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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1977
Page
3
Weather outlook shows mostly cloudy conditions through Saturday with highs in the low 70s and a 30 percent chance of drizzle or light rain. North Carolina forecast varies by elevation with 70s elsewhere and 60s in the mountains, while South Carolina stays partly cloudy and mild with 70s highs.
The state proposes bonds to fund road work over five years with 175 million for secondary roads, 75 million for secondary, and 50 million for urban highways plus 10 percent for bridges. Officials say 7 billion is needed to bring 75,000 miles of state roads up to standard.
NC native and prolific novelist Ben Haas died Thursday in a New York hotel room apparently of a heart attack. He was 51 and had suffered several heart incidents in recent years. Haas wrote more than 80 novels including The Foragers Look Away Look Away and The Chandler Heritage reflecting Civil War, civil rights, and textile themes.
About a fifth of 550 former Wentworth Manufacturing workers in Lake City are approved for union severance checks. The ILGWU pays $20 per year of employment from a New York fund. Labor Dept officials say the amount is proper after review. Some workers laid off before closure receive nothing. union and plant managers were unable to explain the calculation.
Daniel R. Webster told jurors he would kill again if spared. the panel recommended execution for the 51 year old man who pleaded guilty to the July 26 murder of his wife Gladys Beauchamp Webster. The sentence will be reviewed by the North Carolina Supreme Court.
In Epsom Magistrates Court Joyce McKinney 27 of Minneapolis North Carolina and Keith May 24 of Maywood California were remanded without bail on charges of kidnapping and unlawfully imprisoning Kirk Anderson 21 Utah missionary of the Mormon church. The case was adjourned to November 3 with pleas not yet entered and public interest high as Anderson says he escaped.
About 100 Ft Bragg soldiers mostly married and living off base are confined as authorities search for a missing M 16 rifle from the 508th airborne infantry battalion during Exercise Bald Eagle deployment in Florida. A base spokesman says the confinement is an investigative measure and not punishment.
The state Ports Authority meets to decide on upgrading Morehead City port for container cargo. It considers a $900,000 turning basin to enable the crane, or possibly moving the crane to Wilmington instead.
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