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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1974
Page
2
Eight juveniles aged 12 to 15 were implicated in 23 break-ins at industries and offices, with two caught vandalizing a vending machine. Police question the rest and compare a 40 percent, first quarter rise in city crime to prior year. The piece urges parental awareness of youths’ whereabouts and actions.
North Carolina faces a predicted 100 to 150 million carryover surplus as the 1975 General Assembly nears, prompting editorial caution on tax cuts versus service funding. Rep. Liston Ramsey says surplus signals overtaxing. readers ask how to apply any windfall, debating tax relief, kindergarten funding, and target groups.
San Francisco opens applications for street sweepers and Civil Service stages exams. Among 800 applicants last time were two lawyers, with 187 openings and a 140 pound lift requirement. Age 18 to 65, experience as laborer, starting salary 17000 a year, women eligible. Do not tell your boss.
The ABA hosts a Washington symposium on inflation causes and cures as governments adopt austerity and tax measures. Central bankers await US action while monetarists defend money-supply controls and indexation as a long run fix. Forecasts miss the mark, challenging 200 years of economic theory.
Report on EPIC and PECA struggles to fund a state public electric facility, the costs of Duke Power rate disputes, and the revolving door of leaders as cities drop out. Notes North Carolina Supreme Court rulings, $2 billion needs, and limited market share while urging High Point to quit the plan. Also covers Mills Home alumni fundraising, local theater auditions, YMCA Camp Cheerio catalog, and post office box relocations as community notices.
Washington Merry-Go-Round notes officials endure beyond changes in presidents as they fight for larger offices and richer furnishings. The piece cites a study showing ten percent of the National Aquarium budget funds fancy fish tanks and exotic fish.
An official with a bleeding heart tetra in his fish tank signals the new style of power. Butterfield, Knight, Roberts, Dwight, Klassen, and others spent tens of thousands on offices and amenities. Some $50,000 kitchens and $120,000 carpets illustrate a trend of lavish upgrades across agencies.
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