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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1970
Page
13
Art Buchwald argues TV fiction misleads audiences by showing lawyers doctors and private eyes in idealized light. He contrasts Perry Mason Dr Kildare Dr Ben Casey and Peter Gunn with real life costs anxieties and practical limits.
City officials opened two bids to finish grade the 18 hole municipal golf course on the lake shore. L A Reynolds Construction Co led with 187078.50 dollars while Thompson Structure Co bid 220020. The finish grading must complete by Oct 1 and be tied to the irrigation system installation awarded last week. Rough grading is done and officials expect grassing and play by spring.
The highway toll rose to eight in North Carolina with 1 019 deaths for the year. Victims included Donald Carlton Jones 38 of College Park Maryland and his daughter Sally Irene Jones 12 who perished in a head on crash on N C 32 ten miles north of Edenton. Monroe Hood 25 of Charlotte died when his car hit a bridge abutment near Concord. Jesse Thomas Sessom 35 of Wilmington died in a two vehicle crash on U S 177 two miles north of Warsaw in Duplin County. Hugh Rogers Morrison 19 of Gastonia was killed in a separate crash.
High Point city budget in effect about one month shows a $24,000 shortfall after state intangible tax allocations came in. This year’s city contribution is $311,723.62, about $24,090.89 below forecast, with officials noting other revenues should cover the gap. The 1970 71 budget totals a record $18 million.
Duke Power Co seeks Federal Power Commission approval to raise municipal and cooperative rates by 21 percent, not 17 as initially reported, with co operatives seeing about 7 percent. High Point and 38 Carolina cities buy Duke power, while EPIC aims to build three power plants and a storage facility for a regional grid. Duke projects $5 million more annual revenue if approved and seeks an 18 percent retail increase under Carolina utility commissions.
Volunteers man telephones at a School Information Service center to help High Point patrons with attendance zones buses and maps from Sunday's Enterprise. Full bus stop lists will be printed later this week and the office operates 9 to 5 this week through Friday and the first three days of next week. Call 885 9116 or contact zone principals for assistance.
About 22 500 children will start the new session Wednesday as 37 schools host classes. Superintendent E P Pearce notes over 1 000 staff, 615 elementary teachers, 356 junior high and high school instructors, plus 25 specialized and 10 kindergarten teachers. New facilities include a two level building between Ragsdale and Jamestown junior high and a 15 classroom addition at Ragsdale.
The Fun and Fitness School for preschoolers expands to a five day a week program for 5 and 6 year olds starting Sept. 14 at the High Point Central YMCA. Four and five year olds attend the regular 3 day a week sessions. older students may attend every day. The program runs to May 28, 1971 with classes 9 am to 12 noon.
City and county officials met with High Point industrialists at the City Building to discuss a state no burning law and ways to comply with it.
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