23 Nov 1968
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1968
Page
1
A brief notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE for assistance or concerns. It directs calling or writing to The Enterprise to share problems or worries. The message emphasizes accessibility and ongoing support through a dedicated action line.
The article describes a public skating rink as a place where well supervised youths skate under chaperones. It emphasizes parental involvement, teaching daughters how to stay safe, and notes exercise benefits and risk from unruly peers.
A letter from a sister asks how to resolve pay grade delays for a Vietnam infantryman. The piece urges visiting Red Cross for wartime pay procedures, casualty notification, and family support, noting officers seldom lose contact yet delays happen. It emphasizes seeking official facts and reassurance for families faced with long waits between combats.
A reader asks how to keep fleas off a cat without making it ill. Dr. Nelson McCoss notes cats vary in reaction and recommends milder cat-specific products, systematic use, and trying sprays or a cat flea collar with organic phosphates, while warning greyhounds are especially sensitive and urging careful testing.
Ray Cross Jr suggests a reader could shorten a shotgun to 22 inches and fit rifle sights for a 100 yard slug deer gun. He offers to donate time to instruct on modifications and thanks the editor for the helpful exchange.
Paris AP report notes Charles de Gaulle withheld public comment on a franc devaluation, while observers anticipate a drop around ten percent. West Germany’s Franz Josef Strauss said the decision looms, with Elysee sources hinting at a weekend TV address as a Cabinet meeting occurs. France seeks stability amid bids to shore up finances and a 13th devaluation in 40 years.
British citizens react with shock and anger after a 10 percent sales tax on consumer goods as government aims to shore up the pound. Economists warn further devaluation risks loom if the French franc weakens, while a new import deposit system targets non food imports. Public figures debate economic missteps and potential political fallout ahead of the October election.
In MANNINGTON WV AP reports limestone blocks were dropped into air shafts to smother a coal mine fire trapping 78 workers at Mountaineer Coal Co no. 9. Rescue hopes fade as blast risks, gas, and explosions delay entry while officials deny sealing the mine.
Paris AP reports Le Duc Tho returned from Hanoi urging the United States to hold a four party conference immediately with North Vietnam and the NLF at the table. He blamed U S delays and said Washington must accept an enlarged talks group including Saigon and the Viet Cong.
Secretary of State search remains open as Nixon weighs a career diplomat with extensive foreign service experience. Robert Murphy, a State Department liaison in Nixon's team, is noted for the needed background but age may rule him out. Springs from Scranton and Finch rumors add to a busy, ongoing process with staff briefings planned in New York.
U S artillery silenced a machine gun nest in the northern half of the DMZ after a Marine recon plane was fired upon. The action, the 22nd DMZ incident since the November bombing halt, followed Hanoi claims of village shelling in the zone.
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