06 Oct 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1970
Page
1
The Land of Oz at Beech Mountain will operate Saturdays and Sundays through October 25. Weekdays remain closed since Labor Day. Local residents can send questions to Action Line at The Enterprise.
The Jackson Five can be reached through International Management Corporation at 2457 Woodward Avenue Detroit Michigan 48201. Send your letters to this address to reach the group.
Parents and students call for bus rules that allow talking while en route and report ongoing property neglect. Public Works noted owners were told to clean up, with City Council resolutions imposing action if not completed.
The State Fair horses will be judged on six of nine days with two evening events. The fair opens Friday October 16 with hunter ponies at 10 am and saddle horses at 6 pm. Youth Day Saturday features showmanship and Welsh ponies, saddle horse finals at 6 pm. Sunday to Monday include Morgan and Arabian classes. Appaloosas compete Thursday morning, Tennessee Walking Horses Friday evening, and Saturday features western breeds and youth events including barrel racing.
Readers can subscribe to Wildlife in North Carolina for $1.00 a year at P O Box 2919 Raleigh NC 27602. National Wildlife Federation offers National Wildlife and Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine, $6.00 yearly for 10 issues, plus wildlife themed stationery calendars and stamps. Also notes a reader question about cleaning old iron pots with sand blasting.
An autumn tornado ripped through Shawnee Oklahoma killing three people and injuring more than 40. Damage to downtown businesses is estimated at 3.5 to 4 million dollars with 150 storefronts hit. Rescue crews, police, and National Guardsmen assisted as a city hall evacuation occurred and looting reports emerged from the disaster zone.
Gov. Bob Scott proposed to raise North Carolina's municipal share of the state gasoline tax from half a cent to one cent per gallon. He urged the General Assembly to approve the increase to boost funds for cities like High Point and to support a $20 million request for waste treatment facilities, tying local funding to federal grants. He argued the current distribution is inequitable, because municipalities pay most road costs while rural areas rely on state services.
General Alfredo Ovando Candia resigned as Bolivia's president after a coup led by General Rogelio Miranda, who announced a military junta. A loyalist group then named General Juan Jose Torres as president of a revolutionary government provisional to avoid bloodshed.
Egypt's Arab Socialist Union, by a 150-member vote, nominates Anwar Sadat 52 to succeed the late Gamal Abdel Nasser. The central committee backs a Wednesday assembly endorsement, a nationwide referendum October 15, and inauguration two days later. Mohamed Fawzi pledges military support.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 66.7 billion defense bill, demanding better Pentagon management amid rising Soviet competition. It cut 1.5 billion from weapons development and purchases, halted Army helicopter training funds, and criticized procurement practices as muddled and wasteful. The panel noted Middle East tensions but warned against committing ground troops.
President Nixon announced a national broadcast at 9 p.m. Wednesday to outline a major Vietnamese peace effort. He said a U S negotiating proposal would be presented at the Paris talks on Thursday, but gave no details to reporters.
Lake Johnson near Raleigh shows 70 inches low as boats hang from a dock tied up and dry. The drought leaves water far below normal, an even worse 100 inches low in 1968.
Federal investigators report potential violations after a Colorado Rockies crash that killed 30 Wichita State football travelers bound for Logan Utah. FAA and NTSB officials note Golden Eagle Aviation lacked FAA certification to operate the Martin 404s, while Wichita State controlled the charter and crews. The crash left 13 players and several staff dead.
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