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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1975
Page
1
City Council considers whether to keep the Washington Terrace Park pool for summer use. Repairs have been made and Development funds set for improvements. The pool opens today at noon and will run 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays and 12 noon to 6 p.m. other days.
Susan Lawrence of Thomasville, 20, a King's College graduate, won swimsuit while Miss Southern Pines Julie Ann Kicklight, 19 and a Meredith College sophomore, won talent. Ten finalists competed tonight in Charlotte as a new Miss North Carolina was crowned.
A 50 page NC Bureau probe on Enforcement and Theft Bureau members is labeled not impartial and a rehash of earlier disclosures. Edmisten says it supports charges of a private political agency within the Motor Vehicles Department. Holshouser aides call it a political game. The report cites abuses of power including waived fines for trucking pals, and centers on alleged political espionage against Sen. Robert Morgan in 1974.
Sunday only package details offered with monthly and yearly rates plus a mail subscription option in North Carolina subject to 4 percent sales tax. The notice explains reproduction rights for local news and AP dispatches and notes subscription payments are the responsibility of the advertiser or distributor.
Helen Roth of Columbia, South Carolina, filed a $40,000 civil suit in Superior Court Friday against Winston's Caterers Ltd., owners of Lancer's Gate restaurant in Greensboro. She says she tripped and sprained her ankle on September 9, 1973, alleging negligence by the restaurant owners.
A bandit wielding a sawed off shotgun robbed Sir Pizza at 8 Main Street around 10 p.m. Friday, taking about $80 from a cashier and wallet from James Bundy. Edward Ray Barnes, 22, of W. Kearns Avenue, was arrested near Wayside Chapel on 304 Fairfield Road and charged with two counts of armed robbery after Bundy’s wallet was found with him. He fell ill at High Point Memorial Hospital and was treated and released.
Leona Clary Jones of Route 1 was slightly injured Friday at 5 35 p m in a two car crash on E Lexington Avenue at Hamilton Street. Laura Lynne Hornady of Clover Street faced a traffic light violation charge. William Adam Anderson Jr 29 of Hardover Street escaped injury at 12 40 a m when his car wrecked on Rotary Drive near Edgedale Drive. Anderson was charged with drunken driving. Police said another car forced him off the road. The Anderson car left the left side then crossed to the right and struck a rock wall and a utility pole. Damages were about 500 to the 1969 model car and 400 to the wall and pole.
The Senate advanced a bill to end age discrimination in auto insurance rates by a 34 to 5 vote and sent it back to the House as lawmakers clash over substantial amendments. If House rejects changes, a conference committee will resolve disputes.
Two members of the High Point Central High teaching staff, E. Bain Johnson and Bert Lyons, retire at year end. Johnson taught senior English for three years and served as librarian for 10 years, while Lyons spent 23 years in the business department. They were recognized with gifts from the faculty at a Thursday picnic.
The annual Underwood Gwynn family reunion will be held Sunday at Camp Springs Methodist Church near Reidsville. Glenn E. Underwood president of the Underwood Family Organization will attend as guest.
North Carolina Supreme Court orders a new trial for Ronald Jackson, a South Carolina man twice convicted of armed robbery in 1973 court records show. The court faulted the 1975 trial for admitting an arrest affidavit containing hearsay, and rejected admission of a lie detector test. Jackson has argued he was miles away in Bennettsville at the time.
AP reports small groups of legislative leaders meet privately this weekend to finalize the 1975 77 North Carolina budget. House leaders William Watkins and Jimmy Love handle the House version while a four senator subcommittee led by Ralph Scott handles the Senate. State Superintendent Craig Phillips warns the budget cuts will irreparably harm public education, with $43 million proposed across public schools.
North Carolina leaders and officials criticize newspapers as a unified bloc, though the state hosts about 50 daily papers and 140 non dailies. Governor Hunt and Speaker Green question The Press while legislators press for measures like revenue bonds for industry, with editors blamed for shaping public perception via critical editorials.
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