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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1977
Page
12
The Thomasville City Council approves a renovation package for Hauss Gym incl adding six tennis courts and lighted softball fields with total project cap set near 250000. Temporary liaison Councilman Bob Holladay says plans may be ready in 30 to 60 days and roof replacement costs quoted around 8000.
Guilford County Board of Health meets at 7 3 p m in the Health and Social Services Building to hear progress on the Maternal Clinic relocation to the Family Planning Project trailer near High Point Memorial Hospital. Dr. Joseph Holliday notes more physicians, procedural changes, and expanded services. The agenda includes reports on the Family Planning Project and the Vasectomy Clinic and a preliminary discussion on proposed hazardous spill regulations to protect streams and water.
North Carolina's community college system now in its third decade aims to emphasize excellence while remaining open door institutions. President Ben E. Fountain Jr. says focus will be on exit quality to ensure graduates are prepared for further study or skilled work amid growing campus systems and job training.
Guilford County received 608 835 dollars from the federal revenue sharing program covering July August and September. County finance officer Thomas Cashwell said the payment was larger than the 590 000 estimated and July 590 983 received. The funds support construction for three school systems and the budget projects about 2 6 million from revenue sharing this year.
Mullet populations persisted with bustling activity despite persistent rainfall and overcast conditions. Fishermen noted ample catches as tides remained strong and water levels rose slightly during the stormy spell.
The Teamsters Local Union filed with the NLRB in Winston-Salem seeking an election at Thomas Manufacturing Co in Thomasville. The plant with over 300 production and maintenance workers makes plumbing supplies. A union spokesman said a two thirds turnout is expected to decide representation. A hearing in Winston-Salem is set next week to determine eligible voters.
The United States affiliated American Flint Glass Workers Union accepted a three year contract at Owens-Illinois after a strike since Sept 16. The pact provides 70 cents an hour retroactive to July 12, 1977, 40 cents plus 20 cents cost of living in 1978 and a similar third year increase. About 10 mold workers walked off at this plant and others.
The interracial attack exposed that Klan members lived near Camp Pendleton. Marines testified at courts martial. no victims were Klansmen, though three Klan members occupied the adjacent room. The defendant Spencer faces possible prison time, dishonorable discharge, and a fine if convicted, with his parents and two High Point witnesses present.
Dr. Charles Rowe, a High Point urologist and Davidson College and University of Virginia Medical School alumnus, will discuss prostate kidney and bladder cancer. The session runs 7 30 to 9 20 p.m. in High Point College science building with free admission. Sponsors are Oak Hollow Junior Woman's Club and the High Point unit of the American Cancer Society.
CITIZENS Main Street High Point Mall and K-Mart coordinate with inns in Winston-Salem and Greensboro to offer shuttle service from about 15 major hotels. Drivers supplied by hotels. A new shuttle terminal at the Sears parking lot will ease downtown traffic while reducing car rental and parking demand.
The piece notes a warmer year but warns of looming higher fuel bills as colder weather returns. It compares current fireplace use to 19th century practices, recalling Abraham Lincoln studying by firelight, and suggests fireplaces may regain importance.
Isaac Kleinerman, former editor of Victory at Sea, is executive producer of a 20 part TV series The Unknown War using Soviet archives. Narrated by Burt Lancaster and written by Harrison Salisbury, the program covers 1941 to 1945 with Air Time Inc. distributing for fall airings.
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