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The town of Tar Heel set their 1971-72 tax rate at 60 cents per $100.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol reported that there were nine wrecks in the county amounting to $6,700 damage. Five people were arrested and six people were injured.
District four North Carolina Wildlife Protectors held a meeting in Elizabethtown with District Supervisor L.L. Lineberry conducting the meeting.