10 Aug 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1977
Page
1
Charles Bryant of Athol Massachusetts and his brother Alger aged 91 met in El Cajon California for a reunion arranged by relatives. Alger says his 96 year old brother looks the same as he always did.
Readers ask about hair growth and wills. A hair growth rate is about half an inch per month for two to four years, with diet and vitamins helping. holographic wills require no witnesses while attested wills need two to three witnesses. A lawyer helps ensure validity and lower probate costs. Consider executor choices and a letter of last instructions for survivors.
Queen Elizabeth II reached Hillsborough Castle as a bomb exploded in Belfast near the Queen Elizabeth Center injuring seven. Troops and police lockdown downtown Belfast and check vehicles to deter attacks during the two day Jubilee visit.
Margo Compton 25 and her two young daughters were found shot in Laurelwood near Gaston Oregon. A friend Gary Seslar 19 also died in what investigators call a revenge killing tied to her cooperation against Hells Angels in a pimping case. Compton had testified against members of the motorcycle club and was slated to testify against a fourth person next week. The family had moved from San Francisco to Laurelwood seeking a normal life despite past ties to a nude encounter parlor. Officers noted the parlor acted as a front for prostitution and that Compton sought to escape the group and its demands. Local and California investigators coordinated the case after retrieving her children from captivity and learning of the threats she faced. The victims were found with coffee on the table and two children on a bed, all shot in the head with a small-caliber gun.
On the third day of a firemen strike in Dayton Ohio residents used garden hoses to combat fires that destroyed eight buildings and left up to 13 families homeless. The mayor and police union actions loomed as courts considered contempt hearings while Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel joined neighbors to prevent spread.
Three Dayton firefighters stage a protest in front of Company 15 as citywide walkout continues. Workers vote nearly unanimously to persist in the strike despite an injunction to return to duty.
ATLANTA AP. NBC movie about Martin Luther King Jr. criticized as portraying him as frightened and cowardly. Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and state Rep. Hosea Williams say the film rewrites history and shows King as weak and indecisive.
In Atlanta the CDC investigates primary amoebic meningoencephalitis a ultra rare disease with fewer than 100 world cases. Two U S cases this year involved teen girls in North Carolina and Texas one fatal and one respirator dependent. Dr Michael Schultz cautions against premature general guidance pending better understanding and notes the key treatment is the drug referenced on page 2A.
Government subsidized school lunches may harm some children by contributing to obesity and iron deficiency despite providing nutrition. The GAO cites large portions and nutrient gaps, with the program costing over 2 billion dollars this year and requiring a daily meal guide of milk meat or protein fruit vegetables and bread.
A cross section of black and white cotton mill workers union officials and civil rights advocates testified before a House subcommittee in Roanoke Rapids about union busting by firms migrating south to lower wages. J P Stevens faced scrutiny for anti union stance and labor law violations while workers cite lack of contract despite union support. A Stevens employee defended the company and criticized unions while recalling earning 5 12 an hour.
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