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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1972
Page
9
A reflective piece on TV sportscasters for the PGA Greater Gronk Open. It critiques announcers as clumsy, biased, and puppets of control rooms, while praising crowd energy and the drama of live sports. It notes players like Bent Grass and Fast Green, plus names such as Bells and Big Mac.
L Ray McMahan pressed City Council to commit to the downtown garage behind S Main Street, warning S W Cafeteria may cancel the One Plaza Center floor tenancy without funding. Officials said bids require a firm bond commitment of $700,000 and plans to proceed are near, with legal action possible if promises fail.
Davidson County Commissioners meet at 7 30 PM in the new courthouse to introduce the tentative budget for fiscal year 1972 73. County Manager Jimmy Warner says the session is the only item on the agenda. it is the second evening called meeting this month as they weigh whether expenditures will stay at current levels or rise from 4.9 million for the present year. The panel previously approved a tentative budget in July 1971 and adopted the final version last August.
Police report multiple thefts and trespassing incidents across Thomasville and nearby towns. A 1968 car parked at Bryant's Auto Repair lost its transmission tires wheels and battery valued at 295 dollars. Witness Raeford Loflin saw five youths push a car down the street before it rolled into a utility pole causing 50 dollars in damage. Tapes and a tape player valued at 115 dollars were stolen from a car at Towne Theatre. Other losses include 20 dollars from a home, a pocket book, and a set of keys and a credit card. Walter Petruska filed trespassing warrants against 21 youths released on 200 dollars bond. Additional arrests include machine breaking and entering, obstructing an officer, and DUI.
Western North Carolina United Methodist Conference at Lake Junaluska assigns a new district superintendent and four High Point pastors. Several clergy move between Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and adjacent districts, with mergers affecting St. Marks-Brooks Memorial and changes at Central Church, Monroe, and other churches.
Raleigh report notes runoffs for insurance and labor commissioners trimmed the ballot and reflected voter fatigue with many executive offices. About 617,595 voted in the Democratic governor primary, while roughly 550,000 voted for the two Council of State posts, highlighting calls to shift to gubernatorial appointment for technical roles.
John Ingram won the Democratic nomination for commissioner over Russell Secrest while William Creel took the labor commissioner nomination over John Brooks. Both winners had tacit backing from retiring Insurance Commissioner Edwin Lanier and Labor Commissioner Frank Crane. Brooks urged appointment, Crane favored popular election for governor and state government stability. North Carolina elects ten executive officers. changing this would need constitutional action.
Sylvia Freeman rose from a preliminary scoring error that briefly left her out of semifinals to win Miss Black North Carolina at Greensboro Memorial Auditorium. Despite not initially being named among the 10 semifinalists, she advanced after the error was corrected and will represent the state in Miss Black America in Los Angeles this summer.
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