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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1975
Page
7
Baton Rouge AP report on PAR findings that merging police and fire duties into public safety officers could cut costs and boost efficiency. Cites 1974 FLSA changes, Durham consolidation results, and calls for partial consolidation and legislative amendment.
Frank Butts, a Camden County brickmason, spent 40 years crafting a personal Shangri La inside a house adorned with mortar and glass. The structure features depictions of Hitler, Moses, the Cuban blockade, and World War II prophecies, with walls embedded with pictures and maps. Neighbors recall his mental health struggles and expulsion from church, yet the house remained his life’s work and a volatile monument to his dreams.
Virginia House Appropriations Chairman Edward B. Lane said cautious belt tightening plus an economic upswing could firm up the state's fiscal stability. He noted Gov. Mills Godwin’s expense cuts and projected a $372,000 unspent balance of nearly $3 billion in general funds, assuming late 1975 recovery and continued cost-cutting.
In Charleston a large international maritime archaeology meeting announced a project to locate Sir Francis Drake s watery grave off Portobelo Panama and wrecks of Drake s ships the Elizabeth and the Delight. An expedition backed by the Council for Nautical Archaeology will be led by Reina Torres de Arauz of Panama s National Museum with an international team supervised by her.
Raleigh attorney Roger Smith was named to defend state Revenue Secretary J. Howard Coble after Atty. Gen. Rufus Edmisten refused. Grissom’s suit, accusing Coble of firing him over political intentions, was delayed indefinitely amid potential conflicts and an SBI probe. Edmisten’s tax-issue history referenced. Holshouser’s administration supported the private defense hire.
Former President Richard Nixon marks his 62nd birthday at his San Clemente home with family plans for a quiet day. Rabbi Baruch Korff, a close ally, says Nixon is sad about Watergate fallout but buoyed by world goodwill and attention as he recovers from surgery and faces mounting legal costs.
Robert F. Williams, a Black separatist, seeks to delay extradition from Michigan to North Carolina over kidnapping charges linked to racial violence in Monroe during the early 1960s. His attorney argues the indictment is forged and that his client is pursued for political beliefs.
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