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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1971
Page
5
North Carolina sees a 38 degree low in High Point with sunny skies and cool daytime highs in the 60s. South Carolina and Virginia forecast similar clear to partly cloudy conditions with temperatures rising into the 70s and 80s by weekend. showers possible mainly west and northwest, with zero precipitation today and tonight.
Washington AP Democrats consider Patricia Roberts Harris for acting chairman of the credentials committee at the 1972 nominating convention. Lawrence O'Brien plans a recommendation after consulting party leaders about Harris and Sen Harold Hughes of Iowa. The panel will handle many credentials challenges amid reforms aimed at the nominating process.
South Vietnamese Lt. Gen. Nguyen Xuan Thinh says U S air power decided the recent fighting along the Vietnam Cambodia frontier. He cites heavy bombing and logistics as key, with Viet Nam relying on 50 percent of tactical air strikes and planning more helicopter resupply as Route 22 remains cut. 500 North Vietnamese troops reportedly killed near Krek as fighting wanes and flares anew.
About 15 000 West Coast longshoremen on a 100 day strike faced severe money shortages. Many earned little while food stamps and loans filled gaps. some returned to work only under a court order. Support from sympathizers and unions helped the strikers.
Jake Joyner editor says North Carolina Central University allowed the Campus Echo to resume publishing after withholding funds. The dispute followed an editorial stance on ads from white businesses, clarified as supporting equal opportunity employers. Joyner and student body president Herbert White had sued in federal court over the funding pause.
Duke Power projects demand doubling in five years and plans to add as much generating capacity in five years as built in the prior 65. The effort costs over $1 million daily, funded largely by borrowing at prevailing high rates. Interest costs rose from $29 million in 1969 to $42 million.
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