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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1977
Page
5
Martha Elizabeth Adams 91 remains in Watauga Memorial Hospital after a friend, Mrs Addie Horne of Mountain City Tennessee, brought her in for medicine and vanished. Adams has no money or belongings and faces a $1000 bill. Appalachian State University students have paid over 1200 toward her care while social services search for a suitable living arrangement.
North Carolina utility officials and gas companies warned the state faces emergency shortages next summer after a colder than normal winter. Public Service Co. may have to curtail for high priority customers if supplies run tight, as agencies weigh emergency gas needs and interstate allocation.
North Carolina students again rank below national averages on the SAT. Verbal scores average 394 while math averages 425, versus national 429 and 470. State officials cite long term underinvestment and plan early reading programs anticipated to show gains in years.
Evangelist Billy Graham says his worldwide association may disclose how it spends as much as 25 million dollars annually though not legally required. He says disclosure could come within six months and notes the board will decide what to release at a weekend meeting.
President Carter signed 300 pages of farm and food aid into law in a Rose Garden ceremony. The bill costs about 11 billion dollars to federal programs, with final figures only slightly above his initial proposals. Senators Muskie and Giaimo urged restraint on spending while business groups warned against high price supports risking foreign sales.
U S District Judge Hemphill dismissed Eugene David Jr.’s suit against National Lampoon over a 1973 photograph parodying Life magazine. The image showed David and his brother as welders at the Charleston Navy yard with captions about small stature and abilities.
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