Strikers Hold Fast as S W Motor Lines Faces Seven Month Picket
About 89 of 135 workers at S W Motor Lines remain on strike since Oct 16 1976 led by Teamsters Local 391. Despite weather and hardship the workers receive $60 weekly and over $1 000 in hardship aid while claims swirl of assault nails and a bounty on picketers. Board hearings set for May 24 with substantial disputes over bargaining changes and proposed grievance procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Mortimer
N.C
Teamsters Union Local
Leroy Jones
Gary Folsom
Bruce Blevins
Teamsters
Blevins
National Labor Relations Board
Guilford County
George H. Sharp
John Pollard
Sharp
Fincastle
Pollard
Blakeney, Alexander and
Drawer purge reveals quirky newsroom clutter
Forrest Dates chronicles cleaning a desk and revealing a mixed haul from two years of hoarding. He finds a newspaper clipping, an old budget, a parking fine notice, a salt bottle, a sock, keys, a bottle, a brainy adrift, and various odd mementoes in a humorous, self mocking column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest
City of
High Point
Funk & Wagnall
Ense
Hutchens Attacks Proposed Minimum Wage Increase
John Hutchens president of Food World Inc and head of USIC told a House labor subcommittee that tying the minimum wage to the index would raise costs and inflation. He warned a $2.04 to $3.04 phase in could lift prices by 10 percent and risk layoffs harming teens and minorities. He noted Carter’s proposal to $2.60 and questioned union support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Hutchens
Food World Inc
House
Hutchens
U.S. Industrial Council
Food World
Carter
USIC
High Point considers a fourth liquor store site
High Point ABC Board weighs a fourth store but has not decided location, store type, or timing. Chairman Nick Fisher says several sites are under review and a decision may wait until the two new stores near completion open, with concerns over traffic, rents, and potential impact on existing outlets.
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Carol Wilson Utley
High Point Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
ABC Board
Nick Fisher
Fisher
High Point
ABC
High Point National
Julian White
Fairfield Road
High Point Mall
Reflections on Hunt reading proposal and funding doubts
The author recalls Gov. Hunt rallies promising universal reading education in North Carolina. He questions statewide feasibility, favors aides for teachers over full time reading specialists, and criticizes extensive testing costs and potential labeling. The piece weighs practical classroom aid against the politics of a large reading program.
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Gov. Hunt
North Carolina
Hunt
Jim Hunt
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