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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1977
Page
7
AP Special Correspondent Jules Loh profiles Pat Petmecky a retired civil servant who spent eight years collecting materials and assembling a small home built airplane in his garage. He plans to finish and fly the 16 foot long craft this spring despite its compact size and improvised engine.
AFL CIO President George Meany warns of outsiders steering the union as Sadlowski and McBride spar over ENA the 1980 no strike policy. Industry leaders condemn both campaigns while fund raising and staff contributions spark dispute. McBride leads in local nominations but unions show lingering discontent.
Ten agencies coordinate emergency aid with a $50 million push to ease winter shortages. The Treasury grants Liberia-flag gas shipments from Alaska to Massachusetts while three requests await decisions. Labor launches a $10 million job training fund and surveys energy unemployment, with White House citing up to one million layoffs. The ICC orders rail priority for fuel and waives truck size limits to reach hard-hit areas.
Five Ku Klux Klan members toured Conover Hudson and Granite Falls distributing pamphlets to recruit. Virgil Griffin said the group will proceed despite potential lawsuits and noted they have a right to publish literature.
A North Carolina commission led by former state senator Eddie Knox endorses major changes to sentencing and parole. The report recommends a crime classification system, reduced judge discretion, fixed release dates, and a one day off per day good behavior rule, with bills planned for the General Assembly.
In Salisbury AP reports a meeting of about two dozen residents after a Dalmatian Hound retriever mix was rescued from a Virginia laboratory. They urge rewards and tattooing to deter dog thefts, sharing stories of stolen pets and suspected patterns of dognaping in the area.
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