09 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1967
Page
1
The Enterprise notes no local formal karate instruction currently exists in High Point. A Greensboro listing at 708 W Market Ave offers karate information, with fees and schedules on request. Judo via YMCA fall program may start if Steve Walker secures an instructor, with hopeful plans underway.
Readers ask why High Point cannot supply Archdale Trinity with water and sewer at reasonable rates without city incorporation. Utilities director Bill Williams says policy blocks outside-city service until changed by City Council. letters to city manager Harold Cheek may prompt action.
The FCC refused to revisit its ruling requiring broadcasters to provide free air time for antismoking messages as a counter to cigarette ads. The decision, applying the fairness doctrine to advertising, prompts renewed government and health group activity in promoting warnings about smoking dangers.
In Pasadena, a leaky helium valve on Surveyor 5 threatens a soft moon landing. Engineers may force a hard lunar touchdown or shift to an Earth orbit for tests and Earth photos if the leak cannot be stopped.
U S bombers struck artillery and rocket launchers near the DMZ while flying within 20 miles of Red China to damage the Lang Dang rail yard. Three waves of eight engine B52s targeted gun positions as clashes continued in northern South Vietnam. Two pilots were rescued after an F4 Phantom was shot down.
The United Auto Workers walkout at Ford affects 160,000 Ford workers in 25 states and stretches to suppliers like Budd Co and Dana Corp. They delay negotiations, while GM and Chrysler keep production. The union aims to boost a 67 million dollar war chest and foresees a strike lasting at least a month as Ford faces dwindling model stock.
Sunday Enterprise reports an anti poverty training program by the High Point Authority reshaping Clara Cox Apartments and Daniel Brooks Homes. The feature highlights High Point ties and a related Europe study by Parks Freeze and the local youth. The paper also explains why personalized checks matter due to new routing and account number formats.
AP reports Miss America 1968 will be crowned tonight in Atlantic City after three days of preliminaries. Kristine Phillips of Idaho won the swimsuit division, Dawn Cashwell of Florida won the talent round, and ten finalists advance to semifinals for the final crown succeeding Jane Anne Jayroe.
The Detroit News editors urged Michigan Governor George Romney to step aside in the 1968 GOP contest, proposing Nelson Rockefeller as a leading alternative. Rockefeller ruled out any presidential bid, while Romney dismissed the editorial as amusing. Party insiders questioned Romney’s path, yet Rockefeller signaled no candidacy.
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