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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1969
Page
5
Gov. Bob Scott faced no comment as student leaders from three black state colleges boycott a dinner at the Governor's Mansion. The boycott statement, issued by A T State University Greensboro, accuses the governor of disrespect toward black students and administrators while outlining talks of future meetings and campus issues.
Floyd Patterson, former world heavyweight boxing champion, has appealed to the U S Tax Court a claim by the Internal Revenue Service that he owes 358,870 dollars in 1 income taxes. The service seeks to collect 94,856 for 1959 113,239 for 1960 and 150,775 for 1961. The claim stems from an IRS ruling that money from the sale of stock in Floyd Patterson Enterprises Ltd was personal income not a capital gain and that he was not entitled to certain expense deductions.
Direct federal highway projects signed for North Carolina will be completed, but no new bids will be called until further notice after President Nixon cut federal highway funds by 75 percent. Blue Ridge Parkway sections near Fontana Lake and other ongoing projects may still advance. interstate projects requiring state matching funds are unaffected. Two Blue Ridge Parkway links near Holloway Mountain Bridge and Dixon Creek will proceed, with a $1.75 million project and a 2.9 mile, $1 million link ongoing. Bridges over Holloway Mountain Road and U S 221 at Beacon Heights remain on schedule, about 50 percent complete, with Bryson City project also under way.
The mighty Colorado River shaped the Grand Canyon over 600 million years, forming cliffs about 4,000 feet high. Erosion proceeds at under an inch per century as water slowly wears away the rock.
The Mariner 2 spacecraft sent data from Venus across 36 million miles of space using just three watts of power about the same as a standard flashlight bulb.
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