11 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1967
Page
1
A prompt asks readers to call or write ACTION LINE c/o The Enterprise with questions or worries. The notice encourages direct contact to settle issues or address problems through the newspaper's help line.
Readers report sewage from a house near the riverbank six feet from the edge and thirty feet from a back door. D.O. A. says the situation is illegal and urges notifying District Health Dept. official Thomas or ACTION LINE with the offender’s name and location.
A building project on Penny Road near the Deep River bridge proceeds without city inspection as it began before last November when extended zoning gave the city radius jurisdiction. The article also notes a Messiah rehearsals notice from the Greensboro Oratorio Society inviting vocalists to attend rehearsals and a December 3 performance at War Memorial Auditorium.
Resident concerns about paving between Hamilton and Steele gain traction as B. H. A. backs the effort with curb and gutter plans. Carl Wills urges officials to curb street spending while public works faces traffic increases.
Five armed guards escorted James E Jordan the 19th defendant in the 1964 civil rights workers killing case into the Meridian court building amid the ongoing conspiracy trial of 18 white men. Jordan had been under federal protection in Georgia and Florida while awaiting call as a key witness. Defense lawyers seek who tipped FBI to the bodies in Neshoba County.
The DOJ pressed its case in the trial of 18 defendants including a Ku Klux Klan leader and three Neshoba County officials. Victims Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney were buried in a farm pond on Olen Burrage’s property near Philadelphia Mississippi. FBI agents and 400 sailors searched 10 East Mississippi counties for 44 days before the Aug. 4 discovery. FBI Agent Jay Cochran Jr. said he learned on Aug. 1 bodies might be inside the dam and directed the exhumation.
DETROIT AP A 24 hour news blackout in auto labor talks suggests a breakthrough may come in the Ford strike. The blackout ends at 9 p.m. EDT as 160000 Ford workers across 25 states face idle plants and supplier layoffs during negotiations with the United Auto Workers. Reuther and Ford executives departed after late night talks in Dearborn with hopes of resuming on Wednesday.
President-elect Nguyen Van Thieu announced that South Vietnam will pursue peace negotiations and welcome initiatives from Western, neutralist, or Communist countries. He urged North Vietnam to sit down for concrete steps toward a just lasting peace while stressing renewed war effort and anti corruption measures at home.
A Moscow Circus troupe of 37 performers toured Manhattan by boat, pausing to view Harlem River junkyards and Hoboken piers as rain and fog framed their sightseeing. They wore cameras and German shoes, drawing attention beyond the show as the city’s industrial sights impressed the visitors.
Rescue operations continued after the 459 foot Panoceanic Faith sank 870 miles southwest of Kodiak in a storm. At least five survivors were found and twelve bodies recovered. two life rafts were missing with about two dozen crewmen unaccounted. Coast Guard and international vessels searched the North Pacific as bodies floated among debris and several individuals were identified.
Washington AP reports doctors' fees have surged and are likely to climb further as government officials urge group practice and more physician assistants. Gorham Report projects demand up 33 percent 1965 1975 while doctor supply grows only 17 percent, keeping fee pressure high.
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