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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1974
Page
5
Detroit News Auto Editor notes that past oil company staged economy runs included waxed cars and tires and soft shoes to ease acceleration. He advises steady foot on the accelerator, avoiding middle lane stagnation, and warns coasting with the engine off is illegal. The piece ends with an odd zoological aside about the male ostrich.
The U S Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 5 0 to pause the midnight ban on firecrackers to allow a public hearing after objections from Chinese and U S fireworks firms. The stay extends safety standards and labeling for other fireworks at least 30 days.
Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, chancellor of A and T State University in Greensboro, says replacing national direct student funds with guaranteed bank loans burdens financially disadvantaged students. He cites banker reluctance to lend without collateral and urges continuation of the National Direct Defense Student Loan program for low income families.
In four weeks under the Federal Disaster Relief Act only two of six declared disaster states joined the special grant program. Arkansas and Oklahoma have enrolled while Missouri Illinois Minnesota and Kansas ponder participation. Grants up to 5000 are available to individuals or families with retroactive eligibility for those declared disaster areas.
Evelyn Caswell sues for 15000 claiming a poodle named Little One was frightened and mentally harmed after a January 1973 grooming in a van. The groomer says the cut existed and counterclaims 12500 for libel and slander. Trial opened in Broward County Court.
North Carolina Secretary of Transportation Bruce A. Lentz closed the Raleigh office of the Ports Authority, moving public relations and liaison duties to Wilmington. The $40,000 annual cost prompted the transfer, drawing criticism from board members who said they were not consulted. The Ports Authority, now under DOT, faces political shifts with party-majority changes planned for July 1975.
Brigham Young University officials in Provo Utah were embarrassed after about 4000 diplomas mailed to graduates bore the misspelled school name Bigham Young University. University officials said the error was corrected and new diplomas would be mailed with the proper spelling.
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