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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1971
Page
9
Gov Bob Scott designated Saturday night as trick or treat night in North Carolina noting Halloween falls on Sunday. He said it is not proper for ghoulies and goblins to be flitting on the Sabbath and that the next day is a school day. He urged uniform celebrations Saturday across the state.
The House near votes on a bill to grant Alaska natives 40 million acres and 925 million dollars in cash and royalties from public lands. A key amendment would study 50 million acres for potential public use whilefavoring parks refuges and scenic areas. Critics warn of conflicts with native land selections and the trans Alaska pipeline but supporters call it a fair settlement.
Maryland senators Mathias and Beall must pay off a World Series bet by riding an elephant at the Capitol. With circus options costly, aides searched Richmond and Philadelphia circuses for a suitable elephant to satisfy the wager against Pennsylvania senators who root for the Pirates.
Charles B. Winberry, top state Democratic official and Young Democratic Club president, is acquitted of charges related to a September 12 crash near Zebulon that killed NC State student Jerry Lynn Pershing. Trooper testimony described skid marks and speed. another rider James Fowler survived.
The Rev. Dr. Walter D. Bingham was elected moderator of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ, becoming the first Black leader of the 1.5 million-member denomination. He pledges real integration and shared contributions from all races, opposing paternalistic norms and urging equality and mutual respect.
John Phelps and his wife Sharon of Westerville hitchhiked to Columbus after a car breakdown on the freeway. Six hours later their six-pound boy was born, making them new parents in Ohio.
A North Carolina judge refused to grant a temporary injunction that would stop major oil companies from supporting their dealers in gasoline price wars pending trial. Tar Heel Oil Co. of Statesville had sought to bar price supports except on a statewide basis, arguing such aids hurt independent competitors and force closures.
Vice President Spiro Agnew toured Knossos ruins and a Minoan artifacts museum guided by Eletheria Gavala and Stylianos Palacos. He then visited the NATO missile base at Hania for a briefing and praised Greece's government for electrification education health and welfare progress amid talks with Premier Papadopoulos. Throngs gathered in Gargalianos to greet him.
In Transylvania County North Carolina Cannon McCall 90 settled by dismissing a willful damage charge against U S Forest Service Ranger Dan Hile The case involved a buried house trailer on land claimed by the forest service McCall deeded to the service any land rights and received 3600 dollars He also dropped a separate suit over ownership The incident stemmed from the burial of Vernon McCall 41 who died in a car crash last June in Balsam Grove area.
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