09 Oct 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1970
Page
1
Readers seek help via Action Line while a wood stove fuel request and a troubling yellow slime near a kitchen sink prompt a cautionary reply. An air conditioner dealer suspects an oil leak and advises inspection. the column lampoons the sci fi premise.
A reader asks where to buy a replacement GE dryer hose and learns Tryon Repair Service in Greensboro is an authorized GE dealer. The column then explains North Carolina sales tax brackets, exemptions, and that the tax on a purchase follows the total charge per transaction under G.S. 105-164.10, with a 3 percent retailer discount for timely payment.
FAA actions reveal gaps in oversight of rent-a-plane operators after the Wichita State University football disaster. Golden Eagle Aviation had its license revoked amid safety defects on planes used for football trips, while penalties and investigations spread to related firms. The agency faced questions about warning schools and monitoring cross-state charters as the probe widened.
President Nixon says new five point plan offers total withdrawal with mutual withdrawal, inviting North Vietnam to respond. He vows progress if Hanoi accepts and awaits official Paris talks reaction amid criticism from Georgia Governor Maddox and a Skidaway Island dedication crowd.
Cambodian forces struck with air power and artillery to expel the enemy, flattening most of the village after residents had fled.
A House Senate conference committee set January 1 1975 as the deadline to cut exhaust pollutants in new cars by 90 percent from 1970 levels. The date drew protests from auto makers led by General Motors President Edward N Cole who called it technologically impossible. The bill allows a one year extension to 1976 if all feasible efforts are shown, and directs the National Academy of Sciences to monitor progress toward a pollution free engine by 1975.
Montreal authorities awaited word from kidnappers of British trade commissioner James Richard Cross as Quebec separatists set a midnight deadline. The group demanded the government halt police searches and broadcast their 1 400 word manifesto. No word or setup change announced when the deadline passed.
Effective Saturday October 10 the home delivered price of The Enterprise rises by five cents to 60 cents weekly and 2.60 per month from 2.40 First collection on the new rate for the week ending October 17 Single copy price of the Sunday issue becomes 25 cents while Monday through Saturday remains 10 cents Home delivery Monday through Saturday stays at 45 cents The last increase was in October 1967 and production costs have risen since then Most seven day papers now charge 65 cents or more per week Carriers and agents will share in the increase.
The Senate approved a large anticrime package with heavy penalties for terror bombings, heightened presidential and congressional protection, and more federal aid for police. The measure also adds federal crimes for bombings damaging federal property and allows wiretaps with court orders. The package moves to the House.
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