07 Nov 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1970
Page
1
U S officials boycott Soviet national anniversary events amid protests over detentions of two U S generals and a tit for tat expulsion of a Soviet journalist. Ambassadors skip parties while some former diplomats attend as observers.
In San Jose California a contractor reports his Yugoslav bride choice from 150 applicants as the visa issue looms. John Kovaceivich 22 embraces Christine Green 21 from Cupertino amid rapid engagement talks and plans a Reno wedding to avoid deportation.
Gov. Bob Scott ordered National Guard units into Henderson after a night of racial tension that included sporadic gunfire and two fires destroying a tobacco warehouse and a home. Two whites were injured. curfew extended. Police reported tear gas used on protesters over desegregation and uncertainty about gunfire origin. A state of emergency was declared across Henderson and Vance County with 60 highway patrolmen aiding.
In New York, youthful supporters helped Conservative James Buckley win the U S Senate seat. Students from St John’s and Columbia joined canvassing and phone banks, praising Buckley’s personality and conviction. Young Americans for Freedom led much of the campus effort.
A line of about 90 men queued for 35 civil service street sweeper positions paying 8200 a year in San Francisco. Applicants camped in a Kezar Pavilion gym awaiting first come, first served hiring, with two years experience as laborer or street cleaner and 140 pound lifting ability required.
A Russian soldier guarding the Soviet memorial near the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin was wounded by gunfire around 1 15 a m. Two or three shots were fired and the victim was taken to East Berlin. The incident occurred hours before a Bolshevik Revolution anniversary parade. Authorities blamed no one while tightening security around the memorial.
Lawrence Kansas AP reports Phillip C Hill a former KU student was elected justice of the peace with 6391 of 20000 votes. The post has no salary no office and no courtroom yet Hill aims to hear small claims and grievances. He ran as a Democrat with no opposition and kept his hippie identity to avoid write in opposition.
The October unemployment rate rose to 5.6 percent as factory jobs fell due to the GM strike. Officials note 4.3 million unemployed overall with 660000 more employed yet the payroll figure fell to 70.6 million, shaping a cautious economic portrait amid partisan exchanges.
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