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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1971
Page
10
A brief notice notes ongoing work on Washington Drive at the intersection with N Main Street. Local motorists should expect minor delays and use alternate routes as crews complete repairs.
A Washington teacher at Public School 349 leads students through arithmetic word problems about promised raises and wage freezes. The lesson questions Nixon era economics and public policy, ending with homework to write to President Nixon about teacher strikes.
Local authorities schedule final action on a $350,000 Emergency School Assistance Program in High Point to address desegregation issues. The plan seeks federal funds, with a Sept 10 deadline for the application and a projected Oct 1 decision on eligibility amid ongoing debate over HEW guidelines and prior funding.
Bill Green vice president of Acme Sample Books will head the Metropolitan Division for the United Fund Campaign this fall. Holt McPherson announces the appointment as about 100 volunteer workers plan to solicit 750 small businesses including retailers shops and insurers to raise 12507 this year with Richard Wood coordinating section chairs.
State Sen. Hargrove Bowles of Greensboro indicated he will run for governor after speaking at a Hickory breakfast. He said a final decision would come later in fall or winter and praised strong statewide support and pledges to fund his campaign.
Local parents sought help from narcotics agents as Lt. Thomas Hammitt confirmed an investigation into reports that teenagers, many from affluent High Point neighborhoods, attend outside city pot parties. Up to 30 youths may be involved with activities near Willow Creek in Davidson County.
A police crackdown on motorists without 1971 city license plates in High Point prompted a surge in tag sales. The Motor Vehicle License Plate Agency reports sales rose sharply since the crackdown ordered by the City Council last week. About 200 vehicles were checked at a roadblock on S Centennial Street, yielding six violators.
Guilford County Commissioners authorize 2.1 million dollars in revenue bonds for the Greensboro High Point Airport Authority to buy land for a new terminal, expand sewer and fire facilities, and pay terminal planning consultants. The authority projects 7 8 percent annual growth and notes total airport improvements will reach 13 million over five years ending 1972.
Louisville, Kentucky ranked second in per capita 100 proof bourbon whisky purchases, according to the Bourbon Institute. Chicago led, with New York in third place.
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