08 Sep 1976
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1976
Page
1
About 175 whites, mostly teenagers, hurled bottles at police near Charlestown High School as Boston schools reopened for the third year of court-ordered integration. A black U.S. marshal was struck in the ankle. seven officers and eight others were lightly hurt.
Claude Wild Jr former Gulf Oil chief lobbyist repudiates claims he gave Sen. Bob Dole $2000 in 1970 to pass to Republican Senate candidates. Dole accepts apology, says no funds from Wild. Wild says error stemmed from records and misreading a check stub. The episode follows prior grand jury testimony and Gulf funding inquiries.
The reader questions cover Legion ball strikeout records back to 1949, Civil Service exam prep options at Guilford Technical Institute with schedules, postal exam aids, ditch cleaning on Motes Street, arrowhead collecting with museum contact, misrouted mail in High Point, and a home remedy for ants from Jamestown vendors.
The FDA announced that 10 strong nonprescription medicines now available only by doctor’s order will be sold directly to consumers. The panel urged limits on active ingredients and clearer labels, and warned medicines offer only temporary relief. The move aims to cut doctor visits during cold season and save time and money.
Jimmy Carter pressed voters across the Northeast while Ford stayed in Washington. In Scranton Pa a crowd estimated at 1000 gathered outside his hotel waving antiabortion signs as Carter, protected by Secret Service, greeted supporters. Carter reaffirmed opposition to a constitutional abortion amendment, stressing religious and ethical concerns in his campaign.
Supporters of the Humphrey Hawkins jobs bill push a watered down version to win House Education and Labor Committee approval then seek floor passage and Senate action before adjournment October 2. The plan would tap public service jobs and federal steps to spur private hiring amid cost estimates from 8 to 30 billion dollars. Some Carter supporters criticize the measure.
Bloomfield California AP reports artist Christo Javacheff begins erecting a 168 foot high nylon fence over 24 miles of hills to the Pacific. 300 workers start at dawn stringing white panels on 2 050 posts across 55 farms, with a last 1 000 feet toward the ocean left incomplete. The project costs 2 million and spans two weeks, after which the artist plans dismantling.
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