18 Jan 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1977
Page
1
The Commerce Department reports the 1976 fourth quarter GNP rose 3 percent at an annual rate, the slowest since 1975 recession end. Unemployment edged up to 8 percent from 7.4 earlier in the year, while inflation is noted in the GNP accounts.
Duke Power and CP&L kept five percent voltage reductions to avert outages amid record demand while sharing 600,000 kilowatts with Virginia Electric. Utilities urge continued conservation as icing and cold disrupt generating stations and fuel supplies. The Utilities Commission called the situation an energy emergency and noted voltage cutbacks as part of emergency plans.
Inauguration day will see Jimmy Carter take the oath of office amid extreme cold with temperatures climbing only to 20 to 25 degrees on Thursday. The forecast calls for frigid wind chills as the ceremony approaches.
Readers receive guidance on tax filing for welfare and social security, obtaining W-2 copies, license needs for home tax preparation signs, garbage toter purchases, Canadian property inquiries in North Carolina, immigration details, and how to contact David Jones of The Monkees through Raybert Productions. The article includes contacts and office addresses for further help.
The nation endures a harsh winter with two inches of snow in Mississippi and record lows in Cincinnati as utilities divert gas from factories to homes. Auto plants in Ohio Michigan and New York reopen gradually after closures that idled over 50 000 workers. Gas shortages persist in Pennsylvania as Great Lakes ice threatens navigation and Amtrak cancels Chicago trains. Four people are arrested for crossing the frozen Ohio River at Covington Kentucky.
Gov. Jim Hunt delivers a State of the State address urging constitutional amendments on veto power and term limits, ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, tax policy changes, a shift of Utilities Commission staff under an executive director, crime prevention focus, and reorganization of economic development into a strengthened Department of Commerce with a larger budget and a Labor Force Development Council.
After Gary Mark Gilmore was cremated in Provo per his wishes, ashes were to be dispersed by plane over Provo and Springville. Medical centers reported removal of organs for study, with kidneys deemed unusable for transplant due to his death.
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