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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1971
Page
2
Wachovia Bank will soon allow visually impaired customers to write checks and manage their accounts with a device called the Checkwriter. The aluminum template guides date payee amount and signature with braille transcription, enabling independent check writing at any Wachovia office.
Henry Ford Hedgecock 47 of Route 2 Trinity was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital for a shotgun wound to the neck. Randolph County deputies said the wound was not believed to be critical after an argument with his 17 year old son Christopher Dennis Hedgecock who allegedly fired the shotgun.
Two house fires on Christmas Day in High Point caused damage to homes and contents. An oil furnace fire at 611 Arch St. damaged the dwelling of Mrs. C. R. Allen. A second blaze at 1000 Park St. damaged a bedroom attic and other rooms. additional fires at 3025 N. Main St and 1516B Davis St. and a brush fire on Lazy Lane were reported. Police also arrested Gary Alexander and others in separate theft and DUI incidents.
Randolph Democrats push a nonpartisan youth registration drive for 18 to 21 year olds with sites at Archdale City Hall and Randleman fire station ahead of an April 7 deadline. Archdale Trinity area chair Mrs. Jake Wagner leads the effort while the Archdale Republican Party remains uninvolved.
The Navy Unit Commendation Award went to High Point, the Navy’s first operational hydrofoil, for a 4000 mile sailborne deployment from Bremerton to San Diego. The craft exceeded design goals during open ocean trials, engaged in two fleet exercises, and demonstrated strong crew performance under demanding conditions.
A compact look at fillers used to pad pages, with quips about sources and examples. Noting how lines tucked at story ends mix humor and trivia, the piece humorously questions origins and cites samples about flies, baths, milk, cocoa, gravity, and sea life.
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures with highs in the mid 60s today and near 70 on Monday. Overnight lows drop from the mid 30s last night to the low 40s tonight.
Comedy opens at Barn Dinner Theatre Tuesday night adaptation by Sam and Bella Spewack from Albert Husson. Three prisoners in Cayenne aid the Ducotel family at Christmas time. Cast includes Gary Carpenter Ritch Brinkley John Skinner Robert Griffin C O Jones Alfred Gingold Kathy Hurley Racheal Bard Vivienne Clinton.
A narrator recalls a first Christmas as a newlywed where a vacuum cleaner cruelty became a symbol of love. She reflects on gifts past and present, noting how novelty and practicality shaped romance over time. The piece ends with mutual understanding and a wink at sacrifice.
A report on the automated battlefield in Indochina by Arthur Kanggis for the AFSC outlines sensor driven warfare using air dropped devices that record seismic magnetic odor visual and audio data. It notes that such systems cannot distinguish civilians from combatants and may target all passers by.
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