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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1976
Page
5
A compact reflection presents Psalm 144 15 blessing the people and Storm Jameson on happiness. It quotes a belief that happiness comes from deep feeling simple enjoyment free thought risk and being needed.
The board, split on a motion, chose to take no action after considering "solid evidence" that candidates James C. Green and Howard N. Lee promised assistance to John Jordan in exchange for support. The piece argues the board should refer the matter to the General Assembly to repeal or revise the law rather than ignore it.
A door knock by Lions Club members with brooms and mops promotes the annual Light Conservation and Work for the Blind Month in North Carolina. The drive supports programs for the blind and emphasizes early detection clinics as a prevention measure amid rising blindness numbers.
A college engineering student recalls the slide rule as a once common belt worn tool named log log duplex decking while electronic calculators push it toward nostalgia. Some schools still require slide rule proficiency though many manufacturers have dropped them. The battery calculator outpaces the rule in speed and accuracy and its price declines. the slide rule may become a collector’s item.
A Chicago pediatrician was urged by southern Illinois officials to move there, with home, clinic, and $40,000 yearly income guarantees offered. The piece notes HEW data on urban rural healthcare gaps, rural shortages, and proposals from the National Health Service Corps and 1970s legislation, highlighting the slow response and urgent need for care.
The article recalls S H Tomlinson as a pioneering High Point furniture innovator who built open showrooms for dealers in the 1920s, helping turn the city into a premier furniture market. It notes his reforms at Tomlinson Chair Co, the firm’s growth, and later shifts as markets and ownership evolved. It also covers Burlington Industries’ expansion via Globe Furniture and related showrooms, plus local property news including the sale and planned demolition of the old Washington Street residence.
The Ford administration claims moral opposition to the Arab boycott while allowing U S firms to trade under boycott conditions totaling 45 billion dollars over two years. Banks and letters of credit involving Arab transactions reached 86 million in early 1976, as the Commerce Department and Federal Reserve failed to enforce anti boycott rules, promoting loopholes and lax oversight amid Pentagon and industry pressure. The Moss and Rosenthal subcommittees charge officials with weak enforcement and selective policing, noting cases like General Electric escape from boycott pressure and Topps Gum being blacklisted by Arabs, all to preserve petrodollar interests.
CAPITOL VIEWPOINT outlines Roger L MacBride and the Libertarian campaign manifesto A New Dawn for America The piece argues for shrinking Washington power returning to Founding Fathers ideals and advocates for fewer federal and state governments while warning that government expands to fill discipline vacuums Carl Rowan is cited noting Medicaid fraud risks and calls for medical self reform to avoid greater government intrusion
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