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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1974
Page
4
A High Point Enterprise report outlines how drivers in 23 states ignore the push to 55 mph while the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act uses federal funds to push states to lower limits by March. AP road checks found most cars in 27 states with 55 mph limits stayed near or under the limit, but many in states without lowered limits sped past.
Gerald Emil Kosh 27, of Lafayette Hill Pennsylvania, an American captured by Chinese forces during the Paracel Islands clash, was freed after 11 days and flown to Clark Air Force Base for treatment. He was weak but walked from the plane to an ambulance, and officials limited conversations with reporters. A flight surgeon accompanied him from Hong Kong.
Truckers crowded the Southern 500 Truck Stop in Mt Airy as a nationwide protest over high fuel costs and low speed limits. Estimates put protesters at about 200, with no violence reported. Some drivers blocked pumps and refused to release trucks, while others planned to join if urged by leaders. Timing confusion persisted, with reports of midnight Wednesday or Thursday.
The Cambodian Khmer script is noted as the world’s largest alphabet with 74 letters. The official language of Cambodia uses a complex abugida with a rich set of characters for consonants vowels and diacritics reflecting its linguistic heritage.
Durham attorney Eugene C. Brooks charges an official of the state Division of Motor Vehicles pulled a pistol on him after stopping for speeding on Interstate 40 between Durham and Raleigh. Director Nicholas A. Smith says he kept the pistol in the glove compartment and did not aim it. Brooks says he fled as Smith followed toward Raleigh.
At UNC Chapel Hill the Winston Dormitory shares living quarters by sex on the second floor in an experiment that ends after this school year. Dean Don ald A. Boulton cites potential bad publicity and public concerns as reasons for discontinuing the plan, drawing student complaints and campus protests including posters and sweatshirts urging to save the floor.
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