20 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1967
Page
1
The notice invites readers to contact ACTION LINE to ask questions or relieve concerns. It directs sending information to The Enterprise and urges calling or writing with topics to be addressed.
The October Southern Furniture Market begins with optimism as buyers and salesmen move into High Point and showrooms along the Furniture Highway from High Point to Drexel and Lenoir. The East Green Drive wing of the Exposition Building debuts at $4 million, with stronger market expectations and robust retail and manufacturing indicators nationwide.
Readers raise street safety concerns on Grimes Street Alma Desk noting trucks blocking traffic. Traffic engineer says a new Hayworth Roll & Panel building between current site and railroad will fix it with awarded contracts. A follow up on pursuing city property for off street parking and the FBI route for civil rights complaints is outlined, with officials to review and respond.
The text outlines penalties for spontaneous racing including license revocation for up to a year and a $50 fine with potential two years imprisonment. Pre arranged racing carries harsher penalties with a three year license revocation and 18 month wait to reapply, plus a $500 fine and up to 60 days imprisonment. Cars seized at auction to cover storage and liens. Owners who let others race face charges too and bear the loss if they paid cash. No rebates.
Inquiries about a clogged Monroe Place pipe and the legality of turning on a green circle. Our traffic engineer says green arrows give protected left turns and when arrows end drivers may still turn left but must yield. Call R V Moss at 882 9226 with traffic signal concerns.
Defense officials airlifted hundreds of Army MPs from Ft. Bragg, Ft. Hood, and the Presidio to Washington to face expected antiwar protests at the Pentagon. Organizers of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam planned a large demonstration with permits and ground rules, while signaling possible civil disobedience beyond the permit.
Antiwar rally at Brooklyn College turned violent with police clashing as more than 40 students and two faculty members were arrested. In Oakland gro up police prepared for possible renewed demonstrations at the Armed Forces Induction Center during Stop the Draft Week. Wisconsin faculty back Chancellor Wil.
A 24-year-old out-of-towner narrowly escaped twice fleeing during his wedding last week. On Thursday he completed the marriage with his bride present, witnesses blocking exits, and Magistrate R L McDonald pronouncing them man and wife. The torn license survived and was finalized despite earlier drama.
An all white federal court jury in Meridian Mississippi convicted seven white Mississippians including a deputy sheriff and a Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard on conspiracy charges tied to the 1964 slaying of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia. The jury acquitted Sheriff Lawrence Rainey and seven others while mistrials were declared in three cases.
The Ford Motor Co and United Auto Workers held 24 hours of bargaining on what could be one of the richest manufacturing contracts. A tentative settlement was expected to be announced soon with ratifications likely Sunday. The strike began Sept 7, idling 160,000 workers across 25 states, entering its 44th day as the UAW seeks a pattern-setting deal to influence Chrysler and GM.
An off duty Charlotte policeman was killed in a dawn shootout at a service station grocery store. Bearl Copher, storekeeper, reported firing at two intruders after they attempted to jimmy a door. One intruder was later found dead in the car they fled.
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