City Council details and early High Point funerary history
In High Point actions, the 1975 city council elected Roy Culler as mayor with council members Rachel Gray Arnold Koonce Bob Wells Sam Burford Bi Brewer Joe Patterson and Archie Myatt all elected for two-year terms. After Gray’s resignation Jack Dillard filled Gray’s unexpired term in 1976 and terms run to January 1978. Koonce and Wells are Republicans the rest Democrats. The city garden plots will be plowed when soil dries likely late March. six plots remain open. Submit questions to Andy Lang via The Enterprise. The High Point Museum notes James Robert Parker who moved here in 1881 started the first undertaking business with Joe Sechrest. Parker led the North Carolina Undertakers Association for five years retiring in 1896.
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Roy Culler
Rachel Gray
Arnold Koonce
Bob Wells
Sam Burford
Bi Brewer
Joe Patterson
Archie Myatt
Jack Dillard
Koonce
Wells
High Point
James Robert Parker
Joe Sechrest
Bob Sechrest
Parker
N.C. Undertakers Association
Gas Price Ruling S expected on residential emergency surcharges
The North Carolina Utilities Commission weighed a 25 percent residential surcharge to cover emergency gas costs. Chairman Tenney Deane said full amount may not be required and urged careful estimates of gas allocations through early April, noting cold weather could raise home supply. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. noted NC uniquely still lacks full industrial relief.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Tenney Deane
Commission
Deane
North Carolina
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp
Tar Heel
Food and Fuel Drive January Inflation to Eight-Tenths
The January Consumer Price Index rose eight-tenths of a percent led by sharp gains in food and fuel. Food prices rose nine-tenths, while services and energy costs also climbed, signaling possible worse inflation ahead for 1977. Real earnings slipped as weather disruptions reduced worker spending power.
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Washington
Labor Dept
Higher Deductions Favored Rebates Approved By Panel
Washington AP reports Congress moves President Carter's stimulus with a $50 rebate for most Americans and permanent tax cuts for 44.6 million households. House Ways and Means Committee approved 26 to 8, with refunds expected May or June for filers under $25,000 and a flat deduction of 2400 for singles and 3000 for couples replacing itemized deductions.
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Washington
Congress
Carter
House
Ways and Means Committee
Soviets Rebuff U S Rights Interference Claims
Moscow rejects U S pressure on human rights as Tass reports Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin told acting Secretary Hartman that Moscow will not tolerate interference in its internal affairs. The exchange ties human rights to broader SALT talks and ongoing diplomacy.
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Moscow
U.S
Tass
Washington
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Arthur Hartman
Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Carter
Andrei D. Sakharov
Dobrynin
Hartman
Salt
Soviet Union
Hunt scales back 54 hour week order in NC stores
Governor Jim Hunt urged strict enforcement of a 48 hour per week heating limit for businesses and warned of possible prosecutions for violations. He said sheriffs will patrol and report infractions while emphasizing up to two years imprisonment and a $1000 fine for violations.
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Raleigh
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Tax rebates and permanent tax cuts outlined by committee
Washington AP reports the Ways and Means Committee approved a bill outlining tax rebates and permanent tax cuts. It describes the effect on typical taxpayers based on adjusted gross income and related income brackets.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
FBI Cleared In Murder Of King
A Justice Department task force found no evidence that the FBI was involved in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s murder and deemed the FBI investigation thorough. The report reviewed over 200000 documents and about 40 witnesses and concluded James Earl Ray acted alone. It noted some leads were not checked and called harassment of King improper but recommended against prosecutions.
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Justice Department
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
Task Force Today
King
Memphis
James Earl Ray
Ray
Memphis Police Department
Missouri
England
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