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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1972
Page
5
The Nixon administration reports the nationwide rent watch curbed illegal increases and found few violations after Social Security benefits rose 20 percent. IRS investigated over 90 000 units, 24 minor violations found, one turned to justice.
Rudy Lee Morrison of Raleigh North Carolina was awarded a Carnegie heroism medal for off duty actions in rescuing three people from a burning station wagon on December 13. He dragged Eugene Scruggs Frances Hill and Charles Cunningham from the wreck with risk to his life. Scruggs died from injuries while Hill and Cunningham survived.
Beirut's An Nahar, citing Washington, reports President Nixon will visit Egypt and Israel next spring. The trip aims to cast him as a peacemaker in the Middle East and Vietnam, with oil needs and a Middle East peace timetable noted as prime factors. Potential setbacks include renewed fighting on the Golan Heights and Suez tensions.
Salvation Army officials report the 300 pound red iron kettle, a 20 year Christmas tradition outside Macy's on 34th Street, was stolen late Friday or early Saturday. Brigadier Frank Gibson says it takes several men to lift it and hopes for a seasonal miracle if the pot is returned.
Governor Edwin W. Edwards tells a black investigating committee that police officers will be prosecuted if evidence shows deliberate wrongdoing. He defended state actions amid unrest and promised scrutiny of policing practices during the inquiry in Baton Rouge.
The White House will close to the public December 8 through December 10 for holiday decorating supervised by J Lidden Pennock, a Philadelphia horticulturist and floral decorator who set Tricia Nixon's wedding. A 20 foot Noble Fir from Washington state arrives December 7, with decorations ready for viewing December 11.
Unidentified gunman wounded five students at Pontiac Central High in an in‑school scuffle. Five injured included Timothy Williams in serious condition after a back shot. four others released from hospitals. Authorities said the incident began during a courtyard clash as hundreds of students gathered. racial tensions were not deemed the primary cause.
In California, able bodied welfare recipients start trading welfare grants for pay checks under a four month old mandatory program. About 2,707 recipients in six counties are now classified as employable with 1,127 in private jobs and 184 in work experience assignments.
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