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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1973
Page
1
In a satirical scene, President Nixon pleads with Lt. Columbo to recover his vanished mandate, claiming a $50 million 14 carat gold document disappeared from the White House after a year long search. The punchline hints the tapes themselves do not exist.
The seventh annual Furniture City Invitational debate tournament at Central High School runs through tonight with 350 debaters from 35 east coast schools. Five categories include debate, extemporaneous speaking, dramatic interpretation, original oratory and student congress. The topic is a Guaranteed Annual Income for each U S family. 150 guest judges from the community evaluate, with area schools Andrews Thomasville Allen Jay Ragsdale Ledford participating. Central hosts provide one team in prelims to balance competition, but the team is unable to advance.
Project work on Highway 68 near the regional airport advances toward completion. The current phase covers about four miles from N Main Street to near Holmes Store, improving the roadway toward I-40.
Four county region including High Point reports 2.1 percent unemployment in September, unchanged from a year prior. total employed rises to 334,330 with manufacturing adding 1,070 and non manufacturing up 4,490. agricultural jobs fall 2,710 to 5,960. earnings average 3.37 per hour in August, hours at 40.1 weekly. outlook forecasts 4,000 more jobs by December, mainly in trade.
Police report a rear end collision in heavy traffic Friday injuring four people. Thomas Eller and a passenger, Forchia Comer, from Lindsay Street, along with Sheryl Oldham, were hurt in the first crash. In a separate one-car crash, James Curre and Francis Gaston were slightly injured after Curre struck a pole. Curre was charged with leaving the scene.
A Friday Enterprise correction states that the oil shortage will not affect Duke Power Co. as all its plants are coal fired or nuclear fueled. The earlier claim that most plants run on oil was erroneous.
A shooting and burglary were reported to police Friday night and early Saturday. The victim was James L. Jones, 28, of Vernon Street, who was shot between the eyes after an argument. He was taken to Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem in serious condition. A warrant for George Doc White, address unknown, has been drawn by investigators Frances H. Barrier of E.
State Board of Education will review procedures for a $300 million school construction bond to be distributed to 152 local units based on enrollment. Allocations range from $182,000 to $20.5 million. units must submit formal applications, with state approval of distribution rules. Some funds may be available within months, and architectural plans must be prepared where needed.
Local organizers announce the Cerebral Palsy Drive with the theme Happiness Is a Helping Hand. Leaders include Ir Jackson and Mrs. Robert Schoch as residential chairwoman, Betsy LeBrun as business chairwoman, and Doug Howard serving as treasurer.
Charles Dunn director of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation will address Central Piedmont Safety Council members at a dinner in the J. Ed Millis Finishing Plant cafeteria of Adams-Millis Hosiery Co Kernersville Thursday at 6 30 p m He will discuss drugs and drug traffic in North Carolina Dunn formerly a newspaper reporter and aide to Horace Kornegay and Gov Dan Moore The council sponsored by NC Industrial Commission aims to inform Piedmont 10 counties about accident prevention Membership is open and reservations for the November meeting can be made with Bill Snotherly of Adams-Millis Hosiery Co
The fall cabinet meeting of District 31-D Lions International will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Downtowner Motor Inn in Winston-Salem. The district includes 55 Lions clubs with over 2,700 members in eight northern Piedmont counties including Randolph Forsyth and Guilford. The gathering reviews four months of club work and outlines future district plans.
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