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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1969
Page
21
The message invites readers to contact ACTION LINE at The Enterprise with concerns or questions. It instructs calling anytime or writing ACTION LINE c/o The Enterprise for assistance or problem resolution.
A reader questions why a restaurant with an infected leg worker remains licensed Grade A. Health officials cite lack of informant name and fear of job loss, hindering inquiry while urging tips without identifying information.
Violent incidents on the West Side of Las Vegas lessen after days of chaos. Police arrest over 100, with the mayor imposing a curfew and calling for National Guard help, though guardsmen were not deployed.
Raleigh action seeks to block a proposed average 5.3 percent increase in auto liability rates. Attorney general seeks continued current rates for another year amid claims insurers padded figures. Hearings replay disputes over labor cost indicators and testimony.
A reader from Thomasville asks why no dedicated lonely hearts club exists. The response points to YWCA activities, notes Parents without Partners may join if enough interest, and suggests volunteering with community projects to meet people.
In Atlanta the first black mayoral candidate in a century, Horace E. Tate, leads a field of seven amid infighting. Gov. Maddox predicts Tate may finish first. a runoff is likely if no majority. Tate reports threats and requires bodyguards. Turnout expected around 150000 with about 40 percent of registered voters black. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. referenced.
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler said he does not share Sen. Hugh Scott’s forecast of a breakthrough in Vietnam within 60 to 90 days though noting Giap could answer the question. Abrams continues the same policy of pre emptive patrols while Viet Cong reliance on rockets and mortars grows. In the latest 24 hours 21 enemy rocket and mortar attacks were reported with civilian and U.S. casualties, and a training center west of Saigon was attacked with 12 wounded and four North Vietnamese killed.
Maj. Gen. Carl C. Turner told a Senate subcommittee that Chicago and Kansas City police chiefs knew he held more than 500 confiscated firearms for his own use rather than Army needs. Witnesses alleged he signed receipts claiming Army use and later sold some guns. Turner denied keeping records and insisted the weapons were personal property and to be destroyed when no longer needed.
The hearing room filled as Turner testified he cannot account for all weapons from two police departments and Fort Worth. He cited missing records and offered a memory based gun inventory. Turner named Pine State Gun Shop checks totaling 3013.95 and linked some pistols to Chicago. Conlisk’s awareness of his Army retirement was noted.
In London at Maudsley Hospital a medical team tested electric aversion for smoking. Fourteen volunteers sat with forearm electrodes and received shocks while lighting or smoking. Most stopped after five sessions, with six of nine continuing abstinent beyond a year. one patient said cigarettes no longer tasted right.
Art Linkletter urges parents to tell children the dangers of drugs and alcohol in a calm, memorable way after his 20 year old daughter Diane died, supposedly from LSD exposure. He vows to intensify public warnings using this tragedy as an example and discusses family dynamics and Diane's risky behavior.
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