28 Sep 1970
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1970
Page
1
The note lists the Raleigh State Fair dates October 16 to 24 and highlights attractions such as a wild animal petting zoo with baby exotics, a mammoth aquarium, and an N C Arts Council sponsored geodesic dome art show with new classes for wood, fiber, clay, metal, and glass.
President Nixon toured Rome in an unscheduled stop to greet freed American skyjack hostages returning from Jordan. He then met Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, entering through the Arch of the Bells amid a guarded 13‑car motorcade. Rivals protested with leaflets as the Pope’s circle welcomed Nixon in San Damasus courtyard.
President Nixon greeted 28 Americans freed by Palestinian guerrillas in Amman upon arrival in Rome from Nicosia. In St Peter's Square police cordoned the area as two fire trucks stood by and motorcade security tightened around the president. Nixon spoke of reducing the possibility of a future incident and pledged strong Mediterranean presence before visiting hostage families on the tarmac. He said the crowd’s reaction showed outrage and compassion.
Minors aged 14 to 16 may work outside school hours and during vacations but not in factories or hazardous jobs. Restrictions cover earliest and latest working times and weekly hours, with eight hours per day combined work and school. Amendments allow late evening hours when school is not in session.
County extension home economists say saccarine likely has negligible calories if any. They suggest it contributes virtually no energy to the diet.
Lebanon prepared for renewed guerrilla activity after a Cairo cease fire agreement signed by King Hussein and Yasir Arafat. A three person committee will monitor compliance as fighters withdraw to positions along the border amid sporadic Jordanian clashes and renewed tensions.
Two speeding motorists on Cleveland’s East Side halted, then shot two officers. Patrolman Joseph Tracy, 27, was killed. Patrolman Fred Fulton, 3 years on the force, critically wounded. Six suspects detained as police search for others.
A congressional panel opens hearings on tranquilizer use among school children amid concerns the drugs suppress creativity. Rep. Cornelius Gallagher says up to 300,000 children may be receiving tranquilizers and urges early examination before the practice expands.
House subcommittee hearings focus on amphetamine prescriptions for hyperkinesis. Gallacher questions masking restlessness with drugs, noting bright children may be overmedicated. CIBA cites common symptoms of minimal brain dysfunction. Investigations trace reports of thousands of Omaha children receiving drugs.
Twenty eight U.S. hostages depart Nicosia for New York, ending three weeks of captivity by Palestinian commandos. Four remain in Cyprus, six freed in Amman and handed to the Egyptian Embassy, with negotiations linking hostage releases to freeing Arab captives in Europe and Israel.
A Harris survey of 1861 likely voters interviewed Sept 7–14 shows Muskie at 43 percent to Nixon 43, with Wallace at 10 on a third party line. Muskie leads Nixon among suburban residents and college educated voters, signaling trouble for Nixon in key segments.
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