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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1971
Page
9
A meteorologist debunks the myth that extreme cold prevents snow. She explains cold air is dry from long travel over land, while Arctic snow can occur at temperatures well below zero. Snow water content drops as temperatures fall, yet very cold air still produces flakes.
The text states the inspection sticker expires on the last day of the month and a 30 day grace exists if the owner shows in court a receipt proving the vehicle was inspected and a new sticker obtained within 30 days after expiration. A fine is avoided under this provision.
The reply notes that a person is legally a minor until age 21. It explains the age threshold for adulthood as 21, indicating the legal status changes at that age.
A concerned citizen asks how to reach the President or Governor in an urgent situation. The answer notes that they may not be reachable directly, suggests writing or wiring, and mentions possible acknowledgments on behalf of the office. The reader is urged to contact through official channels.
The speaker questions when a doctor will determine cancer without a table test and imagines a future scanning device that signals with red lights and buzzers. Until then, the current table routine remains easier to endure than the disease, acknowledging the ongoing diagnostic challenges.
The inquiry notes historic low pressures include 26.35 inches during the Labor Day Storm of Sept 2, 1935 near Long Keys Florida, and 26.01 inches for a Pacific typhoon near Guam on Sept 24, 1958. It mentions Labor Day Storm, Camille, and related weather records.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, allows New York to cut welfare payments when mothers refuse entry to case workers. Justice Blackmun’s majority says in home visits are administrative tools, not constitutional searches, upholding Aid to Families with Dependent Children rules. Justices Douglas Brennan and Marshall dissented.
Senator Richard B. Russell, 73, longtime Georgia Democrat and Senate president pro tempore, is in serious condition at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after an infection returned to his lower respiratory tract. Doctors had believed antibiotics cleared the ailment, but an aide said the situation worsened with intensified treatment.
Two federal agencies cut maximum allowable mortgage insurance rates from 8 percent to 7 percent, effective for new applications after today. The move follows a prior drop from 8 1/2 to 8 percent two months earlier, and does not apply to about 70 billion dollars of existing FHA mortgages. Commitments at prior rates will be honored where contracts exist.
Nixon unveiled new depreciation rules to speed tax writeoffs for machinery and production facilities, a move welcomed by business but feared to threaten the revenue-sharing plan. The Treasury change, done without Congress, would trim writeoff periods, boosting early deductions while officials warned of revenue losses and deficit concerns.
The U S surgeon general Dr Jesse L Steinfeld reports rising teen smoking as older smokers quit, with increases most notable among 14 and 15 year olds. He urges bans on smoking in public confined spaces and highlights pregnancy risks from maternal smoking. He notes adult smoking rates and contrasts 1960s and 1970s data, calling for protections for non-smokers.
Police arrested Rabbi Meir Kahane founder of the JDL on a bench warrant for failing to appear in court over a December 27 demonstration outside the Soviet UN mission. The JDL had planned campaigns to harass Soviet diplomats in New York amid a Soviet protest over harassment of Americans.
The North Carolina Milk Commission voted unanimously to refrain from setting wholesale and retail milk prices in areas hit by price wars. It will ask the General Assembly to define its powers to stabilize the milk industry. A hearing was held in Greensboro last November 16.
Chicago teachers walk out for a second time in two years forcing closure of 577,679 students across 533 schools. Union demands include 15 percent pay raise amid issues of class size, safety, and educational improvements as negotiators press for a settlement.
Walter Strickland, who drew national attention after being abandoned at a Raleigh play school three months ago, has been reunited with his parents at a rural trailer home near Jacksonville Florida. The boy was taken to Florida Friday by a Wake County Social Services employee and a Florida social worker, and authorities say he has been living with Mr and Mrs Comer White since. Police continue to investigate who enrolled him at the school, identified as Walter’s grandmother Mary Strickland.
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