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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1977
Page
4
The Gastonia Gazette critiques the North Carolina Milk Commission and its rulings. It notes 12 processors were found to illegally sell milk below cost and warns of license suspensions and fines up to 5000 dollars. The piece questions consumer savings and decries government price controls.
The North Carolina General Assembly boosted election laws this session with two major reforms. The campaign financing rule now requires loans to be reported in detail, closing a key loophole, while the absentee ballot law was liberalized, allowing qualified voters to vote by absentee ballot in county elections with certain exceptions. Rep. Thomas C. Gilmore of Guilford led the House Elections Committee, noted for its diverse membership and frequent deadlocks that yielded balanced compromises.
In Winston-Salem Sentinel reporting on Girls' State participants a rising senior asks who they would imitate. Most votes went to Me with Angela Arrowood of Spindale stating I want to be me because I am unique. The piece contrasts with a national poll favoring Farrah Fawcett Majors and notes several public figures named by participants.
Mecklenburg County commissioners decide not to raise the local salary supplement for teachers after a two hour debate. Chair Liz Hair argues equity for all county employees and warns a raise could require over two million dollars and higher property taxes. Other commissioners push for or oppose the gesture amid teacher presence.
Tim Manners a Tufts sophomore estimates his year of classes at 336 hours costing $5 879 00 or about $17 49 per hour. He projects next year’s rate at $18 98 per hour while UNC tuition remains near $10 00 per hour.
The column reviews William Safire’s Full Disclosure, a Washington based thriller exploring betrayal and ambition in the White House. It highlights Safire’s insider perspective from his Nixon era roles and his use of the 25th Amendment to create tension and shocks in a plot likened to Advise And Consent.
A political thriller follows President Sven Ericson, blinded in a crash with Soviet Premier Kolkov, as foes on Capitol Hill plot to seize authority. Safire contrasts Nixon’s moral blind spots with Ericson’s fragile leadership while a romance with Buffie Masterson complicates the crisis.
A Washington Post report traces CIA subsidies dating to 1957 that funded Israeli aid to black African nations and later other operations. The payments, possibly routed through the foreign ministry or prime minister, have drawn no comment from the CIA.
President Carter pressurized the Pentagon to curb lavish travel. The Joint Chiefs used a VC-9 with 21 seats full and 21 empty, while Defense Secretary Harold Brown used a second VC-140 for convenience, gaining hours at his desk. A spokesman cited security and avoiding overloading planes.
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