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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
3
A new air mass cooled North Carolina and ended brief shower and thunderstorm activity. More than three inches of rain fell in the Tryon area Thursday afternoon as mountains saw heavy rain in under an hour. A flash flood watch was in effect.
The report covers North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia with mostly cloudy mornings, partial sun afternoons, and chances of showers. Highs range from 70s to mid 80s, with cooler nights in the 50s to 60s and a 20 percent precip chance in parts of North Carolina. Public forecast extends to Sunday through Tuesday with highs reaching the low to mid 90s inland and upper 80s in the mountains.
North Carolina attorney general urges Utilities Commission to delay a 5.63 percent interim rate increase for Carolina Power and Light Co until a court tests the measure. Deputy Atty. Gen. Jean Benoy argues customers may be harmed during review and questions refunds with 6 percent interest.
Five days after a new contract ended a looming walkout, tens of thousands of steel workers have been laid off or idled as inventories run down. Officials said callbacks depend on orders while workers anticipate a slow recovery with unemployment benefits around 80 to 110 dollars weekly. In Chicago and Gary areas thousands were laid off, with U.S. Steel recalling about half its Chicago area workforce.
Rep. John Leopold demands Rep. James Mann apologize for inserting The Import Blues lyrics into the Congressional Record. He cites slur phrases targeting Japanese people and urges respect for Japanese Americans, noting Hawaii’s large Japanese ancestry population.
Apollo 15 schedule lists events in Eastern Daylight Time from 8 04 a m rest period to 4 46 p m splashdown. Key moments include a 1 32 p m engine firing to refine re entry path and 4 33 p m when Endeavour re enters atmosphere followed by radio blackout and parachute deployment culminating in splashdown with USS Okinawa in the target area.
A Department of HEW analysis finds national medical expenditures for 1974 at about 105.4 billion dollars with health reform options adding only modest increases. Nixon plan would lift costs by 1.8 billion, Kennedy cradle-to-grave proposal by 8.4 billion, and taxes by about 59.4 billion while cutting private expenses by 46 billion.
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