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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1971
Page
13
High Point authorities and community groups debate the citys drug problem. Police arrests and court cases rise while the High Point Drug Action Council estimates about 2000 residents are dependent on drugs, though precise statistics remain elusive.
Enterprise reporters conducted broad interviews with police, doctors, teachers, and youths, reviewed court records, and examined programs from the Drug Action Council. The series aims to gauge scope and consequences of youth drug use in High Point, with the first police views article appearing tomorrow.
Citizens ask about Phase II rules for Christmas spending. Scrooge seeks a wage raise for Bob Cratchit and worries about timing. A Mrs. Young wants to exchange a watch chain for a comb under guidelines. Virginia questions Santa Claus and Phase II in a clipped exchange with John Connally’s reply.
The City Council unanimously endorses Guilford County antipollution efforts and vows to write noncooperative firms. Owen Braughter reports hundreds of thousands spent by High Point industry since 1968, with progress and a target of acceptable air quality within three years.
Greensboro area growth north and east of High Point drives Guilford County School officials to reassess expansion for all 12 grades. Pearce says bond plan for east High Point area may need revision to accommodate rising elementary and secondary enrollments, possibly redrawing districts along the High Point corridor toward Jamestown and Union Hill.
High Point police search for two white males who robbed McLambs Grocery on E Green Drive at gunpoint Sunday night. Store owners say the cash register and wallets were taken totaling about 400 to 500 dollars before the suspects fled on foot two blocks east of Brentwood Street.
The 1971 Christmas Cheer Fund total rose to 3880 dollars after weekend donations of 640 dollars. The fund needs 3120 dollars more with 12 days left to reach the 7000 dollar goal and aid needy families by Christmas.
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