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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1976
Page
9
North Carolina Student Legislature delegates proposed major reforms including replacing the food sales tax with a state lottery, minimum penalties for violent sex offenses, and repeal of victimless sex crime laws. Bills would raise taxes, cap malpractice awards, and allow terminal patients to die, with many measures echoing campus debate from Raleigh.
Senate claims FBI mailed scurrilous letters to Klansmen spouses during a 1960s campaign to harass the group. Senator Morgan cited examples including a wife shaming message and a reference to unlawful relations. FBI officials denied improper tactics and said they had made their point repeatedly.
Governor Jim Holshouser offered a 472,500 reward Saturday for information leading to solving the 1973 slaying of Jesse Finley Byers of Wilkes County.
The Associated Press reports sixteen people died in North Carolina traffic accidents over the weekend. Among the dead were three Onslow County teens in an over 100 mph crash: Jeffrey Harper 18 of Swansboro driver Perry Jarman 19 and Elizabeth Ruster 15 of Hubert. The toll for the year reached 318, down 18 from the prior year. Other victims included Ernest McFerrin 48 and Jackie Myers 46 of Lexington in a Davidson County crash. Joseph Pratt 18 of Siloam in Surry County thrown from a motorcycle after brakes failed. plus Jay Garner 36 of Seagrove Randolph County. Dens Brooks 17 Roxboro. David Oates 27 Rose Hill. Julius Gardner 76 Macclesfield Edgecombe County. Robert Hallman 6 Selma. Thomas Isenhour 20 Gastonia. Larry Faircloth 20 Benson. Jobs Bowers 50 Wilmington. Bay Parker 48 Brunswick. Michael Williams 22 Lumberton. A Paris report notes French customs and police conducted a fruitless dog-assisted search of the Amsterdam Paris express for drugs. No drugs were found.
A Raleigh based AP report recounts how reporters dined at Buck's Restaurant in Asheville as Reagan surged in North Carolina. It notes the press missed vital coverage during a 30 minute TV showcase and discusses how Reagan shifted to a tougher stance on Ford policies, shaping the race's momentum.
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