15 Apr 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1977
Page
1
President Carter said he hopes to meet Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev later this year. He favors annual or frequent summits but warns against tying talks to dramatic agreements. He defended U S arms proposals amid Pravda criticism and noted distinctions between negotiations and public education.
President Carter announces a voluntary inflation-fighting plan aiming to reduce the rate to about four percent by end of 1979. He rejects permanent tax cuts as inflationary and names AFL CIO's Meany and GE's Reg Jones to lead a cooperative, non coercive effort with business, labor, and government to set goals for jobs and inflation.
Question asks for consumer bulletin sources on commodity buying and trading. The response cites Louis Rukeyser on caution and discipline, notes government figures show high losses, mentions minimum capital requirements, and lists learning paths via brokerage firms Dan and Bradstreet's Guide to Your Investments Barron's and Forbes. It emphasizes matching risk against skilled professionals and urges study and concentration.
A reader questions why High Point has few pay telephones compared with Thomasville Lexington Asheboro and Winston-Salem A North State Telephone Co spokesman says High Point has 342 pay stations within the exchange 102 full public and 240 semi public Locations for outdoor booths are under consideration Traffic factors like lighting sidewalks and parking influence placements. The High Point AAUW will hold a book sale May 7 at College Village to raise funds for national scholarships Donations of used books are requested and may be arranged by calling Mrs. David Hawk or Miss Rada Poston.
The St. Paul IRS office with 63 staff handled about 360000 taxpayer questions since January. The filing deadline is midnight Friday. One caller asked for a 30 day extension to file to get a duplicate W-2. Another inquiry wondered if three taverns could be claimed as exemptions.
Scotty Milloy runs Highland Tours Inc with a single coach and seeks to take Florida schoolchildren to Washington. Interstate Commerce Commission officials fear his one bus could someday affect Greyhound and Continental Trailways revenues, while the Justice Department defends his venture as educational.
UFAC officials urged industry to voluntarily use flame retardant cotton in upholstered furniture to reduce fire risk. About 150 industry reps heard that voluntary action could avoid a government standard, with 40 percent of the industry already pledging compliance and a 37 percent fire-risk reduction cited.
Veterans Administration appeals board ruled that leukemia from which Paul Cooper is dying was contracted during service but did not rule on a nuclear test cause. The board reversed a denial of his disability, noting it did not determine leukemia cause. Cooper, 43, served as a sergeant with the 82nd Airborne at Ft. Bragg when assigned to the test.
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