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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1969
Page
17
A reader asks if a cook drafted to Germany must serve 18 months in full or can finish part of it in the States. The local Army office confirms the recruit must complete the entire 18 months.
The advisor notes that a mother with custody who remarries cannot change a child’s name without the father’s consent and the stepfather’s adoption. One year of separation is required for a divorce.
Letters claimed the blasts targeted Chase Manhattan Standard Oil and General Motors amid antiwar protests. FBI and city police investigated after warnings preceded the explosions at RCA Building Rockefeller Center, GM Building, and another 60 story tower in New York.
Americans honored war dead on Veterans Day while protests against U.S. Vietnam policy planned to begin in Washington. Nixon allies used the day to push a “great silent majority” message and back administration aims to end the war with honor.
Treasury Secretary Kennedy backs the Senate Finance Committee tax reform draft, switching from critic to supporter and defending its complexity and inflationary potential. He notes a revenue shortfall in 1974 1979 and praises postponing losses to 1972 while aiming for net tax gains in 1970 1971.
A White House proposal to set a youth wage below the federal minimum faces opposition from labor leaders and officials including Labor Secretary George P. Shultz. Maurice Stans endorses a $1.20 to $1.25 youth rate linked to eventual full minimum wage, while Labor Dept studies delay final positions. Youth unemployment runs high, with 16 to 19 year olds at 13 percent nationally and minority youths much higher.
Budget Director Robert P. Mayo chairing Nixon’s special lumber task force warned of a sharp timber shortage over five years. He projected 1973 softwood demand 6 to 8 billion board feet above current output and urged boosts in harvest from national forests and private lands to meet the rise in housing construction.
North Carolina Chief Justice Robert Hunt Parker died at Rex Hospital Raleigh at 77 after a heart attack. Funeral set for Wednesday at Christ Church Raleigh with burial in Enfield. Parker, appointed chief justice in 1966, was known for conservative views and strict decorum on the court.
U S District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell ruled the 1901 District of Columbia abortion ban was too vague to convict a doctor and urged appeal to the Supreme Court. He warned the decision could threaten abortion prohibitions in many states if upheld.
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