16 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1968
Page
1
Readers are urged to call or write Action Line at The Enterprise to voice problems, questions, or worries. The column promises a responsive channel for community issues and suggestions, encouraging timely submissions and clear contact details for follow up.
A classroom discussion mixed myth and fact as a reader asks about Paul Revere and the midnight ride. The column corrects misstatements and touches on Massachusetts history, then shifts to a Social Security inquiry about retroactive benefits and eligibility, noting recent rule changes and the role of employers in reporting.
A reader writes that a local physician claimed pricey herpes medicines can be matched by drinking abundant buttermilk. The writer says buttermilk supports digestion and resistance, noting herpes remains and blisters may recur. The note adds unverified tales about buttermilk, cornbread, and chest hair effects.
In Paris American officials expect South Vietnam to join peace talks but foresee no forecast for when Thieu will end his boycott blocking progress. Reports from Saigon say Thieu may ease conditions for sending a delegation, as he and Johnson seek to resolve differences. Thieu met U.S. Ambassador Bunker in Saigon and sent a report to Harriman. The Hanoi side may include NLF as a distinct participant. Rusk told NATO ministers the talks’ enlargement remains deliberately vague to let each side organize without cross-approval.
A Saigon report notes bending conditions for participation in talks and details a hospital update. Mrs. Ledbetter was hospitalized in Concord with a head injury and possible internal injuries, listed in serious condition this morning.
Nixon rejects any effort to share foreign policy power with a de facto co presidency. He agrees with prior consultation on decisions, but Johnson stresses ultimate authority remains with the current president and the secretary of state and defense. Sources note Nixon sought clear understanding to avoid any perception of co presidency.
Washington AP report notes Rep Wilbur Mills chairing Ways and Means says scant likelihood Congress will let the 10 percent income surtax die as planned June 30. Nixon campaigned against extension calling it a war tax. Some aides hint at possible surtax cut to 5 or 6 percent if repeal fails.
Sources say President Thieu may send a negotiating team if Washington guarantees a leading role in Paris while not recognizing the NLF. Ky reportedly eyed heading the South Vietnamese delegation, with Thieu reaffirming conditional stance. Military updates report new NVA sightings in the DMZ and clashes near the Cambodian border, with several enemy fatalities and heavy air and artillery action by U.S. forces.
Staff writer Don Follmer profiles a place on the edge of suburbia in the Sunday Enterprise feature. The piece recalls the Kennedy assassination five years after the event, evoking memory and national mood with a reflective tone.
In Brussels the 15 NATO foreign ministers revise a statement to deter the Soviet Union from intervening in any Communist country. Dean Rusk signals the alliance’s safety could be affected if the Soviets cross into Romania or Yugoslavia through Austria, with a caution that a Romanian invasion would bring graver consequences than Czechoslovakia. Some interpret as potential expansion of NATO protection to nonmembers, but U.S. officials dispute this reading.
The Soviet Union announced Proton-4 as the world's largest unmanned spacecraft after a booster rocket placed a 17 ton payload into orbit, with 12.5 tons of scientific equipment. The mission will study cosmic rays and atomic nuclei interactions as NATO and French officials discuss responses to Czechoslovakia's invasion.
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