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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1973
Page
2
Forrest Dates recalls numerous home grown myths from the past. He riffs on barefoot springs car laws cigarette myths wart remedies lucky money and wartime beliefs about Japanese people. He preserves memories of quirky superstitions and social quirks from earlier decades.
Model Cities faces major cuts with about half of its more than 30 active programs ending by July 31 and staff reductions of roughly a dozen among 35 positions. Notifications go out May 31 for project terminations, with only 12 to 15 projects expected to continue next year. A town meeting is set for Tuesday evening to gauge citizen views on future spending.
Max Meeks of High Point named honorary chairman for Guilford County National Library Week observance coordinated by the Guilford County National Library Week Committee. Audrey McDonald of High Point is committee chair. Meeks, a Leaksville native now in Eden, is Furniture Plaza manager and World War II veteran, former Southern Furniture Exposition Building VP of marketing, longtime WMFR radio announcer and producer, husband, and father of four.
Greensboro AP report states a Sanford man was arrested after threatening an Internal Revenue Service agent who was investigating his tax affairs.
Jaycees led by Fred Morrison and Dr. R J Blackley open the first North Carolina Jaycee Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Workshop at the Downtown Holiday Inn in Raleigh at 10 a m March 24. The event unites 250 communities to plan local projects under Operation Threshold focused on prevention and responsible drinking.
North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms blasted Congress and the national media during a Lincoln Day speech in Raleigh. He accused Congress of abdicating budgetary authority, praised the President for cutting spending, and criticized press coverage while rallying for fiscal restraint and support of White House actions. Helms also defended Dean’s testimony stance and questioned press protections.
Winds up to 50 mph at Friendship airport cooled Saturday from 61 to 42 by 7 p.m. The drop may continue to freezing early today. Highs in mid to upper 50s with tonight in the 20s. Winds 10 to 20 mph. Sunday partly cloudy with zero rain. Monday near 60.
Guilford County GOP chairman Morris Adams publicly backed state chairman Frank Rouse at the Sixth District Lincoln Day Dinner in High Point. Adams defended Rouse against editorial criticism about a confidential memo on patronage and his party membership cards, calling the critics false and demanding apologies.
A narrator riffs on grocer prices and ad culture, imagining a future where a strict food rationing system governs purchases. She jokes about F L T and F I T as inflation plans while noting meat, fish, and produce are tightly categorized by a supermarket electric eye. The piece ends with a quip that the speaker would rather buy pork chops than pay street musicians.
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