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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1969
Page
1
A reader asks about army discharges and learns there is an intermediate general discharge between honorable and dishonorable. It indicates the record is not disgraceful enough for dishonorable yet not clean enough for honorable, with the cited regulation, and it is rarely used in heavy wartime.
The page covers questions about whether focal merchants will sponsor this year’s football contest, how to find area piano teachers via the Musical Arts Club, and workers’ rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It also answers about purple martins, their nesting, and regional presence, plus notices about Rebel flags for servicemen and flag sources in town.
Ronald C Ramsey, officer of the deck on the U S S Frank B Evans, pleaded guilty to negligence and dereliction of duty after the June night collision with the carrier Melbourne in the South China Sea. He received a reprimand and reduction in seniority. four related charges were dropped. The disaster killed 74 Americans. maximum penalties included dismissal, hard labor, and pay forfeiture.
Alaska opened the largest oil lease sale in U.S. history drawing more than 900 million dollars in bids for 179 tracts in Prudhoe Bay. Gov. Keith Miller said the windfall could finance state needs as top offers from billionaires including J Paul Getty and H L Hunt topped about 1965 dollars per acre.
Washington AP The Post Office Department says a first class letter takes about a day and a half to deliver and will launch guidance to maximize stamp value. Air mail proves faster for long routes, averaging 2.1 days versus 1.6 for first class during peak season.
After a three day Viet Cong cease-fire ended, U S and enemy forces stepped up operations with 37 rocket and mortar attacks and two ground assaults. The first 12 hours after the end saw 31 American wounded and 4 U S deaths with 37 enemy troops killed. Casualties for the week rose for South Vietnamese and American totals climbed to 38,450 US killed and 249,602 wounded.
Washington AP reports the House tax reform plan aims to curb tax shelters by raising capital gains to 32 percent and matching earned income top at 50 percent, but Senate opposition grows. The Nixon administration urged keeping capital gains near current levels with a 25 percent rate and a six month holding period, arguing the bill overweights favored treatment for capital gains. Kennedy outlined the administration’s stance in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee.
Washington AP reports preliminary Mariner 6 and 7 data suggest Martian life would differ from Earth's. Atmosphere appears hostile to Earthlike life, with hydrogen and oxygen present and no nitrogen detected. Infrared readings show wide temperature swings and darker terrain warmer. polar caps likely carbon dioxide. Mars depicted as cratered, cold, dry, and almost airless.
Detroit AP General Motors announced an average price hike of 119 dollars per car, raising the mean from 3070 to 3189 dollars as costs for labor and materials and taxes push up the sticker. About 38 dollars of the rise comes from standardizing previously optional equipment.
American Negro leader Robert F. Williams gains passage to the United States on a special TWA flight after prior refusals. The flight will include his lawyer and one security guard, with costs potentially reaching $20,000 borne by the airline. Williams faces a North Carolina kidnapping charge and has lived abroad since fleeing eight years ago. The move follows a government request and FBI input citing concerns of a civil disturbance.
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