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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1976
Page
3
U S intelligence sources tentatively classify the latest Russian antisatellite test as a failure. Cosmos 886 launched December 27 attempted to intercept Cosmos 880, which disintegrated on its third orbit. Cosmos 880 remains in space, but the hunter failed to close within one mile.
A Duke University geologist Orrin H. Pilkey and USGS researcher Robert M. Mixon argue Morehead City Beaufort and Harkers Island were once inland coastal plain towns. They say retreating seas formed relic scarps and old barrier islands leaving soils rich in salt marsh remains and a cape that is only 3000 to 4000 years old.
Central Piedmont skiers may face more snow as conditions look favorable in the western mountains. The forecast foresees increasing cloudiness and a mix of rain sleet or freezing rain turning to snow flurries late tonight. Temperatures run from the lower teens to the 50s with highs near 40 in the west and 50s in the south coast.
In Cherryville North Carolina a century old New Year ritual resumes as 30 to 40 men with muskets visit neighbors to wish good luck. The chant accompanies a loud bang sometimes cracking the stock, a custom dating back to mid 1700s from German and English settlers.
Mary Louise Weicker filed for divorce from Sen. Lowell P. Weicker in Stamford Superior Court claiming the marriage has broken down irretrievably. She seeks an undisclosed alimony payment and custody of at least one of their three children, Brian 10 Gray 16 and Scot 18.
Superior Court Judge Thomas H. Lee orders Patrolman Robert P. Williams of Durham reinstated pending a January 7 hearing on his dismissal over a Granville County roadblock shootout in which Trooper Garland W. Fisher was killed. Matthews of Franklinton has a December 30 hearing. both allege lack of notice and hearing under the Administrative Procedures Act.
Burlington Industries reports record earnings and near record sales for 1976 as recovery from 1975 takes hold. Chairman William A. Klopman credits improved economy, product innovation, and restructuring. Capital spending reached 160 million with 80 percent for new machinery. 1977 plans exceed 200 million for modernization and expansion. Funds include 25 million for OSHA EPA projects and 7.5 million for energy conservation and coal fired boilers to meet steam needs by 1980.
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