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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1977
Page
2
North Carolina introduces a point system for auto insurance on December 1. Points accumulate for offenses from manslaughter to minor violations, multiplying base rates up to five times. Drivers with clean records pay less, while those with accidents or violations raise costs.
The ACLU’s support for the Nazis to march in Skokie tests core liberal ideals of freedom and justice for all. Critics fear harm to Jewish residents while defenders cite peaceable rights, highlighting the conflict between principle and political sensibility.
Ulster violence eases as Roy Mason notes a dramatic fall in civilian deaths from 482 in 1972 to 296 last year and 108 so far this year. IRA activity remains, British troops reduce, and economic aid continues while peace efforts and Nobel laureates Corrigan and Williams gain recognition.
Washington report tracks 78 year old Andrija Artukovic who fled Croatia’s Nazi regime and has lived in California for decades. Despite decades of U.S. rulings and later state department footdragging he now faces possible deportation to Yugoslavia for Nazi mass murder roles and a non political trial. The piece notes Justice and State Department wrangling since 1975 with Cyrus Vance’s tenure signaling possible action, while authorities widen pressure on other WWII Nazi figures such as Bishop Valerian Trifa.
Urban leaders at the National League of Cities meeting in San Francisco criticize President Carter for failing to deliver on his promises. They cite his 1976 urban policy speech and later address as not meeting the era’s needs, urging federal policy changes, private investment, and renewed presidential leadership to spur city recovery.
Santa Claus confesses to his elves that rising costs, a conglomerate takeover, and cheaper Far East production force a North Pole factory closure and move toy production to Asia. He cites TV marketing and cost control pressures as the driving factors behind the unpopular decision. Donder the reindeer fears job loss as Santa reveals plans to use a courier company owned by the conglomerate.
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