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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1976
Page
11
Sugar Mountain ski resort near Banner Elk plans an indefinite closure as directors meet to discuss the future. The 3600 acre complex faced operating-fund shortages after a regional recession hit land sales, with 85,000 visitors last winter and up to 300 winter staff.
In Savannah four people charged with murder and armed robbery testified at a preliminary hearing. Benjamin Thomas, 22, linked the 15-year-old defendant to firing on Edward Lampkin, 41, who was abducted April 30 and found dead May 4. Other suspects include Michael Washington, 19, and Michael Lanier Shavers, 17.
A North Carolina judge standards hearing is scheduled for Justice Beverly Lake regarding ethics complaints tied to letters he sent during the 1974 U.S. Senate campaign. The closed hearing follows complaints by J. Reid Potter and William Winn after Lake disavowed Democrat Robert Morgan.
Raleigh officials reversed a prior plan and allowed children under 10 to pitch in the T shirt league this summer. Coaches and parents pressed for the change after concerns that adults pitching would deprive boys of learning to pitch and facing walks with four balls. The board had earlier considered universal playing time rules but backed off integration of all players.
A compact aphorism notes that intellect without judgment proves the flaw in many highly capable minds. It reflects on reasoning without discernment and the limits of cleverness without practical restraint.
United Nations Security Council meets to extend the U N peacekeeping force on the Golan Heights for six more months. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim praised for winning Syria unconditional consent to renew the Disengagement and Observer Force mandate, despite Western doubts. Assad sought clarifications and said he wants intensified negotiations while Israel kept a positive stance if no new conditions arise. The suspension of the Arab Israeli debate continues. Waldheim cites continued necessity of the troop presence.
State Sen. J Russell Kirby of Wilson wins endorsement and active support from teachers in the 2nd Congressional District as he seeks the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. L H Fountain. Kirby, a Wilson attorney, faces Henry H Thorpe Elbert G Rudasill and Dewey Sheffield in the race. Teachers at a news conference say Kirby first spoke of funding a pay raise via accelerated tax collection. They represent 12 county groups of the Political Action Committee for Education, the GOP arm of the state educators association.
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