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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1976
Page
2
The forecast calls for a clear cold day with highs in the middle to upper 40s in parts of the region and near zero rain chances through Tuesday. Temperatures remain chilly today with lows in the 20s and 30s along the coast, easing to highs in the 40s by Tuesday.
Food Town Stores of Salisbury and Lowe's Supermarkets of North Wilkesboro announced tentative plans to merge. If approved, Lowe's would be folded into Food Town, with Food Town issuing 201,258 shares to Lowe's shareholders after a definitive agreement and regulatory approvals.
Pittsburgh teachers vow to man picket lines and continue their week five walkout after a back to work order and school board plan to reopen for 62 000 pupils A last minute bargaining session produced no agreement and the union says the strike will not end until new contracts are negotiated and ratified.
A 1969 FBI San Diego memo describes covert efforts to sow dissension between the Black Panther Party and US in San Diego, aiming to curb Panther unity. Four killed and four wounded in gang fighting followed as authorities deny intent to incite violence. The New York Times and Los Angeles Times reported on the actions, with posters and manipulated imagery used to deepen rifts.
Foreign Minister Yigal Ailon heads to Washington to urge the U.S. to veto any UN Security Council move to take over Arab-Israeli talks. Israel’s eight point cabinet resolution calls for resuming the Geneva peace conference and warns of potential deadlock if the Security Council debate proceeds. Rabin signals possible grave developments and says Israel may act sooner than expected to defend its policy while refusing PLO invitation to the council debate. Israel pledges final peace talks with neighboring states without preconditions and reaffirms commitment to UNSC resolutions 242 and 338 as the sole basis for negotiations. The cabinet also asks the U.S. to honor a memorandum promising veto power over changes to those resolutions.
An early morning fire in Burnsville destroyed a Space Petroleum Company gasoline tanker and a mobile home. The tanker rolled on a steep incline after brakes failed, crossed Highway 197, and struck a power pole igniting the tanker which carried 9,000 gallons of gasoline. Driver William Shetley, 38, of Union, S.C., warned Paul Norton, his wife, and their year-old child, who escaped. Electrical and telephone service were knocked out, hindering the fire alarm system. service was back within an hour. Firefighters battled the blaze for nearly three hours in subfreezing temperatures.
Nervous pigeons clustered on the roofs of Raleighs Justice and Ruffin buildings as New Years shooters from Cherryville parade with century old muskets. More than a dozen men and a boy fired repeatedly on Capitol Square drawing calls to Raleigh police. The group chants a Bicentennial variant of a mid eighteenth century ritual, ending with a singing proclamation for luck.
Washington AP report says Six-month tax cut may be extended or increased by Congress and Ford administration. McFall urges larger cut by midyear if economy slows. Ford to propose bigger tax relief linked to a $395 billion spending ceiling, Cheney supports. Joint Economic Committee warns such a ceiling could raise unemployment.
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