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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1976
Page
7
Raleigh AP reports the Advisory Budget Commission proposes an 18 percent two year pay rise for judges and district attorneys, with higher salaries to follow if approved. The board also backs a 6.5 percent boost for teachers and state workers starting July 1, 1977, while a broader 1978-79 raise is left for later debate.
J C Penney posts a 27.7 percent rise in net income for the third quarter with 62.3 million dollars, 97 cents per share. Zayre Corp. records quarterly sales up 14.8 percent to 277.893 million and nine month net income 4.253 million dollars, 84 cents per share.
A Santa Fe man drove a battered pickup at the new steel gates on Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House. The gates withstood the impact. the driver Steven B Williams was arrested for destruction of government property and injured in the collision. He claimed he wanted to wake the president. President Ford was in the Oval Office during the incident.
Robert Erskine Thomas now admits he and another man kidnapped Collins Department Store official Robert Wayne Hinson. He says the Sawyer brothers Sandy and Lonnie were not involved, despite prior denials and a prior confession. A NBC Weekend report plans a follow up with Thomas shown claiming the kidnapping.
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