brain surgery. He has lost an eye, is deaf, and paralyzed from the injuries. Homicide detectives expect charges against Sam D. Farmer.
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