30 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1969
Page
1
Reader prompt from The Enterprise invites questions and worries with a call or letter. It states ACTION LINE is available for immediate answers and to settle problems or reduce worry. It encourages telling the newspaper about concerns.
A reader questions whether employers must itemize wages on pay envelopes and notes federal wage laws, while others discuss trailer park discrimination, sidewalk upkeep responsibility, and a baseball player’s current activity. The letters reflect concerns about pay transparency, housing equity, property maintenance, and sports trivia.
Arab guerrillas struck Lebanon's Elayat airport as government forces fought near Rashaya and the village of Asha. Cairo signaled peace prospects improving, with Egypt approving Lebanon’s peace proposals and inviting Yasser Arafat to Cairo for talks. The army reported heavy guerrilla losses at Elayat, a damaged runway, and one wounded soldier.
President Nixon said the administration will assist in every possible way to enforce the Supreme Court order speeding desegregation of Mississippi schools. The ruling ends the all deliberate speed doctrine, requiring immediate move to unitary, racially nonexclusive schools and prompting questions on enforcement and timing.
The Supreme Court orders desegregation “at once,” creating a crisis for President Nixon. Civil rights officials describe two paths: accept the ruling and revise guidelines, or press further appeals. Officials say government plans delaying desegregation until fall are likely invalid. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare has approved 109 such plans and is negotiating 154 more for next fall.
Eight men face civil rights charges for conspiring to cross state lines to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Bobby Seale, jailed on a fugitive warrant, clashed with Judge Hoffman as marshals gagged and restrained him during courtroom disruptions.
The Senate Finance Committee deadlocked 8 to 8 on raising the personal income tax exemption from 600 to 900, a compromise from 1000. Chairman Sen. Russell Long noted his panel will vote on overall relief near 9.2 billion dollars, with Nixon aides opposing any boost. Gore argued the increase targets low and middle income taxpayers, especially those with children. The committee also advanced its own relief for single filers.
The Pentagon confirms 1192 military and 584 civilian positions to be cut in North Carolina and 327 military and seven civilian roles in South Carolina. Pope AFB, Seymour Johnson AFB, and Cherry Point Marine Air Station face the heaviest civilian losses, with Ft. Bragg and Shaw AFB also seeing significant military reductions.
The 1969 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to American Prof. Murray Gell-Mann of Caltech for his work on classifying elementary particles and their interactions. Chemistry prizes went to Prof. Derk H. R. Barton of Imperial College London and Prof. Odd Hassel of the University of Oslo for work on confirming chemical concepts. The prizes carry a record cash award of $72,800.
The House Commerce Committee voted 20 to 13 to cite FCC Chairman Rosel Hyde for contempt of Congress over refusing subpoenaed records in a license renewal case. Rep. Harley O. Staggers said scheduling the citation would be discussed with House leaders.
Rep John E Moss told reporters there has never been a chairman so flagrantly in contempt. The committee acted as Hyde was honored at an FCC farewell ceremony where his retirement begins Friday. Hyde said he was not in contempt and only aimed to protect hearing integrity while acknowledging the oddity of being cited as he left. The dispute centered on records of FCC license renewal for WIRE AM FM Indianapolis, Indiana, with a subpoena issued to Hyde to produce the files after he reportedly did not supply them at a prior meeting.
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