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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1976
Page
8
High Point plans a 4 to 6 month search for a new city manager chaired by Councilman Joe Patterson. Harold Cheek, 63, intends early retirement but may stay as a consultant. The committee will advertise the vacancy, set qualifications, and seek applicants to form a list of at least five.
Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr. aims at a pragmatic 11 month agenda centered on economy and election politics. He plans no new proposals, prioritizes finishing programs from his first terms, and supports President Ford’s re election while navigating a tight General Assembly and weak finances. Coastal Land Life Management Act had been pushed earlier, with Mountain Area Management Act shelved in 1975.
Guilford County commissioners denied a rezoning request on the northwest edge of Greensboro for a shopping center amid strong local opposition. Voters said increased paving would worsen runoff and traffic, noting a 91 percent area opposition to more centers and many undeveloped sites nearby. The 2 to 4 vote reflected divided views among commissioners, with several related rezoning actions approved or postponed.
RALEIGH AP Of North Carolina s 170 legislators only 37 filed a Financial disclosure statement last week Most cited a loophole in the new ethics law adopted by the 1975 General Assembly The law requires lawmakers to reveal business interests debts and major holdings and to file reports in January after election One lawmaker Gen J Russell Kirby said he filed because someone would ask The attorney general opined no first report was needed Hunt filed bringing total to 38 Reports vary from sparse to detailed Some filings included income and stock values but the law does not require them The ethics commission had not adopted a standard form yet and most used a mimeographed draft The senators list included Jack Childers Bobby Lee Combs Melvin Roy Daniels Jr E Lawrence Davis LJ Harrington John T Henley Cecil Hill and others See ONLY 97 On 26
Former North Carolina governor Terry Sanford resumes presidential campaign activities after observation for chest pains and a clean bill of health from Duke Medical Center. He spent time at hospitals in Salem Massachusetts and at Duke Center, plans further campaigning in New Hampshire and possibly skiing.
Davidson County Sheriff's Dept reports two Thomasville men aged 39 and Billy Joe Douthit charged with larceny and receiving stolen goods after a tractor full of Thomasville Furniture Industries products was stolen from Coyote Trucking Line south of Thomasville on N C 109. Douthit held on 520,000 bond and Harrison detained in Durham awaiting transfer. SBI aided.
Signs of a bitter morning as workers arrive at a Westchester Drive site at dawn. High Point records a frigid 7 degree day, sparking car trouble and a smoking heater as two men note the frozen fountain at First Union National Bank on N Main Street.
Former Archdale mayor Henry J. York Sr. was saluted Sunday as citizens visited city hall to thank him for six years as the first elected leader. Mrs. Bertie York received a portrait and an engraved tray, Mayor Lloyd Taylor accepted the portrait, Rev. George Lyndon led invocations, and organizers Mrs. George Clements and Mrs. David Warren co-chaired Henry York Sr. Day.
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