15 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1967
Page
1
The piece notes Bobbie Gentry as songwriter and teases the mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge incident. It also explains Guilford County jury duty logistics with Union Bus Station schedules and eight return trips between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. for those without private transport.
Reader questions about legality of long female work hours trigger Knightly Yarns. Officials confirm state and federal laws interact: 1967 amendments allow longer hours for female adults under certain conditions, with North Carolina restrictions still set at 11 hours daily and 55 weekly.
U S 9th Infantry Division troops disembarked from river gun boats and clashed with a guerrilla battalion in Dinh Tuong Province. Air and naval bombardment joined the fight as 2 000 Americans pressed the riverine operation amid heavy delta mud and shellfire.
Hurricane Beulah gathers strength near the Yucatan Channel with 115 mph winds and eyes the Gulf of Mexico as Donia heads for New England. Doria remains offshore, 200 miles south southeast of Nantucket, with rough seas from southern New England to Cape Hatteras. Chloe advances northwest from east of Bermuda with 110 mph winds.
Federal approval clears the Harrison Center Urban Renewal Project in High Point. HUD allocates 142 857 for survey and planning on the 140 acre site and 1 782 000 for final development. Announcement issued by Rep Horace Kornegay’s Washington office. The project links with East Central Urban Renewal and extends to Montlieu This initiative rehabilitates areas and will develop Harrison and Thissell streets as part of the city’s major street system.
The Johnson administration plans a specific spending cut list to back a 10 percent tax surcharge as the House Ways and Means Committee begins closed meetings. Budget chief Charles L. Schultze notes the need to trim civilian programs from a $20 billion controllable pool while protecting vital items like veterans benefits and existing contract commitments. Johnson to meet with Schultze as discussions of belt tightening continue amid calls to curb overtime and identify areas for reductions.
A congressional fight over the 27 percent oil depletion allowance pits critics who call it a sacred cow against supporters who defend it as vital to national interests. Senator John Williams plans to push for a 20 percent rate cut over three years, potentially tying it to a 10 percent corporate tax surcharge or the administration tax revision package. Rep. A Sydney Herlong Jr. argues the allowance helps keep oil affordable for consumers and supports resource development, noting depletion rates vary from 5 to 23 percent for other resources.
South Vietnam presidential contender Truong Dinh Dzu was convicted of writing a bad check and illegal transfer of funds abroad. He drew six months for the check and six months for the transfer, plus a 27 711 dollar fine, to run concurrently. Dzu, who did not attend the trial, plans to appeal and accuses the military government of political persecution.
The Pentagon launches a 9 day advertising blitz featuring rock and roll radio spots and full color billboards to recruit more Negroes into the National Guard with New Jersey as the testing ground. Officials cite civil disorders panel findings and report slow gains amid skeptical youth recruitment in Newark and surrounding neighborhoods.
Governor Lester Maddox forbids UPI Atlanta Journal Constitution and WSB staff from his office until they apologize for allegedly slandering his administration. He had threatened a wider ban after a UPI Asheville report quoted him as calling President Johnson King Lyndon Johnson.
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