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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1973
Page
1
The notice invites readers to contact Action Line at The Enterprise for questions or problems. It explains that every request is considered but the high volume prevents acknowledging all inquiries.
The Coordinator of Day Care Services lists certified centers where poverty mothers can leave children while they work. Centers include Bedding Street, St. Pauls, Leonard Street, High Point for the Handicapped Forest Hills and Calvary, First Methodist, Green St. Baptist, Cedar Street, Mary Harris Day Care Home, among others.
A reader asks for neighbors practicing Ruth Stout’s mulching to share material tips beyond oak leaves. Another note requests music notation writers for songs once featured in Action Line. A public works response confirms an ordinance and developer notice to clean mudgy Suffolk area roads after rain.
A reader urges residents to stop dumping trash along Jackson Road. The note laments picking up litter yesterday and condemns cruel acts of neglect, recalling small puppies left to starve and freeze. The author hopes the responsible person sees this notice in the paper.
Southern Furniture Exposition Building plans a new 10 story expansion on the south side of E Green Drive, adding 1.0 million square feet at a cost of $20 million. The project will begin within 90 days with five floors opened initially for the fall 1974 furniture market.
An explosion collapsed the top of a volcano shaped gas storage tank on Staten Island. Fire officials said 43 workers were trapped under debris in the empty cone and feared dead. Thick smoke hindered rescue attempts as crews awaited conditions to improve.
As Kissinger began four days of talks in Hanoi, North Vietnam and the Viet Cong handed over the first batch of POWs under the cease-fire. Fourteen-two prisoners, including 19 military men and eight civilians, due to be freed Monday with the rest to follow from Quan Loi near An Loc.
A Senate Commerce Committee study urges federal control or operation of Penn Central plus seven other Northeastern railroads to revitalize the country’s rail network. Senator Vance Hartke says a Northeast Transportation Authority would be “short of outright nationalization” and will push hearings. The plan accompanies ongoing government actions after a temporary labor strike halt and Penn Central profitability changes.
A compact summary notes inside reading sections covering parachuting news and ho hum items, with page references 10A 1D 4A and section B television C entertainment obituaries and classifieds. It signals brief items across local pages without detailed events.
A powerful snowstorm swept the Carolinas and Georgia with 12 to 16 inches in central Georgia and up to 14 inches in Columbia South Carolina. Winds 45 to 65 mph caused coastal blizzard conditions, trapping motorists and prompting Georgia to urge avoidance of travel. National Guard helicopters transported food to Macon and Forsyth as blocks formed and state troopers manned routes.
North Carolina Secretary of Social Rehabilitation and Control David L. Jones conducts unannounced helicopter tours of almost a dozen prisons. He aims to acquaint himself with conditions and press wardens to improve cleanliness and address inmate fears, including corruption and violence in dormitories.
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