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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
9
A humorous meditation on pervasive polling in daily life shows citizens subjected to questionnaires from air travel to hotel stays and street surveys. The narrator encounters pollsters in New York seeking opinions on flights, tourism, mayor Lindsay, President Nixon, and even church service relevance.
Strike by signalmen began nationwide at 6 a.m. but here no disruption yet as work train crewmen continue duties. I. L. Burke, a work train engineer, notes supervisors may keep some trains running for a few days at the yard near W Point Avenue and Courtesy Road.
New High Point mayor Bill Bencini pushes department heads to attend half council meetings including Monday night caucuses. The change also shifts bid openings to Monday nights and moves public hearings to those sessions. The first committee meeting was set with a light agenda including Colony Park annexation and a Hamilton development proposal.
Cletus H. Kruger, former president and COO of First Bank and Trust Co. of South Bend, Indiana, appointed to the Earl N. Phillips Chair of Business Administration at High Point College. He plans to develop advanced courses and work with local industry on seminars and management programs.
Nine people died in North Carolina traffic crashes from Friday evening through Sunday night. Victims include Pinehurst duo Joseph Garner 18 and Elaine West 17 on a wreck near Pinehurst, and others across Bertie Iredell Durham and Pamlico counties. The weekend toll raises the year total to 593 deaths.
Firefighters said a bedroom fire at the Goldie Simmons home 807 E Kearns Ave damaged a wall and ceiling after oil around an oil circulator leaked and ignited. Damage stayed within one room. Another lint fire at Clover Leaf Coin Laundry on S Main Street caused no reported damage.
Several weekend crashes in Thomasville linked to bad weather. Kathy Cecil 17 and Louise Ward 18 suffered minor injuries after a 1969 car struck a utility pole when the accelerator allegedly stuck. A second crash damaged power lines on Unity Street injuring John Eaddy 32 Henry Green Jr. 28 and Matty Pritchard 46. A Marine from Florissant Mo. crashed into a home after swerving to avoid a red light, injuring Deborah Gordon 18. his car a 1970 model valued at 1500 was a total loss.
Mayor Bencini leads a High Point delegation in Atlanta for a quarterly Model Cities review with federal agencies. The plan requests 2.3 million in supplements, up from 1.77 million, to fund 26 projects including several new ones. Approval hinges on Washington officials.
Dr. Leonard Farlow announced construction began on a new 40 by 60 foot office to house his chiropractic practice. Expected occupancy by mid July. The facility will include a clinic laboratory x ray rooms and a physical therapy department with a large paved parking area at an estimated cost of 80000.
The National Labor Relations Board began a hearing on alleged unfair labor practice by The High Point Enterprise against High Point Typographical Union No. 878. The case stems from a 1967 strike. workers were contacted about reemployment after a shift from hot type to cold type altered production.
April employment in Thomasville held March’s level with an optimistic outlook says W R Eddinger, head of the local Employment Security Bureau. Skilled openings exist in hosiery mills and furniture plants, while construction demand rises in spring. Semi skilled and white collar unemployment details are noted with continued claims rising to 1640 in April.
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