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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1969
Page
13
The Rev. James E. Groppi asked a court for a writ of habeas corpus to release him from confinement for contempt of the state legislature after a Madison courtroom hearing.
Indian Commissioner Louis Bruce pledges to resist ending federal trusteeship for American Indians calling termination wrong. He vows long siege while critics press welfare cuts and direct tribal funds. Backers of Father Groppi rally in Madison as the Nixon administration faces possible policy shifts. The Pageant at Hill Cumorah marks the Mormon founding site in Palmyra New York.
The text notes Father Groppi challenging the 1848 contempt statute with lawyers seeking release from U.S. District Court Judge James Boyle. The judge declined, saying he had not exhausted state remedies, and the lawyers then sought a writ of habeas corpus in the state Circuit Court.
A tractor trailer carrying about 980 cases of cigarettes valued at 25,000 dollars was stolen from the New Dixie Motor Lines terminal on US 70 west of Raleigh. Most of the 108,000 dollar load disappeared before the thieves abandoned the truck near Henderson Monday night. The FBI is examining the vehicle for fingerprints.
The Eisenhower dollar bill stalls in the House as a bid to mint a copper nickel clad dollar honoring President Eisenhower falls about 30 votes short of the required two thirds. Republicans oppose citing memory concerns while Nixon urged enactment, but the Oct 14 deadline now seems unlikely.
Chapel Hill AP State Sen. Harry Bagnal defended his vote for Gov. Scots tax package on NC TV saying you either voted for the whole package or nothing He supported liquor tax and part of beer levy while denying need for new taxes this session He warned a Republican governor in 1972 could block further tax increases.
Principal V J Colombo suspended 23 Negro students after racial clashes in the hallways and lunch room at Rocky Mount High School. The school board instructed him to act to rid the school of troublemakers. Four white students were injured. two treated and released. A board member blamed opposition to the merger of Rocky Mount High and Booker T. Washington High schools for part of the trouble.
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