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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1974
Page
10
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Oswald discusses a 1930s bridge practice of opening one spade with a hand like South's, noting that players feared losing the spade suit if they did not bid first. The commentary traces how this approach evolved over time.
Construction of 13 new houses pushed city building permits total to 263,199 with the houses valued at 169,073. Additional permits covered business, repair, and improvement work, plus several for individual firms and residences on multiple streets. A separate note on bridge bidding discussesFlannery convention and its impact on play.
The southeastern Arabian Peninsula state of Muscat and Oman spans vast land with an estimated 750,000 people. The capital Muscat houses about 6,200 residents, reflecting the sparsity of the population.
Guilford County planners clarified a paragraph on planned unit development density bonuses. The change, at the commissioners’ request, requires that gifts to the public benefit all residents and not restrict use unlawfully. Bonuses up to 25 percent may be granted if costs and benefits justify the density increase.
Greensboro officials announced bids for a scale station at the new solid waste disposal facility east of High Point, with opening scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the courthouse. The project includes a weigh-scale pit, scale house, and wiring. Temporary scales may be used until permanent equipment arrives as pulverizing tests proceed on Riverdale Road. Per ton charges were not finally set, with Greensboro and the county agreeing to 3.35 dollars per ton but High Point undecided.
A reader with a painful heel spur is advised to raise the heel with a firm felt insert rather than sponge, to shift pressure forward, and to address overweight. Acupuncture is not endorsed due to limited evidence. A second reader asks about dissolution of gall stones via Mayo Clinic studies, noted as experimental and not yet public. A third asks about cortisone causing moon face, with the cure being gradual cessation of the drug.
About 30 cars of an 86 car Southern Railway freight train derailed near Concord North Carolina Saturday night. No injuries reported. One track cleared by Sunday night as officials investigate the cause.
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