27 Nov 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1967
Page
1
The Enterprise invites readers to contact ACTION LINE any time to share problems or ask for help. Readers are encouraged to call or write in with issues they want addressed or resolved by the paper.
In a community letter page a reader asks who to contact about a Sunday whisky sale near Midway Drive-In. Officials from Davidson County sheriff report a raid and arrest for illegal liquor sales, with other related queries about welfare, antiques, and local traffic humps. The column notes a Cyprus crisis update with Cyrus Vance in Ankara awaiting Greece's reply amid tensions.
President Charles de Gaulle rejects Britain joining the European Common Market citing its devaluation as a move toward the gold standard. He says Britain is not ready for entry and warns that negotiating now would fracture the European community. He suggests association status only for commercial ties and notes U S policy and dollar inflation influence global finance.
In Ankara and Athens diplomats pursue a Cyprus solution with NATO backing. Greek and Turkish leaders discuss withdrawal timing and international guarantees, including UN and NATO assurances, amid troop movements and regional tensions.
Salvage crews worked to recover a damaged helicopter after heavy fighting between U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade units and North Vietnamese forces. The operation followed intense combat as American troops secured the hill on Thanksgiving Day.
The Army slash war production orders and reallocate on hand goods to avoid wasteful surpluses in Vietnam. McNamara cites past waste, notes 300000 item inventory records improving with computers, and outlines $230 million potential savings by next July through redistribution and shipping adjustments.
A Harris survey shows Robert Kennedy leading Lyndon Johnson 52 to 32 percent for the Democratic nomination. Kennedy gains mainly among under 35s and women as Johnson’s standing wavers. Voters cite Kennedy's qualities compared to JFK and criticize his Vietnam stance lessening the gap.
President Johnson's approval rises to 41 percent in the latest Gallup poll, up from 36 percent in previous surveys. Democrats show a 63 percent approval, up 10 points, while eight nations including Finland Sweden Brazil France India Uruguay Argentina and West Germany favor U S withdrawal from Vietnam.
Authorities in three states search for a drunken gunman who killed Washington DC policeman Lowell Bailey and abducted and raped his wife Beverly in the Unaka Mountain wilderness near the North Carolina border. Bailey was killed just after midnight. Beverly Bailey was found later, after the assailant drove a foreign car away with the couple.
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