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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1969
Page
4
In Spencer North Carolina racial tensions at the consolidated North Rowan High School led to an early closing for a second day. The school absorbed Dunbar High students this year and about 70 percent of students are white. after unrest, white and black negotiating teams were formed but classes again dispersed.
Raleigh AP reports administration efforts to curb the national economy show little effect in North Carolina. August payrolls reach 1,688,400 with an 8,200 rise, manufacturing employment up 11,300 to 703,900, and weekly hours up to 40.5. Wachovia notes the NC business index reaches a nine month high, with total manufacturing hours rising to 28.5 million and a 7.9 percent year over year increase.
More than 100 NC drivers were granted special driving privileges after second or third drunken driving convictions. The DMV said officials will inform judges of errors and seek revocation of illegal privileges. Regional economic notes follow with bank debits rising 0.4 percent to 5.6 billion in August and employment shifts in textiles and other sectors.
North Carolina GOP leader Holshouser urged Faircloth to resign over a potential conflict of interest. He criticized a trust agreement draft linking Faircloth to Faircloth Construction Co. and said completion before taking office would have avoided the perceived advantage and cloud of suspicion surrounding the highway commission.
Patsy Marcella Long, 13, an eighth grade student at a Burlington junior high, became ill during calisthenics and told a teacher she felt red. She received mouth to mouth resuscitation for 20 minutes before a doctor pronounced her dead at the school office.
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