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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1969
Page
21
A mink ranch Q and A reveals pivot to common garbage diet of mink food waste from chicken entrails and minced mule meat. Davidson Community College will offer Business 212 accounting with June 4 registration and July 8 finish at 7:30 to 9:15 daily for six credit hours at $18.
Apollo 10 astronauts Col. Thomas P. Stafford Cmdr. John W. Young and Cmdr. Eugene A. Cernan landed in the South Pacific about 400 miles east of Pago Pago aboard the Princeton after an eight day flight. They completed 31 lunar orbits and rehearsed all landing phases before a near flawless return and television broadcast to millions.
A reader asks about a noncompetitive public rifle range in the High Point area for practice. A tip is provided: W. B. Archer runs a range at Rt. 2 Box 729 Brown Summit 27214, charging 12 dollars yearly. write for directions and details.
The answer explains there are no automatic team continuities or yearly contracts. A member’s status ends with each season and a contract is only a roster statement listing name age and league. Key rules require at least 12 innings per season availability and roster composition limits for ages eight to twelve.
The original Cinderella production aired on February 22, 1965. It was among early CBS color shows but not among the very first color broadcasts by the network.
A reader criticizes a girl for social failure and law breaking, arguing freedom requires respect for others and self restraint. The writer, Mrs. C. M. M., urges adoption of civilized rules, consideration for others, and self-respect to align freedom with society.
James Earl Ray returned to court in Memphis and requested a full trial on the murder charge of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He had pleaded guilty 11 weeks earlier to a 99 year term. A court clerk testified Ray did not admit any promises beyond the plea.
Ray, serving 99 years in Nashville prison, faces a possible new hearing in Memphis as he challenges his guilty plea in the 1968 King assassination. He argues inadequate counsel and says the death of Judge Battle, who accepted the plea, could require reopening. Local judge Faquin will decide if new testimony is allowed and a retrial pursued.
Chicago public school teachers voted 9 776 to 585 to accept a one year contract ending a two day strike. The deal raises starting pay to 8400 a year, improves fringe benefits and working conditions, with no layoffs and class size reductions.
Independent surveys show Thomas Bradley ahead of Mayor Sam Yorty by 17 percentage points in a nonpartisan race for Los Angeles mayor. Bradley leads 53 to 36 in a Muchmore poll of 675 people, with 11 percent undecided, while Field Poll had Bradley at 43 to 38 with 19 percent undecided. Turnout expected 70 to 75 percent of 1.27 million voters. Bradley, 21-year policeman, dismisses charges of militant or anti police support. Yorty campaigns amid claims of corruption in city commissions.
Apollo 10 crew members Eugene Cernan Thomas Stafford and John Young shaved in space for the first time. They abandoned mechanical razors after a drugstore purchase, using a safety razor with brushless cream to keep whiskers from floating in weightlessness.
Supreme Court Justice William C. Douglas says he knows little of the Albert Parvin Foundation tax matters. The Times reported he wrote a May 12 letter suggesting how finances could be segregated from Parvin’s control and claimed a pressure campaign to remove him from the bench. Douglas says he will not bend to pressure and will not discuss the issue further. Fred Warner Neal succeeds Douglas as foundation president. Neal says he knows of no tax advice from Douglas.
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration believes it has enough commitments to win Senate approval for the Safeguard antimissile system. Senate Republicans, led by Everett Dirksen, expect votes to be there next month with possible absences aiding the effort. Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield notes pressure could yield a slim margin.
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