07 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1971
Page
1
Readers seek help on loud mini bikes at night and other neighborhood disturbances. Advice covers talking to parents, filing warrants for trespass, and legal options for unlicensed underage riders, with notes on noise remedies and youth volunteer programs.
Reader writes to commend the garbage men on his block and urges publication of support for collectors citywide, praising their good work and character. The note underscores community appreciation for sanitation crews.
U S infantry moved into Fire Bases Barbara and Ann to free South Vietnamese troops for a new operation near Laos. Air Force F4s struck antiaircraft guns 51 miles north of the DMZ, while B 52s bombarded areas around Khe Sanh to ease the western advance by 12 000 South Vietnamese troops. About 200 American helicopters supported the effort.
A bomb laden bicycle was pushed into the ambassador’s path as he drove to work. The rider fled. the device weighed 10 to 20 pounds and was set to detonate on contact. Cambodian police hunt a likely 18 year old, while Swank, 49, remained unharmed and learned of the attack hours later.
Congress returns to a rewritten agenda focused on Nixon’s economic program. The president urges a tax package, wage and price freezes, dollar stabilization, and delayed welfare reform and revenue sharing. House hearings begin Wednesday with possible approval by October, while critics say proposals favor big business over individuals.
Desegregation court orders force South cities to double use buses as schools open late or staggered. Nashville plans 700 routes for 49,000 of 96,000 pupils. Columbus and Duval County (Jacksonville) deploy hundreds of buses for thousands more riders. Norfolk faces private-bus rate hurdles delaying openings. Mobile and North Carolina systems also mobilize buses to meet integration mandates.
A rock festival in a pasture near a Watsonville lake erupted Monday night into a knife and club attack by motorcyclists, Mexican American youths, and surfers. One cyclist, Peter Michael Montero of Long Beach, died of stab wounds. two others, Bruce Miller and Dr Turco, were in good condition after surgery. Police sealed the area as about 3,000 youths listened to the all day concert and 150 people were stoned.
Traffic accidents across the nation claimed 591 lives during the three day Labor Day weekend. The National Safety Council had estimated that 6 to 700 persons might die on streets and highways during the period from 6 p m Friday to midnight Monday. The holiday toll last year was 612. The highest toll since World War II was 688 in 1968.
Washington reports say the Defense and State departments push embassies and U S commands to aggressively combat discrimination against Black GIs abroad. They seek reports on positive actions, stressing unity with Nixon and Melvin Laird. Laird discusses housing bias with West Germany and Japan and plans NATO talks. In the U S, a new Pentagon civil rights chief is sought to replace Frank Render.
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