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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1974
Page
1
A 1974 Los Angeles Times piece humorously lists failed job seekers for President Ford, including suggestive schemes to tape Oval Office conversations, run a presidential election committee, exploit tax laws, or create a covert enemies list. The text notes humorous offbeat ideas from figures proposing influence and post-presidency moves amid the Ford administration press.
Raleigh officials defend state ban on loss leader milk sales before a legislative study commission. Poisson and Harris warn that allowing losses would pressure dairy farmers and processors, disrupt pricing regulations, drive farmers out of business, and enable market control by large co operatives.
Davidson County eyes a day care program for elderly citizens living with working relatives. Pat Pressley, coordinator of the county council on aging, said federal funds decision and a $15,000 request to hire a director and assistant will be known in about two weeks. Additional support from county and city governments, civic and church groups, and individuals is sought, with a Thomasville church possibly providing facilities.
High Point Inspections Division has approved only one new dwelling in three weeks, a $25,000 house for Marvin Poole on Pine Valley Road. Across Greensboro and Guilford County rural areas, overall permits remain low amid a national housing slowdown. The division issued 70 permits totaling $358,517, including mobile homes, eight business permits, and several repair, improvement, and roofing permits. Notable entries include a $110,000 manufacturing facility addition on Berkley Street and improvements to the Southern Furniture Marketing Center complex.
High Point police investigate thefts including a $395 calculator from Jake Froelich Veneers on N Wrenn Street and two cutting knives worth $375 from Earnhardt Manufacturing on Prospect Street. Other losses include a $253 bracelet set from Eckerds Drug on Linden Street, a $140 lawn mower from Ms Dorothy Price on Guyer Street, a .22 rifle from John Foy Jr’s car, bicycles from residents on Larkin Street, $75 cash from Dr W J Hunts office, a table radio from Johnson Street School, and a shoplifting incident involving Juanita Archie Mack at Lerner Shop Westchester Mall.
President Gerald Ford is slated to visit Greensboro on October 19 to back Republican William Stevens in the U.S. Senate race. Stevens and Raleigh headquarters confirmed the White House plans, highlighting the trip as a campaign boost in the final stretch of the year.
In Raleigh Gov. Jim Holshouser and top aides have relocated to newly renovated offices in the state Administration Building. The project cost about $30,000, funded by regular state maintenance workers with no time records kept. The governor received a paneled office with a lavatory while aide Gene Anderson moved into the former governor’s suite, and press secretary Jack Childs and administrative assistant Phil Kirk gained larger offices.
Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt warned that galloping inflation tightens North Carolina’s budget and may force tax hikes or spending cuts. He told the State Employees Association that in the short run spending must be trimmed, though he could support a state employee pay raise if efficiency gains are found. He urged workers to help identify ways to reduce costs without cutting services or programs.
RALEIGH AP reports the North Carolina Utilities Commission projects a 30 to 40 percent natural gas shortage this winter. The order prescribes conservation, curtailment, and priority use rules, with residential and essential services like hospitals first. Penalties up to 500 percent may reimpose for excess use. Large industries would face first cutoffs, followed by industrials with no alt fuels, then small businesses, with emergency declarations if shortages persist. The Agriculture Department warns fertilizer could also be affected, risking spring shortages. priority urged for nitrogen fertilizer maker Farmer's Chemical Co. of Tunis to avert food supply impacts.
Greensboro area residents will organize a new Colfax and Sandy Ridge Community Council with an organizational session at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 30 at Colfax Elementary School. Rex Todd says attendees will set boundaries and form Nominating and by laws committees while studying local interests. Recreation needs drive interest as Guilford County proceeds with countywide proposals to be reviewed before a Dec. 31 Board of Commissioners presentation.
Raleigh reports Cornelia Tongue, gifted and talented coordinator for North Carolina's Department of Public Instruction, decries the neglect of gifted students. She cites unreliable testing, misidentification, and lack of diverse curricula as core issues, advocating tailored programs and broader teacher training to ensure a rightful, suitable education for gifted youths.
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