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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1976
Page
2
The National Weather Service expected the coastal plain to receive considerable rain today while the rest of the state enjoyed clear skies. In the Triad area forecasts called for clearing by afternoon, fair weather tonight and mostly sunny Thursday. Highs were forecast in the low to mid 80s.
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly east. Highs 70s in the mountains and 80s elsewhere. Tonight mostly fair with coast showers ending. lows 50s to 60s. Thursday mostly sunny with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the 60s. Rain chances 20 percent today, 10 tonight and Thursday. North Carolina outlook through Sunday: partly cloudy with showers Friday and Sunday, warming on Sunday. Lows 60s west to 70s east, highs 60s to 90s. South Carolina outlook: showers Friday and Sunday, partly cloudy Saturday, warming trend, lows around 70, highs around 90, with Sunday highs in the 40s.
Durham attorney Jerry Paul, who defended Joan Little, faces possible discipline by the North Carolina State Bar. Defense counsel contends the bar must prove its charges are not unique as pretrial proceedings unfold. Paul allegedly violated ethics while serving last summer as chief defense counsel for Little, acquitted in the jailer slaying.
The bar filed April 9 charges accusing Paul of denouncing the judiciary and claiming he could buy justice, improperly obtaining trial rights and misinforming reporters about witnesses. Leflin aides seek dates and transcripts as pretrial reconvenes August 3 with Christmas trial outlook. potential loss of NC legal license looms. Prosecution leader John Wilkinson, from the Joan Little case, also faces bar ethics charges. trial date pending.
Winston-Salem AP report says JP Stevens & Co, the second largest textile maker, is charged by the NLRB regional office with refusing to bargain in good faith with the Textile Workers Union in Roanoke Rapids. An ALJ will hear the case August 23. The union, now Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers, has sought a contract for 13 years, with no agreement. The NLRB seeks a landmark order requiring Stevens to bargain in good faith at Roanoke Rapids and future plants. Stevens says it is willing to sign but opposes certain arbitration and automatic dues provisions. About 3,500 workers are at seven Roanoke Rapids plants. Stevens employs over 40,000 in the Southeast.
Durham AP Jessie Rae Scott argues a state constitutional convention should decide whether to amend the constitution to make state offices like labor commissioner appointive rather than elected. She notes voters fear wealth can buy an election and suggests governor appointment of Council of State offices. She cites a labor commissioner salary of 3000 dollars and a Republican candidate pledging 200000 to 300000 for campaigning.
Los Angeles AP report notes Ronald Reagan aired a half hour TV speech attacking Ford and Carter without naming them directly. Delegates: Ford 1004, Reagan 976. 1130 needed. Reagan plans four day trip to North Dakota and Colorado with 43 delegates at stake. He urged replacing bad ideas with good ones and appealed for Democratic votes in November. King George VI became the first reigning British monarch to visit Canada.
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