26 Oct 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1967
Page
1
Readers seek the contact for riding in the High Point Christmas parade on Thanksgiving Day. Equine safety is stressed by Frank Smith equestrian chairman. Leo Palmer and Mrs Donna Smith from the Merchants Assn coordinate entries and remind deadlines.
U S Navy bombers attacked a Hanoi power plant near the city center and two pilots claimed a MIG21 kill south of the capital. Oriskany fliers pressed a third straight day of raids on bridges rail yards and other strategic targets.
A confidential GAO briefing circulated on Capitol Hill cites rising costs at the Parks Job Corps Center in Pleasanton California from 12.8 million to 25.5 million, with a 55 percent dropout rate and only 8 percent of enrollees placed in related jobs. It notes 93 dismissals for offenses including assault robbery and marijuana. The report covers early 1965 to last December and says conditions have since improved under Litton Systems Inc.
The U.N. Security Council condemns cease fire violations after an Egypt Israel artillery duel over the Suez Canal. U Thant seeks more cease-fire observers and patrol assets as Cairo reports fires at Nasr and Suez refineries under control but ongoing damage. Casualties include eight civilians and eight military deaths with dozens wounded. The U.S. resolution condemns violations and the council unanimously approves a balanced stance.
A reader questions why tests are scheduled the day after a football game noting a student faced four exams the next day. Dr Dean Pruette and teachers argue academics should not be driven by athletics and a solution hinges on Friday night games or new stadiums, which seem unlikely.
A reader asks why the Daniel Boone statue vanished after Hwy 311 Fairfield widening. Traffic engineer Moss says no monument existed last summer during northbound lane work, while Archdale civic group eyes beautification and would welcome the statue if found.
The text notes the rising use of charisma in recent magazines and papers where writers chase linguistic prestige. It contrasts it with the dictionary sense of charisma as a special power or leadership quality, citing Random House and mentioning related terms like pragmatic esoteric and eclectic.
Demonstrations at Harvard Radcliffe University of Illinois Minnesota and Columbia target Dow Chemical recruiters linked to napalm in Vietnam. Cambridge students hold captive a Dow recruiter for seven hours. Harvard dean warns of suspensions. Wisconsin sit-in leads to police action as university leaders vow disruption controls. National Student Association plans a student power conference at Minnesota.
Stephen Kessler, Harvard-educated former medical student, found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 1966 stabbing slaying of Florence Cooper, his mother in law, after LSD and marijuana use. Jury had deadlocked thrice before verdict. He is ordered confined to the State Mental Hygiene Authority. his mother appeared in court and cried.
U S living costs increased two tenths of one percent in September amid higher housing clothing transportation and medical costs. Grocery prices fell nine tenths of one percent but the overall index rose to 117 1 based on the 1957 59 system. Average weekly earnings rose to 103 41 while living costs edged ahead 2 6 percent from a year earlier.
In Arcadia Florida seven children of James and Annie Mae Richardson died from parathion or malathion poisoning after a lunch meal. The last child died at 5:30 a.m. as authorities investigated how the toxin entered the apartment.
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