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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1977
Page
4
After the 1977 General Assembly, Commissioner John Randolph Ingram battles the industry over new rate hike powers granted to insurers. Petitions circulate to back allies and oppose rivals, while both sides weigh a costly two year stalemate that could hurt the public.
A The Enterprise column by Betty Yarman argues against campus door-to-door insurance pitches. It urges students to consult trusted home advisors before signing anything, noting insurance is important but can burden buyers if misrepresented.
The West Front renewal debate returns with architect George M White proposing a 60 foot extension creating 135000 square feet of offices and committee rooms. Preservationists push restoration with grout filled holes as cheaper but less space while Congress seeks more working space amid crowded offices and staff growth.
The piece details brutal Khmer Rouge repression in Cambodia, citing refugee testimonies and U.S. intelligence accounts from 1975 onward. It describes mass executions, death marches, forced relocations, and the systematic purge of educated and cultural leaders, with refugees corroborating the horrors.
A columnist denounces HEW Secretary Joseph Califano for sweeping desegregation orders across six Southern states. The piece ridicules aims and methods, arguing federal control over higher education violates constitutional equality and ignores human nature. It cites the University of Virginia and Virginia State College at Petersburg as evidence of persistent segregation.
Art Buchwald recounts a misadventure calling Paris from Palermo where line faults and surcharges complicate a family call. The scene shifts through Italian and French operators as a two year old and a two year old compete for the line while a hotel lobby awaits charges.
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