19 Sep 1971
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1971
Page
1
College football scores reported for UNC Duke South Carolina Wake Forest and Virginia Tech. results listed with team matchups and outcomes.
A reader asks about presidential pay and benefits and the article lays out Nixon's compensation. It lists salary 200000, expense allowance 50000, special projects fund 1500000, overall White House budget 3229000, Secret Service and White House Police 2503000, Parks maintenance 200000, aircraft and crew costs 1000000, car leases 50000, totaling 8772000 in government spending.
Antigovernment students riot in Saigon and Militant Buddhist protests erupt. Explosions partially destroy a large Go Vap ammunition dump north of the capital, while clashes injure several students and police. No American casualties reported despite earlier ambushes on a South Vietnamese rescue force.
The Attica uprising, from Sept 9 to 13, ended with 30 inmates and 10 hostages dead in the bloodiest prison riot in U.S. history. A broad view shows political activism among inmates, aging and split guards, reforms seen as loosening order, and a surrounding community dependent on the prison fueling fear and tension.
A reader questions city front tags and municipal ad skins on vehicles while another asks if guns can be mailed for repair. A postal official notes pistols are nonmailable to individuals but dealers may mail under rules.
Civil Service park and recreation drivers sometimes avoid driving dump trucks while laborers must. Marvin Key says a truck driver may operate any equipment he is qualified to drive when necessary. Keith notes he has driven departmental trucks on occasion.
An anonymous reader asks if retirement savings can be kept by an employer or recovered after a spouse's illness. The response notes insufficient data on tenure, contributions, plan type, and conditions to determine eligibility. The company urges contacting its Personnel Department for discussion and asks for more details if the issue remains unsettled.
About 200 people gathered on Charlotte City Hall steps after a two mile rain march protesting the slaying of Roy Miller, 21, by policeman J W Swain. A 10 member committee met Mayor John M Belk for 15 minutes while others waited in the rain.
Rep Ike Andrews introduces a bill creating a 21 member commission with full programming control and budget review for all 16 state supported higher ed institutions. The plan keeps UNC intact as a consolidated system while treating its six campuses as separate units. Gov Scott and UNC President Friday defend current structure and justify oversight to curb duplication and wasteful post graduate programs.
A brief reference lists page designations such as Page 2-A Page 11-A and Page 1-D Page 4-A. No article text is shown in the readable fragment. The note suggests navigation cues rather than a news report.
Rep Claude Pepper of Florida told the Attica prison riot inquiry that insufficient funding for penal institutions helped cause the tragedy. The House Crime Committee, after seven hours at Attica, criticized the finance and the armed response used to retake the prison, saying there was indiscriminate shooting.
The Suez Canal area saw renewed fighting as Israel and Egypt fired missiles and anti aircraft projectiles. Egypt claimed an unsuccessful Israeli attack near the canal while Israel reported no losses. Diplomatic contact continued but no political settlement emerged.
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