City warns against bond funds for Main Street sync system
A High Point council round up highlights state approval of about 400000 for a downtown traffic light synchronization project on Main Street. City officials caution against borrowing the funds, urging budgets to stay within limits and avoid tying bond money to future street projects or extra debt service.
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High Point
Main Street
Harold Cheek
Rachel Gray
Luther H. Hodges
Chapel Hill
Kennedy
Rotary International
Virginia
Tom Stanley
Triple Header Week Highlights Fire Prevention and Hire the Handicapped
The piece notes National Fire Prevention Week National Newspaper Week and National Hire the Handicapped Week. It praises High Point Fire Department for prioritizing prevention over firefighting, earning lower insurance rates and national recognition. It advocates supporting newspaper delivery workers and promotes employment for disabled individuals through reliable, steady hiring.
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National Fire Prevention Week
National Newspaper Week
National Hire
High Point
Oil price moves spark consumer doubt and watchdog scrutiny
On October 1 Gulf Oil Corp. announced a 1.5 cent gasoline price hike to reflect higher crude costs. By October 3 Mobil Oil followed with a 2 cent cut amid changing crude prices, prompting questions about energy pricing and government monitoring.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Mobil Oil
Privacy And The Court Opens Supreme Court Term 1974 75
The Supreme Court begins its 1974 75 term examining privacy amid intensifying government and media scrutiny. Cases involve doctor patient confidentiality andFirst Amendment clashes, publishing patient details without consent, broadcasting rape victim names, welfare mothers challenging paternity and child support disclosures, and IRS access to bank records. The court, with four Nixon appointees, faces defining outer limits of constitutional protection from public scrutiny.
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Louis D. Brandeis
U.S. Supreme Court
New York
Supreme Court
Cox Broadcasting Co
Wsb-Tv
Atlanta
Connecticut
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Kentucky
Richard Nixon
Life
Nixon
Oil gouging under Nixon era actions blamed by study
A confidential Library of Congress Economics Division report ordered by Rep. John Moss tallies five White House and congressional edicts that allegedly let oil firms skim about 9 billion dollars from motorists and consumers in a year. The study also cites a 2.6 billion ripple effect from higher prices, inflation, and increased corporate profits, with details on price controls, profit margins, and exemptions.
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Washington
Nixon Administration
White House
John Mass
D-Calif
Congress
Library of Congress
Moss
House Commerce and Finance
Cost of
Treasury Dept
Treasury
Willam Simon
Federal Energy Office
Cost of Living
Cost of Living Council
Council
Anwar Sadat
Jack Brooks
D.-Tex
Nixon
Agency For International Development
Ford
Inner city traffic loop gains momentum in High Point plan
State Transportation Board member Bob Vaughn pushes a new inner loop project amid funding boosts for East College Drive and Albertson Sherman Roads segments. The city and state aim to complete the loop, with wider road work and a $450,000 traffic synchronization system, while new civic cooperation grows.
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State Transportation Board
Bob Vaughn
East College Drive
Edmonson Street
Monthieu Avenue
High Point
Albertson-Sherman Roads
East College
Montlieu
Lexington
Eastchester
East Green Drive
Transportation Board
City Hall
Letters to the Editor on Racial Overtones in Police Probe
A High Point Enterprise editorial on September 25 1974 is challenged over claims the police investigation takes on racial overtones. The writer defends six black officers and Judge Sammie Chess citing fairness, law firm choice, and jurisdiction while urging impartial treatment.
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High Point Enterprise
Sammie Chess
North Carolina
Police Department
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Ficult
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Supreme Court of the United States
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John Wydler
H.N. Y
Long Island
Wydler
Highway Board
Westchester
Furniture Manufacturers Club of Israel
Robert Friedman
U.S. Furniture Industries
Cheerios
Roaring Gap
Ron Austin
Roger Hibbard
Durham
Florida
United States
Austin
Bavaria
High Point College
Guilford
Greensboro
UNCG
Bennett Colleges
London
Hawaii
Robert E. Williams
HPC
Jack Burris
St. Andrews College
Hal Davis
Duke Power Company
T. G. Shelton
Bob M. Brooks
Sears Roebuck
Fred Swartzberg
Tobias, Inc
Better Business Bureau
Joan Lippincott
League of Professional Police Association
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