16 Nov 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1970
Page
1
Readers share tips on handling harvested black walnuts including husking drying and storing meat, plus complaints about garbage can handling by city crews, lack of lid replacement, and calls for traffic signs on Williams Avenue. A note explains copyright limits on Titanic book copies and advises library resources.
Federal investigators found no signs of a mechanical problem or pilot fault in the Southern Airways DC nine that killed all 75 aboard, including most of Marshall University’s football team. The disaster prompted a citywide mourning effort with a temporary morgue, a makeshift infirmary, and memorial services across Huntington.
Senate leader Mike Mansfield denounces personal vilification in campaign rhetoric and hints the 91st Congress may be the unending Congress as it reconvenes for a lame duck session. The lineup will shift to 58 Democrats and 42 Republicans with Adlai Stevenson III seated.
Federal investigators found little similarity between the Wichita State and Marshall University plane crashes. Both involved pilots not familiar with the terrain and challenged landings at a hillside airport. The Marshall charter killed 38 including players, staff, and Huntington citizens. Wichita State's crash spurred a broader FAA warning about charter flight practices.
In Scituate Massachusetts the remains of a giant sea creature washed ashore drawing thousands. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute associate Andrew Kornerth tentatively identified the 28 to 40 foot specimen as a basking shark, noting its typical harmless nature unless threatened.
Officials fear 300000 may have died in the East Pakistan cyclone and tidal waves last Friday. Four islands near Dacca bore the worst damage as 150 mph winds and 20 foot waves struck. Official counts rose with many missing and few survivors reported on some islands.
A new GI home loan law signed by President Nixon restores loan guarantees to World War II and Korea veterans and creates a mobile home program. The measure, effective immediately, removes expiration dates on GI loan applications and allows refinancing of existing mortgages for veterans, though high interest rates may limit impact.
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