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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1971
Page
3
The U S Weather Service predicts showers starting in the mountains Tuesday and spreading to the state Wednesday and Thursday. Lows tonight near 50s to mid 50s, highs reaching the 70s to 80s with cooler temps by Friday. The extended outlook calls for showers Wednesday, ending by Thursday and fair weather Friday.
Forecast shows mostly sunny conditions in North Carolina with partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday. Mountains may see scattered showers or thundershowers today and again Tuesday. highs mostly in the 80s, 70s in the Outer Banks. South Carolina expected partly cloudy with a slow warming trend and chance of showers Tuesday. highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s.
A Yugoslav charter TU134 crashed while landing at Rijeka airport on Krk island killing 72 British holidaymakers and a Yugoslav family of three. Four Yugoslav crew members survived. Weather was overcast but conditions were suitable for landing.
Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, head of the Labor Department's Women's Bureau, urges more action to move women from homes into jobs such as auto mechanics. She notes progress in rights proposals but criticizes slow change and calls for breaking sex barriers in the workforce.
The Senate rejects a Europe troop cut and faces pressure over a parallel plan to compel a Vietnam withdrawal by year end. Mansfield supporters insist the two issues differ though both hinge on U.S. troop levels. Hatfield and McGovern back withdrawal while Muskie and Humphrey switch from Mansfield to co sponsor the broader plan.
Sen Edward M Kennedy quipped he bought the artist not the name after his painting Red Shack sold for 3000 at a benefit art auction in Boston. The event at the Institute of Contemporary Art drew 200 patrons and raised 45500 for the Kennedy Library Fund.
Orangeburg South Carolina AP reports a 20 year old youth, Don Guess, warned a church congregation against apathy toward fighting drug abuse. He gouged out both eyes, one in his home bedroom and the second after running into nearby woods. He was hospitalized in fair condition with police and hospital officials not describing the incident further.
RALEIGH AP The chief engineer of the State Utilities Commission says North Carolina electric companies have adequate reserves to meet anticipated summer peak demand. Robert Roger notes Tar Heels should have no power worries if plants from Duke Power Co Carolina Power and Light Co or Virginia Electric Power Co perform. Companies report 11.1 percent more capacity than expected demand, though the commission would prefer 15 to 20 percent reserves.
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