25 Sep 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1970
Page
1
The article provides fruit handling guidance from extension services and cites High Point truck loading ordinances. It notes pick quality fruit, cut uniformly, prevent browning with salt water, dry thoroughly, and seal packages. It also explains parking limits and a 30 minute loading rule for freight zones to reduce street blockages.
Letters discuss Ferndale students leaving campus for lunch to frequent nearby eateries. Complaints cite litter, profanity, smoking, and underage cigarette sales. Authorities note cafeteria lunches discouraged. police may address off campus sales.
Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, died at 72 in Locarno Switzerland after a long illness. The German-born writer, who became a U.S. citizen after fleeing Hitler, lived in Switzerland since the early 1950s with his wife Paulette Goddard at his bedside.
Jordan King Hussein and Yasir Arafat announce a cease fire to halt nine days of civil war in Jordan. Fifteen of 54 hijacked passengers, including eight Britons five Swiss and two West Germans, are freed and moved toward exit from Amman.
The Army will reduce troop strength to 1.2 million by next June, cutting three combat divisions and totaling about 125000 fewer soldiers by mid 1971. Most cuts hit support units, leaving the Army at its smallest size in ten years. The plan was disclosed by Defense Department controller Robert C. Moot during a panel with defense contractors.
FTC and FDA chiefs urge enzyme detergent industry to attend a Washington meeting on October 8 to discuss potential skin irritations and allergies linked to enzyme detergents amid federal false advertising charges against Procter and Gamble Levi Strauss and Colgate Palmolive.
The 6th Fleet with jet bombers and Marines moved 150 miles from the Middle East as Soviet Mediterranean squadron shadowed. Both fleets hold near parity in ships and submarines, with Independence guiding observations and crews watching potential armaments while awaiting full carrier arrival.
In Portsmouth Virginia a night of sporadic shooting and fire bombings disrupted the city of about 125000. After five tense days a delicate truce between blacks and police was shattered prompting state police and the National Guard to step in. Police armed with riot guns guarded the waterfront headquarters as officers recalled off duty colleagues. The 16 year old black youth shot Saturday spurred the unrest.
A historical piece notes the rise of obscene and harassing calls in 1969 with 306103 such calls and 18115 threats in six months. It urges recognizing the telephone as private, cites state and federal laws criminalizing obscene calls, and mentions Bell System tracking capability. The article teases continuation on page 6-A.
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