Market Time Brings Boom In Tipping For High Point
Enterprise staff writer Tom Alston reports on tipping in High Point during furniture market cycles. Waitresses, cabbies, and barbers describe seasonal changes, with best tips from hotel restaurants and long‑time staff. Noted extremes include a $17.70 tip from a party of 20 and a penny from a single customer. Tips dip in summer and around Christmas due to vacation spending and gift buying.
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Tom Alston
Coe
Texas
San Diego
High Point
South
New York
Washington
Beach Car
Wood
Suspected staged burglary in Miss Barrington home
In a suburban residence a middle aged woman reports jewelry theft after discovering an open drawer. Footprints in muddy soil outside the bedroom window and high insured value prompt questions about a possible fake robbery and insurance claim.
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Deborah Barrington
Bie
Miss Barrington
Plans for Tar Heel humor book by UNC professor
Dr. A Palmer Hudson of the University of North Carolina announced plans to write a book on Tar Heel humor. He described North Carolinians’ comic epic and shared his vision at a joint session of the NC Literary and Historical Association and the Western NC Historical Association at Brevard College.
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Chapel Hill
A Palmer Hudson
Kenan
University of North Carolina
Hudson
N. C
Dre. Hudson
Old North State
Polio Vaccine Export Policy Eases for Shipments Abroad
The government eases export restrictions on Salk polio vaccine now in good supply to permit shipment of one million doses abroad by October. Secretary Weeks announced that 23,481 doses have been licensed for export since approval 16 months ago.
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Washington
United States
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Helicopter Chases Down Motorboat Speedster in New York
Two patrol officers in a helicopter chased a motorboat and ticketed Albert Castrulli 35 Brooklyn for endangering bathers. The ground end came after the boat ran aground near Manhattan as the aerial officers hovered above.
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New York
Manhattan
Albert Castrulli
Brooklyn
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