31 Oct 1969
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1969
Page
1
The text presents an invitation to discuss worries or problems and to call for the Enterprise, but lacks concrete events, dates, people, or places to form a factual news item. It reads as a placeholder line rather than a report.
A resident reports finding a dead pigeon with a green band on its leg at 1316 Westchester Drive, dated October 1969, and asks if the paper can publish updates. The page also records a Q A column addressing bridge repairs, abandoned furniture, museum hours, crosswalks, leaf and acorn cleanup, and home defrost tips.
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 hijacked by a young man with a rifle in California diverted via Denver and New York to Bangor Maine for fuel then possibly Cairo. At Kennedy Airport the hijacker fired a shot but it did not derail the plan. The FBI noted it as the second intra country hijack this year. Flight crew identified as Capt Donald Cook and others.
Washington AP Secretary Robert H. Finch signals vigorous new action against hundreds of holdout southern school districts using the Supreme Court desegregation decision as a springboard. He vows maximum resources to achieve desegregation and plans letters to about 800 districts in coming weeks to press dismantling of dual systems amid a shift toward HEW supervised desegregation.
Washington AP report notes Southern leaders denounced the ruling on desegregation as painful and criminal. Georgia Governor Maddox urged a tax revolt while Wallace and Mississippi officials warned of continued opposition. Nixon pledged administration support to enforce the mandate and end discrimination in schools.
In Austin a nonprofit corporation tied to Lyndon B Johnson associates denies impropriety in multimillion-dollar grants and loans tied to a federal land gift. Frank C. Erwin Jr. insists no federal money has changed hands while Roy A. Buhler says no funds were given. Senator Williams accuses a White House sanctioned giveaway involving 26.5 acres of federal land in Austria and $8.5 million in loans and grants. A HEW spokesman says land must be returned for tax exempt issues. The Delaware Republican remains a central figure in the controversy.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules the Mary Jo Kopechne inquest must be secret, but allows Judge Boyle to preside and sets conditions for transcripts. Kennedy welcomes public record later, aims for speedy proceedings while court underscores need for fair trials and limited press access.
The Senate Finance Committee completed work on a massive tax reform bill aimed at about 9 billion dollars in individual income tax relief while adding roughly 7 billion in revenue from reform provisions. The measure mirrors the House bill but with changes in relief and reform provisions.
Saigon AP reports five major allies providing combat forces to South Vietnam signed their secret annual military campaign plan for 1970. The document drawn by South Vietnam, the United States, South Korea, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand outlines goals, troop and supply priorities, and operating areas. Philippines is not a signatory. U.S. Gen Creighton Abrams signed for the United States as the plan reflects prospective troop levels and may anticipate force reductions. Only scattered fighting noted as Vietnamization proceeds with turnover of 13 U.S. Navy patrol boats to South Vietnam.
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