09 Jul 1976
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1976
Page
1
Washington AP sharp rise in June wholesale prices driven by steel and gasoline. Industrial prices up five tenths with metal and fuel products leading gains. Farm prices slowed to three-tenths as fruits, vegetables, milk and livestock eased. Gasoline up 3.7 percent. steel mill products up after announced increases.
The column answers reader questions about Greensboro Coliseum events. It notes the Osmonds were tentatively scheduled for August 23 but canceled, lists upcoming acts like Elton John and Neil Young, and gives ticket outlets. It also provides guidance on public notices about a water dispute, a bottling history inquiry, and a court bond case involving Mrs. Dunbar.
Raleigh fired 157 sanitation workers who did not return to work. Public Works Director W. Lynn Baird said the city will not negotiate with them and that the contingency trash plan failed due to fear of retaliation. The city will hire a commercial operator to pick up trash starting early next week.
Washington AP reports a planned 72.4 million acre corn harvest this year could lower consumer grocery prices through 1977. USDA economist says favorable weather could boost retail food costs less than anticipated, while critics warn prices may still rise. July 12 will reveal the first production estimate based on July 1 field surveys. Iowa notes strong yields with crop in good condition, contributing to national supply.
Pat Nixon, former first lady, is in Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Long Beach with left side paralysis after a stroke. Doctors call her condition serious but stable as family and officials monitor her status, with her husband Richard Nixon and daughters Julie and Tricia at her side.
Two ballistics experts testified the .22 caliber bullet that killed Harry Dickens was fired less than 12 inches from his head. Sandra Dupree, wife of a Free Will Baptist minister, is on trial for first degree murder after claiming she did not know Dickens was hit. Prosecution witnesses described a confrontation with Dickens and the boy Mark Dupree during a disturbance in Scotland Neck.
Israel recounts the Entebbe raid planning from June 28 hijacking to seven hours mission. Lt Gen Mordechai Gur described assembling commandos, rehearsals, and four planes including a flying hospital. Yonatan Netanyahu was killed. one Israeli fatality. Hostages were evacuated to three planes with a return to Nairobi after a tense descent.
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