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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1975
Page
5
The Winston Salem Journal recalls how cold snaps once triggered hog killing on Piedmont farms, a seasonal community task now less common as meat processing moved to freezers and plants. It notes the shift from lard rendering to vegetable shortenings, and from smokehouse curing to frozen storage, while highlighting neighborly exchange and holiday dining where fresh pork featured on Christmas tables.
A humorous note from the St. Augustine Record lists likely mishaps for pedestrians who walk around the block to cool off. Readers might be followed by dogs, bitten, yelled at for spoiling kids play, reported as suspicious, bumped by a bike rider, blocked by impatient drivers, or even mugged.
The Greensboro Record reports the General Accounting Office questioned HUD funding for Floyd McKissick's Soul City, noting nearly 20 million in public money pledged with little to show. The GAO urges recovering unallowable costs while advocating a halt to further investment until Washington identifies ongoing support post Nixon era.
A Washington Star filler from Eureka California reports four men running a restaurant were fined 25 for adding Sweet and Sour Bear to their menu. The dish violates state game laws and health code. The brief notes the oddity and ponders material sources for bear meat, with a final quip about stairs usefulness in two story houses.
The piece contrasts classic national texts with new cabbage sale regulations issued by the government. It notes 28 911 word rules and urges cabbage growers in Watauga County to remember the Lord's Prayer Gettysburg Address and the Declaration of Independence long after the regulations fade from memory.
Dr Edward W Rushton writes a biography praising Don Jordan a Roanoke furniture industry leader and former NAM president for shaping free enterprise advocacy and civic service. The piece highlights his career from Johnson Carper to industry leadership and his influence on policy and community ethics.
A 1965 CIA investigator authored a handbook instructing federal investigators how to pry into private lives. It covers Selective Service, tax returns, census files, and even landlord and utility records. The piece notes newsmen also fall under scrutiny and questions Big Brother overreach, with EPA cost overruns added as a side issue.
Letter says High Point Oak View and Jamestown-Union Hill Lions Clubs run annual Christmas parties for the visually handicapped with free transportation from Red Bird Cab and groceries from Food World. They also support glaucoma clinics eye wills braille watches Camp Dogwood and year round aid. The writer protests media coverage failed to mention these efforts and reaffirms the season’s spirit.
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