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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1969
Page
2
Exchange AP stock report notes Virginia prepares for a night of considerable loudness with scattered showers and thunderstorms expected. Local forecasts warn of possible gusty winds and brief downpours across several counties as residents monitor evolving conditions.
An 18 year old prison inmate was shot to death by a guard in Yanceyville AP reports the inmate ran from a location about 300 yards from the shooting site. Johnson was sentenced in Vance County in January 1968 to 8 10 years for robbery with a dangerous weapon.
The Globe reports tests on Kennedy's car speed at the bridge and time to fill with water after the crash. Medical examiner says Miss Kopechne drowned accidentally. Her burial in Pennsylvania occurred without autopsy. An inquest scheduled for Sept 3 was postponed indefinitely pending a state Supreme Court ruling on its constitutionality. Dist Atty Dinis says action will come soon. he has until Sept 22 to reply regarding exhumation and autopsy.
About 50 members and guests attended the High Point AMS chapter meeting where C. Spencer Everhardt of AMS Willow Grove Pa spoke on The Human Kaleidoscope and Braden Diggs of IBM discussed Word Processing Today. Charles Allred of Henley Paper Co was honored for a national cost savings idea.
The Everglades jetport project near Miami faces rejection from federal and state officials. Nixon aides and Interior scientists reportedly influenced the White House decision after a Leopold report. Alternatives near the park are noted, while existing construction by the Miami Port Authority proceeded.
The manifesto signed by Leqitu Wl vULy and National Liberation Action vows to end torture and killings. Rio outskirts host roadblocks as police hunt for the kidnapers and Eldrick. The 59 year old diplomat Spar was abducted after a lunch near his embassy, chloroformed, and moved to a station wagon. Authorities report clues and the U.S. State Department notes Castroite links while President Nixon expresses concern.
Washington AP reports two North Carolina soldiers died in South Vietnam combat. Army Spec. 4 William G. Howell of Gastonia, previously missing, is now listed as killed in action. Marine Lance Cpl. Edward R. Sargent of King in Stokes County died of wounds.
LIMESTONE Maine AP seven men on board a eight engineBe lbomber were killed when the training aircraft crashed and burned shortly after takeoff from Loring Air Force Base Officials said the eight engine jet crashed Thursday night in boggy wilderness about three miles north of the end of the runway Air Force personnel had to bulldoze into the wreckage to recover the bodies Six of the seven were stationed at Loring with the seventh riding as observer The bomber belonged to the 42nd Arm Wing of the 8th Air Force based at Westover MA There were no bombs aboard the B52 which crashed at 938 p.m Loring AFB lies in Aroostook County near the New Brunswick border
Allied cease-fire warnings hover near Saigon as Viet Cong offer safe conduct for memorial services in Communist-held zones. In Hanoi, Premier Chow En-ai leads a Chinese delegation while Soviet Premier Kosygin heads a separate group, signaling high level East Bloc engagement though both Mao and Brezhnev stay home.
Rockport Mass AP expert Dr John P Spiegel of Brandeis Center warns civil disorders persist with slow action by authorities. He notes a wait and see mood among both black and white communities, and says urban problems may worsen if Vietnam war progress slows or fails to improve.
James Byrnes, 90, former U S secretary of state and Supreme Court justice, was further improved today according to his physician. Reports note his heart is stabilizing, lungs clearing, and temperature down after a heart attack last Friday. Byrnes has been in Baptist Hospital's coronary care unit, his fourth hospitalization this year, while discussions at the Lemberg Center address media coverage of racial incidents.
The North Carolina State Employes Association opened its annual convention in Durham. Clyde H. Benner, assistant business manager at Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, was elected president as part of the constitutional changes and officer elections on the program.
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