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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1972
Page
1
The Enterprise explains how to contact Action Line for questions or help. It notes requests are considered but high volume limits responses or acknowledgments. The piece informs readers to write or call for assistance and mentions the department handling inquiries.
The post office says no money goes to its officials for the lot used by furniture men during spring and fall markets. Bowman Oil Co. handles the parking, charging fees to cover labor and liability, but profits are minimal. Parking is limited to two market days, with parkers often arriving early and sometimes allowed free use for High Pointers.
Article 27 sections 76 to 79 define cruelty to animals as a misdemeanor and set a fine up to 100 dollars for abandoning a domestic animal. Poisoning animals is stated as a form of cruelty, with judges taking a dim view of such acts.
Readers report freezes on price and excise tax refunds for a 1971 Ford bought in Thomasville on August 23. They seek steps, contacting Ford Motor Co and Thompson Auto with no replies, and ask which federal office handles refunds for 72 model cars bought in Lexington. A sample letter is provided for the Ford unit in Dearborn with model, serial number, purchase date and shop.
Jake Bodenheimer seeks contact to sponsor a race car and provides his number 882-5380 plus asks for the sponsor to call 885-239 after 5. Terry Beasley requests contact after 5 pm. Mr J thanks Boy Scouts for highway cleanup and city beautification efforts.
A bomb exploded in a Pentagon restroom early today causing structural damage and flooding while no injuries were reported. An antiwar group claimed responsibility and police with explosives dogs conducted a wide search as workers returned six hours later. The fourth floor women's washroom was demolished with debris and a floor hole, but officials said it was business as usual.
About 2,000 North Vietnamese forces with seven medium tanks attacked Kontum in five waves Thursday night. South Vietnamese troops and U.S. aircraft repelled the assault, with 92 attackers killed and 3 Saigon soldiers dead and 7 wounded. A separate air action reported two MIG19s downed near Hanoi while U.S. bombers and fighters conducted about 500 strikes in North Vietnam.
FBI agents search rubble near the Pentagon E ring after a blast six hours into new security rules. Air Force officials report a powdery explosion with no injuries, while a Weatherman caller claims responsibility. The Weather Underground notes link to March 1 1971 Capitol bombing and Vietnam war protests.
President Nixon moves toward a public strategic arms control accord with the Soviet Union as he concludes final talks before departing for a Moscow summit. Secret sessions with Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin at Camp David preceded meetings with congressional leaders and Vice President Agnew, with Kissinger in attendance.
President Nixon visited Alabama Governor George C. Wallace at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland and said Wallace remains alert despite gunshot wounds. He discussed Nixon's Russia trip and Wallace's health, noting Wallace hopes to return to Alabama soon.
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP US and USSR ready to sign a joint manned space flight agreement during Nixon's Moscow visit. Russians may launch a second Salyut station while Nixon is in the USSR. Three US astronauts are training in Russian lessons for the mission planned for June 1975 with a linkup between an Apollo craft and a Salyut station. The plan includes a two day combined mission and a subsequent 11 day Earth orbital survey by the Americans.
Governor Bob Scott fades as a Democratic outcast while Hargrove Bowles and Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor maneuver for individuality in the gubernatorial race. Taylor rejects Scott's unity bid and Scott retreats into neutrality amid runoff tensions. See SCOTT On Page 2A.
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