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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1969
Page
1
A door to door salesman touts a 310 degree alarm while the Fire Department notes no endorsements for home devices. A High Point library explains Playboy not carried due to budget limits and policy. Other Qs address telephone rents, TOPS in Jamestown, trailer residents, and NC license plate changes after moving.
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched their heaviest attacks in a month but said they will observe a three day cease fire for Ho Chi Minh's funeral. U S and South Vietnamese forces were expected to honor the truce as rockets and mortars hit 74 bases while 17 Americans were killed and 172 wounded. Saigon officials called the move a humanitarian gesture but offered no immediate confirmation. The plan includes a state funeral in Hanoi on Wednesday.
Reported fighting around patrol bases 34 miles northwest of Saigon and near Tay Ninh produced casualties headed by two American and one South Vietnamese dead and 15 American and six South Vietnamese wounded. Infiltrators suffered 16 dead while enemy and American losses were recorded along the Cambodian border and at several U S bases including Quang.
The Brazilian government says it has accepted all demands of the terrorists who abducted U.S. Ambassador Charles Burke Elbrick. Foreign Minister Pinto declares the state will hold the kidnappers responsible for Elbrick’s safety as they await the release of 15 political prisoners. A letter said to be from Elbrick, found in a Rio church alms box, prompted the announcement. The kidnappers demanded 15 prisoners’ release within 48 hours or Elbrick would be executed. Police reported gunmen seized Elbrick’s limousine and left a ransom note. The junta’s stance on the ransom remains unclear.
Chincoteague Virginia town council reduced the real estate tax rate from 2.75 to 1.60 per 100 of assessed value. Mayor Chester A. Daisey said the move relieves citizens’ burden, will not curb services, and keeps the 200000 dollar budget intact with no new projects planned.
A government advisory panel in Washington states that oral contraceptives offer more benefits than risks despite new evidence linking pills to blood clots. The 14 member committee cites higher effectiveness versus other methods, while urging cautious use for women with vein disease, cancer history, or high blood pressure. Syntex Laboratories responds that U.S. and British studies should be kept in perspective.
In Washington, Senate Finance Committee Democrats led by Sen. Fred R. Harris criticized Treasury Secretary Kennedy’s proposal to shrink relief for low and middle income families in the House tax reform bill. Gore echoed concerns as Kennedy outlined relief figures, noting the plan would still remove millions from the tax rolls while targeting low and middle earners.
President Nixon imposes a 75 percent cutback on all new federal construction for federal agencies effective immediately and urges state and local governments to match the reduction. Grants for state projects may be cut if local action is not prompt, while hospitals and some public housing remain protected as highest priority. Highway work with federal funds excluded from the order.
The Boston Globe reports researchers hired by Sen Edward Kennedy’s attorneys tested the car involved in Mary Jo Kopechne’s death on Chappaquiddick Island to assess if she could have survived after the accident. Tests occurred mainly in Edgartown and Martha's Vineyard. a scuba diver photographed the pond and the access bridge.
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