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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
3
North and South Carolina face dreary drizzle and reduced visibility as east and northeast winds push raw conditions. Forecasts show today highs around upper 60s, tonight lows in 50s to 60s, and a 50 to 60 percent chance of rain into Thursday with mixed cloudy skies.
Washington AP report on tribal testimony to Congress detailing land water and mineral rights abuses. Sen Edward Kennedy chairs the judiciary subcommittee noting inaction inside the federal system and urging full mineral surveys and timely notices on water rights amid Interior Department plans.
A brief note observes that certain people are adept at keeping secrets and use this trait to run a forms of confidence schemes. The text frames the idea as a general commentary on trust and secrecy without naming individuals or specific events.
Five sailors from North Island Naval Air Station were killed when a 32B Hawkeye reconnaissance aircraft collided with an A7B Corsair during approach to the Midway. The Corsair diverted to Iwakuni and crashed four miles from the runway. Pilot Lt. Bill Hoyd survived with minor injuries. The victims named include Lt. Cmdr. Keith L. Rasmussen, Lt. Ned Jackson Tucker Jr., Lt. Detlev Heinz Von Pritschyns, Lt. E. B. Pearlman, and Airman Roger E. Poe. Pearlman's widow is in San Diego. Poe's parents live in Midwest City and his widow in Whitehaven.
High Point police investigate two break ins netting thieves over 300 dollars each. Horton Furniture Co on E Washington Dr reported an air vent entry with two TV sets and a clock radio valued at 304.90. Mrs Lucille B Snider on Chestnut St found a broken rear door and ransacked home with a love seat antique picture and coin collection valued over 375 dollars missing. Union Hill School on Triangle Lake Rd had four broken cafeteria windows and a ransacked classroom desk with no items stolen. Goodwill Store on E Washington Dr entered through a double door with nothing missing. Albert Edward Lee Duncan Jr of Branch St said a tape player was taken from his car. James Randall Hayworth of Dillon Rd reported a metal box with 20 dollars in change taken from his soft drink truck on E Green Dr. Tom Wilson of W Ward Ave said 10 windows at Southern Seating Co were broken causing 60 dollars damage. Raymond Overman of Wilma St reported a stolen two wheel trailer from his residence.
Dora Shelton Holt of James town was slightly hurt Tuesday when her car and a vehicle driven by Samuel Coe Easter of W Ridge Street collided on North Main Street near Westwood Avenue. Easter was charged with following too closely. Bobby Eugene Ragan Jr., 16, of Moffitt Drive escaped injury when his car ran off the right side of Zelma Avenue near Shaver Street and hit a tree. He said the accident was caused by a stuck accelerator. The wheel came off a car driven by Bertha Bean Freeman of Trinity Tuesday on East Lexington Avenue near Waverly Court. The wheel ran into the yard at the Gordon Jenkins residence on East Lexington and damaged the front storm door. No injuries were reported.
A Los Angeles Long Beach dock union and the Master Stevedore Contract Association reach a three year contract with wages up 1.65 an hour and new fringe benefits. In Philadelphia a judge orders dock workers back to work while clerks stay off. Coal strike spreads with 15 000 railroad furloughs and 5 000 miners seeking food aid as UMW pressure continues.
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital report a bloodless open heart procedure tested on 27 patients ages 2 weeks to 41 years. The method uses cooling, blood withdrawal, Ringers Solution replacement, and preserved blood return after surgery to avoid donor transfusions.
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