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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1977
Page
8
The United States steadily adopts metric measures with liquor and soda products shifting to metric sizes and many states placing metric on road signs. A 1975 Metric Conversion Act created a federal Metric Board to guide standardization and public education.
Dr. Arlan Andrews of Greensboro head of North Carolina Libertarian Party will leave this spring as Bell Laboratories transfers him to New Jersey. He says he aimed to raise awareness of Libertarian principles and will focus on petitioning for candidates and party activities rather than running for office.
The bald-headed ibis, a homely water fowl, was among Europe's first protected birds. Its young were long considered delicacies for nobility, and an early hunting ban was issued in 1504 by Archbishop Leonhead of Salzburg.
Gov Jim Hunt says his wife Carolyn would likely oppose a second term despite changes in law and political timing. He notes she prioritizes family privacy and would accept only reluctantly the four years in the public spotlight.
Plains Georgia AP President elect Carter may have inherited political interest from his maternal grandfather James Jackson Gordy known as Jim Jack who never held office but was a familiar face at the state capital. Gordy held appointments including postmaster and federal revenue agent. Hunts move into the Governor's mansion while Governor Hunt backs a statewide referendum on governors serving consecutive terms.
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