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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1977
Page
2
Coreen Odum a 42 year old Mount Airy service worker says guns can protect families but adds she might not use one if she never handles a firearm. The item presents a resident's mixed view on legislative action in North Carolina.
Surry County Agricultural Extension Agent Charles Jackson notes recent rains have boosted tobacco and other crops though parts of the county remain dry. Insects such as cutworms strain control efforts while flash floods and hail nip at eastern counties. Mount Airy water records show May rainfall at about 11.70 inches through May, well below 18.77 inches expected, with daily measurements dating back to 1924.
Neal advocates energy conservation policies while opposing tax rebates for small cars to avoid favoring foreign compacts. He weighs union impacts in labor decisions as residents urge fairness. A Dobson Elementary School group pressed Neal amid questions.
During his Siloam visit Neal signed autographs for students and spoke on taxes as civilization’s price. He discussed welfare, aid for seniors, schools, and environmental protection and weighed public financing of campaigns noting ads by special interests would persist.
A Metropolitan Life Insurance study shows migration trends shifting Americans toward the South and West. By end of 1976 California added 328,000 residents to reach 21,674,000, while Texas grew by 252,000 to 12,600,000. Alaska posted the highest rate growth at 5.14 percent.
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