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Statesville Record and Landmark from Statesville, North Carolina • 14

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Statesville, North Carolina
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14
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Wednesday August 24 1977 Statesville Record Landmark Pagel5 A 1 i CUT THE hW xd Ci yLJB jrvmt Mils fa 1 Ww ihMkm Jr A RfHHHHf PJkSKbdBh sSa flWenrwm 3861121 nlk ul jjT tfe BP' ''xsv' vC tI wtw nzapTTgBg RIDES AND EXHIBITS A display called "Creative Income (top photo) which shows ways of making money around the farm earned a blue ribbon for Mr and Mrs Larry Sorkin Rockstein at the Alexander County air yesterday A littlegirl bottom photo took advantage of the lull before the storm to enjoy a ride at the fair bringing her stuffed tiger along for the trip The event continues at the county fairgrounds through Saturday evening 'All Or Nothing Situation Ruled Out $100 Million Loss Misleading RALEIGH NC (AP) A top official of the University of North Carolina system says inaccurate to say that the system stands to lose $100 million a year in federal aid in its current dispute over federal desegregation guidelines not a case of all the funds being lost even if they find non compliance not an all or nothing said John San ders UNC vice president for planning in answer to questions Sanders commented following the think at least a couple of years away as to particular programs and even then we are not talking about $100 he said they cannot make a case that the entire university is in violation of Title Sanders noted that much of the federal money goes to support programs to assist black students would seem very unlikely that HEW having as its primary concern the welfare of black students at the university would cut off funds on which the majority of these students he said understand from HEW lawyers there has not been a proceeding that they have carried through to the point of cutting off funds from an he said Asked if it was not inaccurate to say that the university faced the possible cutoff of $100 million in federal funds Sanders said: because I think it would require a combination of cir cumstances that could not 'g tr3T3 ifaOZ7rtJy L754' up'' 411 yfGSS Y4 ut Gt Lix" 1 COUNTY AIR Early birds had the best time at the Alexander County Agricultural air last night When the fair opened at 6 o'clock the weather was still good but before the evening ended a heavy downpour turned the grounds soggy and sent fairgoers scurrying for shelter (Simon Photos) 32nd Annual Event Opened Rainfall Dampens Alexander air TAYLORSVILLE The 32nd annual Alexander County Agricultural Eair got off to a soggy start Tuesday evening as an evening thundershower dampened the opening festivities As one fairgoer need the rain but not right this When the gates opened at 6 pm the sky was overcast but the rain held off for an hour or so allowing early arrivals to stroll the grounds try their hand at the carnival games and take a spin or two on the ferris wheel In the exhibit hall displays by garden clubs 4 clubs local business and agencies and other groups were already neatly in place and sported shiny blue red and white ribbons rating their ex cellence The apple crop display usually one of the most impressive of the entire fair is noticeably smaller this year This is not however ac cording to Agricultural Extension Service officials because the crop itself is smaller but rather because the entrance categories have been changed In previous years agricultural agents said there were too many entries so requirements were altered this year to produce a smaller and easier to judge display Schoolchildren from Bethlehem Ellendale Wittenburg and West Junior High Schools were admitted free last night Students from other schools will be admitted free of charge on the following schedule: tonight Alexander Central High School Thursday Hiddenite Stony Point Sugar Loaf Taylors ville East Junior High and Central Junior High Presented by the Taylorsville Lions Club the event continues through Saturday Hours are to 11 pm today through riday and 1:30 to 11 pm on Saturday Admission is $1 for adults and 25 cents for children ages six through 15 Entertainment will be provided tonight by The Gospel Voices from Union Grove and The Alexander Squares On riday The Jenkins amily A Wood and the Smoky Ridge Boys and the Oak orest Cloggers are scheduled to appear The latter two groups will give en core performances on Saturday The fee for supervised parking is 25 cents Proceeds go to the Alexander County Rescue Squad Refreshments are provided in booths staffed by members of the Taylorsville Kiwanis Club and the Ellendale Ruritan Club Mt Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa It rises to a height of 19590 feet Time To ix Up! Call MISTER 'G' 872 0568 SOLID VINYL SIDING STONE IREPLACES AND OR ALL YOUR REMODELING NEEDS! 100 inancing at NCNB 1 to 7 Years Member of Statesville Chamber of Commerce I tm ill I 1 4 1 LOU New Showroom Opening Soon at 411 East ront Street UNC Board of Governors Monday approval of a revised plan for desegregation of the 16 UNC units that falls considerably short of guidelines set by the US Depart ment of Health Education and Welfare The UNC plan seeks a goal of increasing black enrollment at its predominantly white institutions by 32 per cent This contrasts with a 150 per cent increase decreed by HEW The $100 million figure represents the total amount of federal grants received by all the 16 UNC in stitutions for literally scores of different programs Sanders said the law pretty clear that a termination of funds or refusal to grant new fundsshall be limited in its effect to the particular program or part thereof in which such noncompliance has been He explained that such instances require a hearing before a HEW examiner The HEW secretary then would review the matter and his decision would be considered by a congressional committee funds for an individual program would be cut off Then he noted the university could appeal the decision to the courts Licensing ee Costly BATH Maine (AP) It has cost Carol Ann Brown $100 so far to make her point that she does not have to pay a $3 local dog licensing fee The $100 was for bail after she pleaded innocent Tuesday to a violation of the licensing law The case was continued to Sept 9 keep the dog on my property 24 hours a day and I pay real estate she said don't have to get a license for my horses so I can't see any reason for one for the The Woolwich woman was hand cuffed by Sheriff's deputies who arrested her at home riday for refusing to appear in court on a summons She said the town dog catcher had been at her house three weeks earlier with a paper looked like a summons I refused to look at SALISBURY jflfek CONCORD GhOES STATESVILLE JKf A 1 BASS COUNTRY A for fall 77 What a fabulous selection of the Bass 100 Bass Squeejuns Bass Handsew and of cour the traditional Ba Weejun jf MQk juutnv loafer Come our great Bass looks in Phil's Bass Country zlk mW 41 mss shoes rnicKD Crf S2799 S3999 I AIl()TALLSnilS I I1LV I) Ar uffi JJI 4bS sWflT "jlf 1.

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