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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1972
Page
1
Readers are invited to submit questions or requests for assistance to Action Line at The Enterprise. The staff reviews each inquiry as time allows, though high volume means not every item can be answered or acknowledged.
Anon asks where to send tips on nonfilers or false returns. The IRS says send to William A. Morris, confidentially. A police spokesman says names won’t be released. informants need not reveal identities to dispatchers. A mailbox on Quaker Lane was removed for construction and will be rebuilt after grading and landscaping.
A USDA bulletin says keeping orange juice in open cans in the refrigerator is safe for several days and does not greatly affect vitamin C. Driver licensing exams in the state use orthorators for eye tests. wall charts mainly appear in driver education.
Fire Chief Thompson states the station site was purchased in February 1924 from Stephen C and Daisy Clark and construction was completed in March 1925 by builder J O Connor.
Guilford County resident B H asks about red dirt washing into a side ditch after repaving Oakdale Road. District engineer J O Lambeth says the highway department will address the issue shortly.
U S jets accidentally dropped several 500 pound bombs on a populated area south of Da Nang killing 19 civilians and wounding 29. About 10 bombs hit near Hoi An and 15 miles south of Da Nang as an investigation begins. North Vietnamese artillery kept pressuring Quang Tri province with Marines suffering significant casualties. U S B 52s conducted nearly 50 strikes and others total over 1200 tons of bombs aimed at disrupting war supplies.
President Nixon announced Elliott Richardson will be nominated as secretary of Defense and Caspar Weinberger will move from OMB to HEW secretary, while Roy Ash will head OMB. Melvin Laird resigns as Defense chief. The changes, read at Camp David, require Senate confirmation for Richardson and Weinberger.
Secretary Laird said fewer than 10 000 men would be drafted in the next six months before the June 30 phaseout of the draft. Inductions will run February through June, with no January calls. He warned of recruiting difficulties for the National Guard and Reserves without a bonus program.
North Carolina governor elect Jim Holshouser signaled major changes after taking office in January. He told AP that the Highway Commission stands out as a target for reform and pledged to halt private use of state cars while planning to appoint his own top aides.
Sociologist Richard C. Dumont of Bates College says Americans deny death and treat it as sleep or an offstage fate. He notes profit driven image makers keep the corpse as alive, while individuals rely on group norms and statistics to shield the personal reality of dying.
The North Carolina Board of Elections certified winners in most races from November 7, excluding the 4th District congressional contest awaiting a hearing on an appeal by Republican Jack Hawke. Gov race totals show 1,504,785 for governor versus 1,502,811 for president, with Morgan leading for attorney general at 813,545.
AP dispatch from Indianapolis reports a rift between the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors on gun control. The League rejected both the Mayors’ strict proposal and its own prior milder stance, while the Mayors pressed for broad national handgun control and registrations. The split reflects differences between large and small cities, potentially constraining joint lobbying.
U S customs agents seize 350 pounds of hashish valued at 1.5 million dollars and arrest Jonathan L. Cook, 30, son of Alameda County Superior Court Judge Lyle E. Cook, after he collected an air shipment of Indian moon bells at SFO and delivered them to Santa Rosa. He was released on recognizance. a hearing is set for December 8. Detectors found the drugs hidden in 25 brass bell cartons and the shipment was sealed for pickup.
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