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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1970
Page
2
The Northern Piedmont area and High Point region expect mostly fair conditions through Tuesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. The Friendship weather station forecasts similar pleasant weather with a Wednesday outlook of partly cloudy and warm skies. Overnight lows around the 60s and Tuesday highs in the 80s.
South Carolina remains partly cloudy on the coast with generally fair conditions through Tuesday. North Carolina stays mainly fair with highs in the 80s and cooler nights, while Virginia and Georgia show a mix of fair and hot, with scattered afternoon thunderstorms in Georgia. Extended outlooks predict continued warmth in the 80s with occasional brief showers toward Friday.
In Creston British Columbia 31 year old logger Dale Merle Nelson was subdued by a police dog and arrested ending an eight victim gunman hunt. Nelson faces charges in the murders of Shirley and Tracy Wasyk Raymond and Isabelle Phipps and three children Cathy Paul Bryan and Kenneth and Tracy Wasyk. The killer abducted Cathy Phipps who was later killed. Police used 50 officers with helicopters and dogs to search 41 hours near the abandoned car. Nelson was found five miles away at a shack and restrained without shots fired.
Fidel Castro telephoned congratulations to Salvador Allende after he led in Chile's Friday vote by about 39,000 of 2.6 million ballots. Alessandri supporters clashed with police in Santiago as Congress, dominated by Christian Democrats and factions, prepares to choose the president on Oct 24.
In Vermont Democrats back a historic bid as Moss Burton face off in a broad primary stage. Hoff earns a strong chance to topple Prouty with Bove Meyer contesting. Florida’s four bidders vie for Democratic nods while Cramer leads a tight race against Carswell, with Eckerd challenging Kirk in a gubernatorial clash. Runoff expected in September.
Gary Mayenschien died in a trailer fire near Raleigh on Saturday. Coroner M. W. Bennett said Mayenschien was apparently trapped in the blaze. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
Howard taunts Hartman in a staged wartime banter at St Louis. Hartman, credited with 352 downed planes, vows to stay on Howard’s wing as they reenact a Messerschmitt aerial challenge. AP Wirephoto.
President Nixon greeted 3200 labor leaders and families at the White House for a Labor Day dinner in the East Room with prime rib and wine. A 3000-strong crowd on the White House lawn watched a torch light drill and music. He returned from San Clemente after an 18 day absence, visited his aunt in Riverside, and planned to press administration measures after the holiday. The Western White House pledged efforts to stabilize Middle East talks as Israel announced withdrawal amid cease fire violations.
Philadelphia AP reports the Black Panther party closed its Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention with a push for a socialist society. About 6,000 attendees heard demands for free housing health care education and lay care centers funded by government along with armed civilian groups and autonomous self governing communities. The convention urged racial gender and minority reforms and a stateless future with self policing communities.
Delegates of the Black Panther sponsored convention in Philadelphia wrestle with defining basic rights and guarding them. Workshops on self determination and distribution of political power reveal splits over oppression, police power, and duties to bear arms amid calls for housing, transport, and medical care reform.
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