Action Line at The Enterprise Assists Readers
The Enterprise invites readers to send questions or problems to its Action Line. Staff note the high volume and promise consideration, though individual acknowledgment may be limited.
13 Sep 1971
Page 1
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1971
Page
1
The Enterprise invites readers to send questions or problems to its Action Line. Staff note the high volume and promise consideration, though individual acknowledgment may be limited.
Tropical Storm Heidi moves up the Atlantic coast threatening the Northeast with heavy rains while sister storm Edith drifts toward Mexico. Ginger remains a distant hurricane east of Bermuda. Fern dissipates in Texas and Mexican rainfall highs.
A reader vents about doctors wasting patients time by taking personal calls and speaking with colleagues instead of attending to them. The writer describes driving six miles, waiting forty minutes, and being told the doctor would not finish today. The note ends with a pointed, humorous threat about reacting to poor service.
A reader asks about readying a child for kindergarten and first grade. The High Point Public Library holds Your Child and the First Year of School by Bernard Ryan with guidance on intellectual and emotional prep, fear removal, expectations, and home help. Randolph County currently has one public kindergarten in Franklinville and plans more next year.
Water seeps from a broken main at the Walnut East Commerce corner after a Parks and Recreation dig. Utilities Director Bill Williams says the issue stems from a spring and Public Works is handling the trash concerns being raised by residents.
An anonymous reader asks where to obtain extra mint plants and who grows money plants in their yard. The reply hopes those offering mint or money plants do not remain anonymous, noting difficulty in connecting anonymous donors with unknown addresses.
A reader asks how to redirect welfare funds from a husband who spends all income on drink. The answer advises contacting the Department of Social Services and Social Security officials to reassign the welfare check to the mother’s name to ensure child support and medical needs are addressed.
Nine hostages and 28 convicts died as state police backed by helicopters and tear gas stormed Attica state prison ending a four day rebellion. Governor Rockefeller supported the assault though questions remained about security.
The city launches a court ordered desegregation plan with 130 bus fleet guarding 97 elementary schools. 26 000 students will be bused while 20 000 remain in neighborhood walks amid ongoing national busing controversies.
Archie Davis of the U S Chamber of Commerce rejects labor calls for a three‑way panel to run anti inflation controls. He supports keeping wage and price restraints under the Cost of Living Council led by John Connally while Meany and AFL CIO push for a three‑sided tribunal. Davis spoke on NBC Today before White House talks with Nixon on Phase II controls.
Nikita S. Khrushchev 77 died of a heart attack Saturday and was privately buried in Novodevichy Cemetery after a brief hospital farewell. About 150 mourners, led by his widow Nina Petrovna, attended the ceremony with no public display or speeches.
A small band plays a funeral dirge as mourners file into the room where Khrushchev lies in his coffin the upper half open to reveal his head and shoulders. Mrs Khrushchev wearing dark gray coat and lace scarf shows tender restraint as family members gather including Sergio Rada and Alexei Adzhubei. The death notice appears with black borders and no career portrait or article.
The Senate Finance Committee called top Nixon administration officials to discuss the 10 percent import surcharge. Paul Volcker and Nathan Samuels are set to testify as lawmakers weigh potential domestic and international repercussions of the measure. Senator Paul J. Fannin supports sustaining the surcharge to curb unfair foreign competition.
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