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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1974
Page
1
In High Point delivery of the directories was scheduled to begin today and finish by next Saturday. Staff photo credit: Mark Austin.
Eight persons were injured Friday in multiple traffic accidents. At 4:20 p.m. on Lexington Avenue near Denny Street, Josephine Prevette Booe and passengers Rachel Booes8e and Bonnie Booe were hurt in a two car wreck. John Carey Culler, 65, of E Farriss Avenue, was charged with failure to yield the right of way. William C. Morton, 43, of Courtesy Road, was injured when his car hit a pole and was charged with public drunkenness and other violations. About 11 p.m., Gloria Wright Louvet, Rt. 6 Thomasville, was injured when her car ran off English Road and hit a pole and she was charged with speeding restraint. Reba Small Lee and passenger Jeffrey Scott Lee, 4, of Route 2, were injured in a collision with a car driven by Adrene Richard Cecil of Overbrook Court on N Elm Street at Boulevard. Cecil faced a stop sign violation charge.
A LA Times spoof interview recounts Gen Haig and experts revisiting the devil theory in the 18 percent erased Watergate tape. Dr Damien jokes that Satan possesses recording devices then suggests exorcising the Uber 5000 with a boiling pot ritual involving ITT, the milk fund, and IRS returns.
The North Carolina Zoological Authority endorsed the interim zoo on Purgatory Mountain as a $700,000 project to hold animals before the First Phase opens in 1975. Plans include three buildings, outdoor paddocks, lakes, a conference room, and public facilities, with bids to be sought February 19 and construction possibly starting in March.
NCNB in Charlotte says it will phase out its 8 per cent conventional mortgage program starting January 3. Board Chairman Luther Hodges Jr notes the program ran from October 1, 1973, to ease a home loan shortage, with 2,003 applications totaling 66.7 million as of January 18 and an expected investment over 55 million after all loans are processed.
Clara Wright Johnson was admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital in satisfactory condition after saying a male friend shot her with a .22 pistol during an argument in the front yard. Police noted she may file a warrant against the man.
Five consumer protection proposals move again through the North Carolina General Assembly after a slow start in 1973. Bills cover interest on revolving accounts, interest on escrow funds for taxes and insurance, repeal of fair trade law price controls, limits on terms like Mill Outlet, and interest on tenant security deposits. Bankers floated a plan for up to 6000 dollars credit cards, sparking concern over large revolving lines and title clarity, while the Consumers Council led by Mrs. Lillian Woo stressed fair returns on escrow funds and urged interest on deposits.
Top Printing Award Winner Hall Printing Co is named best of show in the 1973 Printing Industry of the Carolinas awards program for the print Bald Head Island Rescue Station by Lexington artist Bob Timberlake.
Guilford County starts testing its first sand waste pulverizer Monday at Riverdale Road landfill in High Point. The unit will grind 3,000 tons of trash over 10 days to a month, closing Jackson Lake Road operations. Private vehicles will bring trash to Riverdale Road during start.
Applications for Title II Older Americans Act grants are due February 11 and may fund coordination or gap-filling services for seniors. contact Valerie Shad day of Piedmont Triad Council of Governments in Greensboro. Guilford Technical Institute invites an afternoon pattern fitting class at Jamestown campus, limited to 25 preregistrants.
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