26 Sep 1967
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1967
Page
1
Residents petitioned for paving the two blocks between Richland and Pershing on Wise Avenue. City Council approved on Sept 21. construction will start sometime next spring.
Readers questions prompt a Raleigh trip to obtain a decade of highway spending by the Highway Commission for High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem Durham and Asheville. Officials say compiling the figures would require months of record research, leaving the inquiry unresolved.
Lt Governor Bob Scott proposed state aid to transport urban school children, matching rural help. He estimated $1.5 million biennial cost at $14 per pupil yearly, noting total expenses would exceed that figure if transportation, operations, maintenance and driver wages are included. Local boards would decide on public buses or private contracts, with local funding required for initial buses.
Washington AP Republican critics charge President Johnson misleads the public about Vietnam. Sen Clifford Case says air attacks on North Vietnam serve political aims while McNamara cautions against them. Sen Charles Percy warns bombing near Red China could draw China in and repeats that the administration is consistently wrong about progress and costs.
British Foreign Secretary George Brown urged urgent peace talks on Vietnam at the United Nations General Assembly. He blamed Hanoi for refusing to seize negotiation opportunities and urged a Geneva conference based settlement acceptable to the United States and North Vietnam. The Soviet Union and Britain as Geneva ecochairmen would push Vietnam before the body.
At Con Thien the US Marines faced the heaviest sustained Communist bombardment since Dien Bien Phu as over 1,000 shells rained in. Two Marines were killed and 202 wounded, with total Marine losses reported at 63 dead and 987 wounded this month. U.S. bombers and jets mounted 600,000 pounds of explosives against gun pits as enemy fire continued along the DMZ frontier.
A rock from a lawnmower sparked a blaze that heavily damaged the FCK bulk fuel terminal in Washington North Carolina on Monday. Kinston Fire Department crews stood in foam as they fought tanks containing kerosene and fuel oil. An FOX employee mowing near the tanks sparked the fire and explosion.
Washington AP Senator Sam J. Ervin disputes Attorney General Ramsey Clark's claim that 13 NC racial violence incidents justify a new civil rights law. He says many cases cited are erroneous or misleading and praises state and local efforts cooperating with the FBI. He notes several cases have been solved locally, with arrests pursued where appropriate.
In Tijuana, Mexico, about ten children have died and many more are ill in what authorities call a milk poisoning outbreak. Police detained about 20 dairy operators and shop staff as hospitals overflow with affected youngsters, ages from three months to ten years, after milk was found in the stomachs of treated children.
Rio Grande floodwaters inundated about 200 homes in Harlingen as Beulah’s deluge, winds, and rains caused a disaster across South Texas. Damage tops $1 billion. 44 dead regionally, with the Red Cross sheltering more than 25,000 in 17 cities and thousands left homeless.
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