15 Oct 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
1
The notice instructs readers to send inquiries to Charles A. Lindbergh through Pan American World Airlines at the Pan American Building New York NY 10017. It notes he typically does not open mail at home and has stored mail for Yale University.
The largest group is NOW National Organization for Women at 328 West 12th Avenue New York NY 10001. To join NOW call the New York headquarters at 929-8250. Also advice to join openly rather than anonymously.
Guidance from Guilford County Social Services and the Children's Home Society of North Carolina. The Social Services Department requires a minimum petition age of 21 with no set maximum, while the Children’s Home Society limits applicants to a wife under 39 and husband under 44 at filing for baby adoptions. Older child adoptions have no fixed parental age maximum. Catholics may also use Catholic Social Service in Charlotte.
The article notes public law guidance from 1942 stating the flag is normally displayed from sunrise to sunset on open flagpoles. It allows nighttime display on special occasions for patriotic effect, and advises against displaying the flag in inclement weather.
The Fourth District is represented by Nick Galifianakis the Fifth by Wilmer Mizell and the Sixth by Richardson Preyer. All may be addressed at the House Office Building Washington DC with The Honorable and salutations Dear Sir Sir Dear Mr Preyer or Dear Congressman.
A father and son hijacked a Soviet Aeroflot Tupolev F27 after taking off from Batumi. They forced it to land in Trabzon on the Black Sea coast with 50 aboard. a hostess was killed and two pilots wounded. The hijackers, Brazinskas Koreyevo and his son Argedas, surrendered after landing.
At Paris, Hanoi restated rejection of President Nixon's peace plan while South Vietnam offered new political ideas that hint at non election options. U S Ambassador Bruce urged a more considered response as Nixon proposals remain base for negotiations.
Congress recessed for a month in Washington with a hefty agenda pending for the lame duck session. The body sent to the White House a drug trafficking penalties bill and approved health measures totaling 2.5 billion dollars. Other actions included a rail passenger service rehabilitation corps and a 1.6 billion military construction authorization. Remaining bills cover eight funding measures for the current fiscal year and a three year farm bill.
In Melbourne a 2000 ton section of the West Gate Bridge under construction fell 134 feet, killing 24 and injuring 19 with 25 missing. The disaster halted work on Australia’s planned long span over the Yarra River, as unions withdrew crews and authorities ordered an investigation.
President Nixon plans a special signing ceremony for a sweeping anticrime bill addressing terrorist bombings and underworld syndicates. The measure includes the death penalty for fatal bombings and expands federal power against organized crime leaders, with Atty. Gen. Mitchell and FBI Director Hoover as witnesses.
The 1970 Nobel Prize in Medicine Physiology was awarded jointly to Bernard Katz of London UCL Ultraf von Euler of Stockholm and Julius Axelrod of Bethesda for discoveries on chemical transmitters in nerve terminals and their storage release and inactivation. The award carries $80 000.
Washington AP report says a kidnap alert targets upper government and Congress as FBI reports groups may seek abduction of diplomats and politicians. Senator Saxbe urges a federal crime for yielding to blackmail and notes Senate action to elevate such offenses to federal status with possible life or death penalties.
The Episcopal Church debates a $5 million funding program aiding poor and black self help groups as critics warn of division and bankruptcy while supporters hail it as strengthening the church and empowering minorities. Dr. Thomas Bennett notes its unique approach among national organizations.
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