Grain policies and export curbs draw mixed reactions
The piece discusses officials led by Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz opposing grain export controls while bakers and others urge limits. It notes shrinking stockpiles, rising food prices, and potential consequences for farmers, tobacco quotas, gasoline prices, and political fundraising tied to policy shifts.
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City Needs Answers on Duke Power Takeover Question
A Superior Court ruling favors Duke Power Co and a customer against the City of High Point over city takeover plans. The city will appeal. The piece urges City Council inquiry to question large power users about why the city should not buy wholesale power from Duke for retail distribution to improve service and tax outcomes.
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Sermon on Jesus Using Commonplace Things for Mercy
A preacher extols Christ’s use of simple objects and moments to reveal God. From mud and spit healing a blind man to the widow’s mite and washing feet, Jesus makes the ordinary sacred and teaches humility and service in everyday life.
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High Point Highway Signs Move Toward Better City Identity
Bruce Lentz of the Department of Transportation outlined urgent plans to correct long-standing gaps in highway directional signs to High Point. The gathering honored Lentz and praised High Point’s reception, while officials urged the city to push for urban street and highway improvements to align with state planning.
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Washington fuel hardship letters reveal cold bureaucratic aid
Report exposes a White House room where thousands of燃 energy hardship letters are sorted for form replies. Faces include Charles Bills of Walworth New York a quadraplegic journalist and tax counselor who would lose gasoline under rationing. Russ Reece of South Bend amputee seeks gas for 200 mile trips to Chicago. Form postcards dominate and top officials receive tailored letters while anger and fear drive many to seek relief.
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Logical check on coal shipping amid energy crisis
Report discusses US coal flows amid shortages with 508000 tons shipped abroad and 180000 tons from Poland to the US. Army and Air Force in Germany rely on US and Polish coal, prices around 35 and 26 dollars per ton. No explanation for bidirectional trade. Army’s ten year program and bids determine purchases from Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia. Domestic coal traded at about 17 dollars per ton a year earlier.
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