Three more GOP candidates file for High Point council
Enterprise City Editor Forrest Cates reports three more Republicans enter the High Point City Council race, expanding the field to 15. Dr. W Kiser, a dentist and Democrat convert, joins with W P Carrick and Paul Clapp on rival slates led by mayoral hopeful Robert Davis.
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Enterprise City
GOP Council
W. Kiser
W. P Carrick
Paul Clapp
Dr. Kiser
Clapp
Carrick
Robert Davis
Guilford Board Backs $100 Million State School Bond
Guilford County commissioners and Rep. William L. Osteen backed a proposed $100 million state school bond issue. The plan would allocate funds by student enrollment with a 10 percent growth allowance, potentially yielding about $5.6 million for Guilford. Osteen opposed a $50 million option as unfair to the county.
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Guilford County
William L. Osteen
Guilford
Rep. Osteen
Commissioners
Group Denied Use Of GOP Headquarters For Davis Campaign
A faction backing Councilman Robert Davis for mayor is denied access to the GOP headquarters and plans to open its own office at the Sheraton Hotel within 48 hours. The Davis group forms under the label Republicans for Bob Davis with J N Rawleigh Jr as campaign manager, while the party endorses only candidates with official backing. Two more candidates filed on the Davis ticket as the party headquarters, already partly open at High and Main, prepares a formal launch.
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Executive Committee
Floyd Mehan
Republicans
Bob Davis
A. G. Whitener
Council
Carson Stout
J. J. Wilson
Robert Davis
J. N. Rawleigh Jr
GOP
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Rawleigh
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Defense Witness Queried At Trial
In Winston Salem a defense witness Lane C. Burris testified for nearly seven hours about seaming machinery and the Ledwell toe closure method amid cross examination by plaintiffs’ attorney James Burns. The trial stalls continue as courtrooms host other proceedings and resume tomorrow.
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Torney
James Burns
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Pleasant Piedmont Weather Outlook Adds Warm Sunny Days
Forecasters predict mild, sunny weather in the Piedmont for today and tomorrow with a high around 85. Tonight should be fair with a low near 55, and Thursday may bring partly cloudy skies and a chance of afternoon thundershowers.
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Piedmont
Friendship
Trial Median On Main Approved By Council
City council approves a trial yellow median on Main Street to test traffic and parking effects. Angle parking on N and S Main will switch to parallel. funds include about 10000 from merchants and property owners. formal action planned for Thursday.
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the Development Corporation
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Local Power Changeover To Begin In High Point
The city will switch about 3,000 electric customers from Duke Power to the city system starting tomorrow. There will be a brief power interruption in the Westchester Chestnut area with interruptions lasting up to 30 minutes. Additional cut overs will occur at 1 to 2 week intervals, completing within 2 months, according to City Manager Harold Cheek.
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Chestnut
Burton
Windows Broken In Store Fronts On E Green Drive
Police investigated a series of store front glass breakings on E Green Drive. Vandals shot holes in Norge Self Service Wash Manns Drug Store and the Big Bear Supermarket. Estimated damage 125 dollars. Investigation continues.
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Mann's Drug Store
Big Bear
High Point Honored as All America City
A North Carolina General Assembly resolution commends High Point for its selection as an All America City. The Guilford County delegation notes 70 plus contenders and highlights nine achievement areas including urban renewal, 21 new industries in 1962, a new City County Building, and efforts to improve race relations and housing.
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Louis Fisher
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Jay
Ycee
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Furniture Sales Rise in February and Year-to-Date
Furniture manufacturers' February sales rose 4.6 percent from a year earlier, with an 8.6 percent gain for January and February combined. Shipments for the two months were up 7.1 percent, and unfilled orders at the end of February were 89 percent higher, equating to about eight weeks of current shipments.
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Boy Injured In Accident With City Truck
A seven year old boy David Allen Joyce was admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital for head injuries after apparently running into a city owned truck on Wise Street at about 8 20 am. The truck was driven by Eddie James Stutts 61 of Almina Street. Joyce is the son of Mrs Phyllis Joyce of 1018 Asheboro Street. No charges were filed.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Wise Street
Eddie James Stutts
Almina Street
Young Joyce
Phyllis Joyce
Asheboro St
Man Charged With Aiding In Break-Ins
Police arrested Jasper Boyd Lee, 33, of Thomasville on charges of aiding and abetting breaking and entering, larceny and receiving. The December warrant says he aided Jimmy Driggers in a break-in at Guilford Veneer Co. on Mandustry Road. Lee allegedly drove Driggers to the plant, helped them enter, returned for Driggers, and the pair split $5 from vending machines. Bond set at $1,000. hearing to be scheduled.
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Thomasville
Lee
Jimmy Linwood Driggers
Guilford Veneer Co
Mandustry Road
Driggers
Veneer Company
Curtis Sexiton
Whiteoak Street
B. W. Rich
High Point
Sexton
Rich
Fletcher F. Crawford
Crawford
Wise Street
Mangum Avenue
Rosie Roach
Bond
Theodore Bobbitt Jr
Chapel Hill
Highway 29
Prayer for TADAY Sets Tone for Patience and Courage
A short invocation by Joseph R. Sizoo of George Washington University asks for guidance as humanity faces a new day and world. He appeals for unfaltering trust in goodness, simple wisdom, and modest power in God’s name.
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Joseph R. Sizoo
Washington, D. C
George Washington University
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