03 Nov 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1967
Page
1
The notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise with inquiries or worries. It instructs calling or writing to the desk and provides routing details for messages. The item reflects a public service prompt encouraging community engagement and advice.
A reader asks how to handle a husband who forged his wife’s name on loan papers. Advice recommends withholding allowances, pursuing a warrant, and consulting a lawyer. Another reader explains the Commodity Credit Corp Tobacco Stabilization setup, joining the Tobacco Stabilization Corp, and factors affecting farmers. A third query confirms Lexington’s conference eligibility, noting standings are by won loss percentage when full interconference play isn’t possible.
A reader asks how to handle a spouse with emotional issues and potential abuse of children. The response suggests first checking if the wife has seen her doctor, then visits to the Health Department Mental Health Clinic for evaluation and treatment. Services follow a sliding scale, and no one is denied due to inability to pay. The advice urges supportive but firm guidance and accompanying the spouse to appointments.
School will be out two days for Thanksgiving November 23 and 24 and ten days for Christmas from December 22 to January 1 inclusive. Dr Dean Pruette says the dates are firm unless heavy snow requires extension. Easter holiday may be reduced to Friday and Monday if weather causes more days to be lost, with any extra days added to the term.
A juvenile officer says a mother cannot be forced to enroll a four year old in speech therapy. If the father has rights, he may seek proper care through court or advocacy. Community figures or trusted friends can intercede, and doctors may assist enrollment. Health Dept funds via the federal Children and Youth Program are available if finance is an issue.
Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee express concern they were maneuvered as they approve a record Social Security tax and benefit boost. The panel tentatively agrees after a month of closed sessions, Speaker Long predicts Senate floor action today. The measure outlines the largest increases in benefits and taxes in 31 years, with Williams pressing full financing starting next year.
U.S. infantry reinforcements helped repel a Viet Cong ground assault on Loc Ninh as civilians were used as human shields. Six days of fighting yielded 850+ enemy killed with 11 Americans and 23 bystanders dead and 66 U.S. and 74 South Vietnamese wounded. Marine units near Con Thien faced heavy shelling. three Marines killed and two wounded. Air actions continued with 152 U.S. missions and a Navy A4 Skyhawk shot down. Hanoi reported two U.S. planes down and another lost during a night raid.
In Winston-Salem solicitor Thomas W. Moore said new evidence prompts reviving a murder charge against city policeman W. E. Owens in the 32 year old James Eller death. Eller died after a head injury from a blackjack incident is under new scrutiny as racial unrest flared and the case may go before the Forsyth County Superior Court and grand jury.
Sen. Thruston Morton of Kentucky denounces the Johnson administration's changed rationale for fighting in Vietnam, warning it could erode South Vietnamese morale. He argues the shift from aiding a free South Vietnam to pursuing U.S. security risks disengagement and invites enemy manipulation of the motive. He notes his own earlier support for bombing and outlines a path toward alternatives and disengagement.
In Moscow Brezhnev asserts the Soviet Union has the world's best weapons and vows continued aid to Vietnamese Communists until U.S. forces exit Vietnam. He denounces Mao and urges a world Communist conference while China boycotts the ceremony.
In Winston-Salem violence peaked with 51 arrests and 34 injured, including seven officers, after rioting sparked by a funeral. National Guardsmen blocked eight downtown blocks as looting and arson damaged property, with tens of thousands in losses anticipated.
President Johnson urged the public to help pass a tax increase and oppose tariffs, prompting Republicans to say let him go to the people. House GOP leader Melvin Laird warned voters will punish any tax rise tied to deficit spending while Democrats questioned voter support and economy as the main issue.
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