24 May 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1971
Page
1
The Enterprise notes a coed day camp at the city lake August 2–20 with basketball for preschoolers through sixth graders in three groups, plus an older boys camp by Stan Perry. YWCA may add an outdoor girls workshop if interest grows. Contact Parks and Recreation.
Reader asks about planting Irish potatoes in July for late harvests, noting county agents and FOX lack of awareness. The reply checks with two High Point high schools and finds no shortage of English textbooks. teachers have not reported students lacking books.
Viet Cong sappers infiltrated Cam Ranh base and blew six tanks containing about 1.5 million gallons of aviation fuel two Americans injured. Six hours later mortars hit the support base with no casualties reported.
Gov. Bob Scott warned of a coming clash over restructuring North Carolina higher education. He criticized leaders including UNC chief William Friday East Carolina's Leo Jenkins and Board of Higher Education chair Cameron West. The Warren Committee urged a single board of regents and reform of the Board of Higher Education. Scott aims to present recommendations to the General Assembly Tuesday amid ongoing infighting among educators.
UNC President William C. Friday told trustees the university system is a magnificent educational enterprise. Gov. Scott plans to push a central governing board proposal Tuesday, while Friday notes student attitudes have shifted to a calmer tone and expresses confidence in future service. The board reconvenes Friday to consider restructuring recommendations.
About 2,000 National Guardsmen moved into Chattanooga after three nights of disruptions sparked by a canceled rock concert. Governor Dunn ordered two battalions as police struggled with crime amid firebombings sniper fire and rock throwing.
Eastern Turkey's second quake this month kills 812 around Bingol as troops and volunteers rush to rescue the injured and homeless. Survivors describe widespread destruction in sun-dried brick homes, with many villages unreachable and aid centers mobilized. Premier Erim tours disaster zone praising relief efforts while fearing further disasters.
Former Sen. Thomas D. Dodd of Connecticut died at 64 from a heart attack in OLD LYME. The 1967 Senate censure over campaign fund use haunted his career, though he maintained innocence and had not been charged with crimes. He previously ran as an independent after declining a 1972 Democratic bid.
Istanbul police and troops swarm the city in a house to house search for the assassins of Ephraim Elrom. Government vows to pursue attackers as leftist suspects are rounded up. Elrom found shot in a fashionable district. owners of the apartment say two young men rented it 45 days earlier.
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