18 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1971
Page
1
A UNC system committee of deans and students will draft a consolidated policy on liquor and beer use on six campuses. The proposal, supported by Richard H. Robinson and Donald A. Solomon, aims to ban hard liquor but may allow beer in private rooms with debate over trustees' prior stance.
In Westminster California four month old Ty White battles colitis severe platelet deficiency and pneumonia while receiving 40 transfusions and life support. His mother Pat White and a team of 16 doctors nurse him back from near death. The pediatrician credits Ty’s will to live and Pat’s devotion for his recovery.
Justice Hugo L. Black, 85 and in fragile health, retires from the Supreme Court after 34 years. President Nixon accepts the resignation, pledging to appoint a conservative successor, likely a Southerner, as Black undergoes treatment at Bethesda Naval Hospital.
Raleigh AP reports North Carolina public schools fully comply with HEW desegregation guidelines. State official Robert Strother says all 152 units are in compliance with 11 under review for minor administrative issues. Busing numbers tied to the order are not determinable, though 35,000 more pupils ride buses this year.
With Hugo Black’s retirement a Southern conservative is likely to be Nixon’s next Supreme Court pick. Speculation centers on Rep. Richard H. Poff as a potential successor, though Nixon has not ruled out a competent woman nominee.
About 60 House members from both parties unite behind a plan to bar busing for desegregation. They back Rep. Norman Lent’s proposed amendment used as the campaign spearhead, noting his anti busing leadership in New York politics and past constitutional setback.
The Associated Press reports renewed missile exchanges between Israel and Egypt along the Suez Canal amid a ceasefire since 1970. Israel claims Egyptian surface-to-air missiles hit Israeli jets over Sinai, while Cairo says Israeli formations launched rockets near the canal. No casualties are reported, but tensions rise as a transport plane is downed by Egyptian air defenses.
Sen John Burney unveiled a plan to create a state commission to plan and promote a coordinated higher education system. The proposal would replace the Board of Higher Education, veto new degree programs, and require a systemwide budget plan while reforming UNC governance. More than 30 senators attended the Wrightsville Beach meeting.
Rep. Wright Patman announces House Banking Committee hearings begin September 27 to consider extending the wage-price control act beyond the current 90 day freeze. He stresses restricting interest rates and calls for administration proposals and testimony from officials and private witnesses. The discussion follows a White House meeting with leaders on the post freeze plan and includes notes on potential cases of violations and Medicare wage rules.
Senate supporters push a draft extension bill through a tight battle. A cloture petition filed by 22 senators faces a potential two thirds vote after a 47 36 tabling defeat. Key dispute centers on Mansfield amendment for Indochina withdrawal tied to POWs.
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