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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1976
Page
2
A cold North Carolina day gave way to sunny skies with brisk northwest winds. Tonight will be clear and cold, with Saturday warmer and highs around 40. Lows tonight expected 10 to 15 degrees, with a near zero chance of precipitation through Saturday per the National Weather Service.
North Carolina sees morning clouds and a few snow flurries in the northwest, otherwise sunny and cold with highs from the 20s in the mountains to the 40s on the coast. Clear nights bring lows from zero to 16 above mountains to the 20s coast. South Carolina stays cold but sunny with teens to 20s nights and low 40s by Saturday. Extended outlook shows partly cloudy with a shower chance Sunday, near 40s to 50s coast Monday, then fair Tuesday.
Landrum, South Carolina endures a third day without water after a contaminant found in Vaughn's Creek prompted a district shutdown of the 1,200 customers. National Guard tankers supply residents while civil defense and federal and state agencies test the water. Mayor Cogdell says the contaminant appears industrial and seeks a cautious investigation. Vaughn's Creek rises near the Blue Ridge foothills along U.S. 176 from Tryon.
An advertisement from Bel tone Electronics Corp in Chicago offers a free non operating miniature hearing aid model for readers who respond. The unit weighs under a third of an ounce and is mailed to those who write for it, with mailback requests dated by September 27, 1933.
FBI official Bibb na Dennis Gibbs says gun wielding teens are fueling a sharp rise in bank robberies in western New York. Fifty robberies occurred July through December, up from 13 a year prior, with authorities estimating many suspects under 20. City leaders cite economic distress in Buffalo neighborhoods and glamorized crime as factors.
The Tennessee Valley Authority board approved buying 95 million gallons of oil for use in gas turbine electric generating units. The decision sets in motion supply arrangements with major oil firms to ensure fuel for power generation.
Raleigh AP The state Board of Education hears that damages from a failed NTE certification rule could reach eight million dollars, with back pay to uncertified teachers possible. A federal ruling earlier found the NTE cutoff unconstitutional for discriminating against blacks. The board funds testing services to set a valid cutoff and pursues a new certification method while surveys show widespread concerns about reading and counseling needs in schools.
Protestant militants vow no power sharing with Catholics in Northern Ireland. Vanguard leader Ernest Baird warns of inevitable conflict if Harold Wilson's government does not concede. Merlyn Rees expected to declare next Monday that the demand is rejected.
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