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High Point Enterprise in High Point, North Carolina
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1969
Page
1
Dim streetlight on Smith Street reported to Utilities
A resident complains of a very dim light in the 500 block of Smith Street. The writer mentions breaking an arm and worries about safety until a brighter bulb is installed, noting other street lights are bright. The dim wattage has been reported to Utilities.
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Smith Street
Address-Book Q. request for Richard Petty's address
A reader asks for Richard Petty's address, suggesting mail to Randleman and noting a bus driver denying schoolchildren morning rides. The letter cites East Green and English Street and questions bus policy affecting on-time arrivals for students and workers. AW asks about testing an aptitude test and the Security Commission offers appointment by phone.
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Richard Petty
D.W. A
Randleman
East Green
English Street
A.W
Consolidated
Commission
Integrated status at High Point College questioned
The registrar said no facial records are kept but estimated about 8 or 9 Black students attend the college. Four may be resident students and the rest nonresident. The figure was not used as a criterion in admissions or acceptance decisions.
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High Point College
Adopt a Child as Foster Parents Seek Hearts and Help
A middle aged couple asks how to adopt or sponsor a child, sharing they are not wealthy but eager to provide a home. They cite options with Christian Childrens Fund at Box 611 Richmond VA 28204 12 monthly, Foster Parents Plan at 352 Park Ave South NY NY 10010 16 monthly, and local foster care through the county Department of Social Services contact Mrs. Jeanette Roos at 882-0431 for details.
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United States
Christian Children’s Fund
Richmond
Foster Parents Plan
Park Avenue South
New York
N.Y
Department of Social Services
Jeanette Roos
City youth basketball leagues start November first
A notice advises junior high or high school players to check with their coach for school team eligibility rules. If not on a school team, contact the Parks and Recreation Department with name age and address. Practice begins at City Lake gym in four age groups: 12 and under, 13-15, 16-18, and 19 plus.
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S.A
Parks and Recreation Department
City Lake
Lodge Refuses To Speak At Vietnam Peace Talks In Paris
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge refused to speak at the Vietnam peace talks session in Paris. He asked for adjournment to hold next Thursday’s 40th meeting with all four parties. The move, unprecedented since negotiations began in May 1968, drew blame from Saigon Hanoi and Viet Cong envoys for US intransigence. Lodge later said his actions followed instructions.
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Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge
Vietnam
Lodge
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Hanoi
U.S
United States
Nixon
Xuan Thuy
World
Beckett wins 1969 Nobel Prize in literature
Samuel Beckett, Irish born playwright of the absurd, was named the 1969 Nobel Prize winner for literature. The Swedish Academy cited his writing in new forms for novel and drama, noting his works like Waiting for Godot and Endgame. Beckett, 63, lives in France and writes in English and French.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Samuel Beckett
Swedish Academy
France
United States
Cease Fire Unlikely and Other Plans Considered
Washington AP reports that unilateral cease-fire by the United States appears unlikely as Defense Secretary Laird cautions it may fail without enemy assurances. Nixon aides weigh limited cease-fire areas and Paris talks, with Senate leaders pressuring a halt to shooting.
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Washington
United States
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
South
Laird
White House
Ronald’ L. Ziegler
Johnson
U.S
Paris
Senate
Hugh Scott
Scott
Ziegler
Mountains Piedmont To Get Frost Tonight
Frost warnings are in effect across inland North Carolina with the heaviest frost expected in the mountains and Piedmont. A new arctic air mass and high pressure from the Great Lakes will keep cool, with fair weather and moderating temperatures possible by Saturday.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Piedmont
Sversight
Upper Great Lakes
mid-Atlantic
Wooldridge Refuses Answers at Senate Hearings
Army moves Wooldridge from command sergeant major post after he repeatedly invokes the Fifth Amendment at Senate investigations. Four servicemen cited self incrimination while denying questions on alleged kickbacks in recreation clubs in Vietnam Germany and the United States. Wooldridge will remain sergeant major but reassigned from White Sands to a different capacity in New Mexico.
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Washington
Army
Senate
William 0
Wooldridge
White Sands Proving Ground
New Mexico
Pentagon
Jerry Friedheim
Defense
School Integration Action Is Argued
The Nixon administration argues it is premature to demand instant desegregation of southern public schools. The case pairs the federal government and Mississippi with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund before the Supreme Court, citing delays and local planning needs for desegregation. Leonard defends a stalled 33 Mississippi districts order and notes 450 southern systems lack desegregation plans. Lawyers for Civil Rights Under Law assist the NAACP group.
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Washington
Nixon
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Asst. Atty
Jerris Leonard
Leonard
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Naacp Fund
Lawyers’ Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
John Doar
Agnew Attacks Muskie Over Russian Roulette Disarmament
Vice President Spiro Agnew accuses Senator Edmund Muskie of proposing a dangerous six month halt on testing multiple warhead missiles. Muskie defends his plan while Agnew labels it irresponsible and akin to Russian roulette. The clash follows tense Senate debate on arms control and Viet Nam protests.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Edmund §. Muskie
Agnew
Muskie
United States
White House
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
U.S
Brooke
U.S. Secu
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