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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1971
Page
14
AP Business Analyst notes Phase 2 questions whether the planned restraints indicate a temporary shift or a longer term path. Daniel Yankelovich says the old profit focus won’t suffice as signals rise from government regulation ecology and consumerism requiring a broader business strategy.
In a Washington news conference, Nobel laureate Norman Borlaug warns that banning DDT in the United States could trigger global bans with disastrous effects. He argues ecologists may push next for hydrocarbons and other chemicals, and he questions claims that DDT harms humans or wildlife like certain seabirds.
North Carolina Board of Education decides to study ecological effects before selling 84 acres of Point Field Marsh on the Pungo River. Hyde County resident offers 2250 dollars for the land while officials approve the sale, sparking calls to protect marshlands and establish sale standards.
North Carolina State University students voted 32 to 24 to drop this year’s homecoming queen contest. The Technician editorial framed the selection of a queen as undignified. Student Body President Gus Gusler welcomed the decision as the tradition declines in interest.
Roderick Kirby a 19 year old civil rights activist was sentenced to a year in a youthful offenders camp after conviction for assaulting a policeman following a high school football game. Rev Ben Chavis pastor of Church of the Black Messiah was arrested after failing to show vehicle registration. A state of emergency was declared in Wilmington and New Hanover County through Sunday with police restricted from carrying arms.
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine seeks party leader endorsements to bolster a new campaign phase as he plans to announce his candidacy. Senators Symington and Eagleton and Gov. Hearnes publicly back him, with Hart of Michigan and three LA Negro leaders joining later. Muskie stresses momentum and a path to November.
Congressman Torbert Macdonald leads a subcommittee inquiry into PBS removal of a Great American Dream Machine segment. He questions government censorship while FBI and Justice Dept review challenge the PBS decision and asserts protections against political interference in public broadcasting.
The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded a 1 857 624 dollar contract for condenser tubes to Anaconda American Brass Co in Buffalo New York.
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