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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1976
Page
5
The rise of 24 hour supermarkets draws shoppers with flexible schedules. Pathmark and A P open around the clock while Safeway runs fewer. Geography matters less than community shifts and three shift work patterns in predicting success.
Midwestern governor and governor elect urge centrist shift for Republicans signaling pragmatism over strict ideology. Day notes GOP must be flexible to appeal broad voters while Ford era reverberates through party. Attendees include Hunt, Ray, du Pont. conference hosts Holshouser and Andrus.
Michael Levy of The Conference Board labels weekly and monthly Fed money supply figures as confections, incomplete and inaccurate. He urges abolition of weekly reports and de-emphasis of monthly ones, citing policy jerks and short term misguidance. The Conference Board endorsement aims to curb reliance on the data.
The Baptist State Convention opens its 146th annual meeting in Fayetteville with plans to rebalance representation between large and small churches. About 2800 messengers are expected as a committee proposes limiting trustees from a single church to seven and boosting smaller churches’ share to one fourth. Evangelist Billy Graham is to speak at the closing session and Rev Coy Privette of North Kannapolis will preside.
Former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower marked her 80th birthday with a church service at First Presbyterian Church in Gettysburg. A children's choir performed hymns including That Old Time Religion and Brighten The Corner as about 50 well wishers greeted the family after the service.
In Shelby on Main Street a jewelry store owner fired at two robbers from Charlotte after they entered the shop. The men fled with rings and watches valued at 300 to 400 dollars as the jeweler was wounded in the stomach but discharged his pistol and a shotgun. Authorities charged the suspects with robbery with a deadly weapon and assault with intent to kill. The wounded jeweler was treated at Cleveland Memorial Hospital.
The Rev. Claudius Ira Vermilye Jr., 47, indicted on 16 sex related charges including crimes against nature and production of adult material at Boys Farm Inc. in Alto Tennessee. He had served as pastor of St. Anne's in Tifton Georgia from 1962 and left the priesthood in 1966, later reinstating in 1971. Episcopal officials will decide his future after trial.
Rep. Morris K. Udall fell from a ladder while inspecting a roof leak at his suburban Virginia home. He broke both arms, with a cast on the left and a sling on the right, and will likely remain home about 10 days. He quipped that 1976 has not been his year.
A concise adage noting that criticizing others reflects more on oneself than on others. It emphasizes self-scrutiny over blame.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev arrives in Belgrade for a three day visit to meet with President Tito. They exchange bear hugs as Yugoslavia seeks reaffirmation of independence from Soviet domination and discusses future Soviet Yugoslav relations.
Bartlesville Oklahoma AP reports ammonia serves mainly as a fertilizer with an estimated 11.6 million tons used in a year per Phillips Chemical.
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