Legislature set to debate NC auto insurance rate bill
North Carolina lawmakers plan House debate Tuesday on a bill altering how rates are set. Insurance Commissioner John Ingram denounces supporters as using blackmail to pass a 54 million auto liability rate increase. Rep. Mark Short cites an availability crisis and warns of a possible special session.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
John Ingram
Mark Short
D-Guilford
House
Ingram
Short
Jim Hunt
Senate
State Human Relations Council
Federal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Finance Committee
Deputy Killed Chasing Car Near Asheboro
Randolph County deputy Ralph Graves was killed when his patrol car left a curve on Caraway Racetrack Road and overturned. Graves, 24, was pinned under the steering wheel after reporting a chase at 11:45 p.m. He had served as an auxiliary deputy, then full time.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Caraway Racetrack
Carl Moore
Ralph Stephen Graves
Rt. 1
Seagrove
Moore
Graves
Red Necked Ostrich Family at N C Zoo
A red necked ostrich and a family of geese reside at the North Carolina Zoo near Asheboro. Ostriches are noted for avoidance in disputes and are linked to the belief of hiding their head during conflicts.
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N.C. Zoo
Asheboro
Birds on the Run and Red-Neck Ostrich Tales
Photo note credits Sonny Hedgecock and describes geese guiding their young while an ostrich with a red neck is mentioned.
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Canada Geese
Sonny Hedgecock
Guilford County Sells Bonds At 4.8868 Percent
Guilford County expects to receive 14.3 million dollars from bond sales to First Citizens Bank at 4.8868 percent. The sale, conducted by the Local Government Commission, raises debt payments to 1.957 million for the year and funds water sewer work Evergreens projects and new Guilford Technical Institute improvements.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Brenda Jones
Evergreens, Inc
Shelter Aeroniewce
Ne Waste
High Point
Guilford Technical Institute
High Point Enterprise Ad Rates and Rates Policy
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription and advertising rates for regular, mail, and NC deliveries. It notes 4 percent sales tax, AP permissions, and disclaimers on advance payments and delivery affiliations with Landon Associates and local carriers.
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High Point Enterprise
Church Avenue
High Point
N.C
Jone
Barty and Weanders
Associated Press
Nee
AP News
Care’ Deaiers and Distributors
Mien Point
Inc
Landon Associates
Vn Advertising
Local store hit by bold thieves and multiple thefts reported
A group of thieves stole over 650 dollars worth of patio furniture from Annex Furniture Galleries on Greensboro Road overnight. Other crimes include a Georgia man's stereo equipment stolen from a Westchester Drive residence, a portable TV and clock radio taken from Elmer Helmstetler's home, rifles and shotgun missing from Carl Lambeth's Academy Street home, and break ins at Paul Cothran Jr. residence. A Food World price-switching incident and multiple car thefts round out the report with items from S Wrenn Street and behind Sears.
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Greensboro Road
Joseph Kennedy
Atlanta
Georgia
Westchester Drive
Elmer Helmstetler
E. Lexington Avenue
Carl Junior Lambeth
Academy Street
Paul Cothran Jr
Dalton Street
Food World
E. Green Drive
Bruce Everette Woodell
Knollwood Drive
Archdale
Amnesia and Identity Pondered Like Waking to an Unknown Building
The text muses on the unsettling notion of amnesia and uncertain identity, comparing a person awakening without knowing who they are to a building that wakes up and does not recognize itself. It explores existential confusion and self-recognition.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Piedmont Executive Skewers Gas Controls at Kiwanis
Piedmont Natural Gas official Bartlett Winkler told the High Point Kiwanis Club that politics have overwhelmed energy policy. He warned the system risks worsening natural gas shortages as output declines and demand surges, noting 200 plus rigs left U.S. fields due to high costs and low gas prices.
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Bartlett Winkler
Piedmont Natural Gas
High Point Kiwanis Club
North Carolina
United States
Winkler
Little People and Special Interests in North Carolina Assembly
State Sen. Fred D. Alexander complains the General Assembly neglects small concerns. He pushes two minor bills aiding low income renters and milkmen. One would cap utility deposits at a month’s heating charge to help renters. the other would limit rebates deducted from milk delivery commissions.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Fred D. Alexander
Mecklenburg
Alexander
Charlotte
Piedmont Natural Gas
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