Series of traffic wrecks injure nine people downtown
Nine people were injured in Friday traffic accidents across three locations. Wilbert Wilson 41 of Lincoln Drive was charged with failing to reduce speed after a 9:20 p m Main Street crash that left one driver and two passengers hurt. Lois and Johnny Campbell were injured in another Green Drive Tryon Street wreck with no charges. A sixth street Linden collision injured two drivers. Betty White and Peggy Collins were treated. A six year old Kenneth Tucker was struck on Green Drive Park Street. Americus Dunbar Jr. 34 of Harrison Street charged after a Grace Street single vehicle crash. Police investigated a stolen school bus and a drunkenness/resisting case involving William Simms and Roy Bruton.
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S. Main Street
Wilbert Wilson
Lincoln
Wayne Shropshire
Fairfield Road
Jean Shropshire
Ray Farr
Thomasville Road
Opal Furr
Tammy Lynn Furr
Shropshire
Green Drive
Tryon Street
Linden
Betty White
Trinity
Peggy Collins
W. Green Drive
Park Street
Kenneth Tucker
Walnut Street
Americus Dunbar Jr
Harrison Street
Grace Street
Joel Bellamy
Hamilton Street
Bellamy
William Simms
Roy Bruton
Simms
Price Street
Bruton
City School Menus For Monday Through Friday
School lunch listings show daily menus for elementary and junior high students. Items include hot dog with chili and sides on Monday, oven fried chicken midweek, spaghetti with meat sauce, tomato vegetable soup and grilled or cheese sandwiches on Friday, with desserts like pineapple upside down cake and cherry cobbler.
Twins suffer matching wrist fractures at High Point Central
In one day at High Point Central High, 16 year old twins Faye and Raye Huggins both fell in gym class and broke a bone in their left wrist. Both occupy 603 Everette Lane and share an uncanny coincidence in injuries.
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High Point Central High
Faye Huggins
Everette Lane
Raye Huggins
Faye
Raye
Central High
Speaker is Named For Meet
Robert G. Harrison will be principal speaker at the 11th annual Awards Luncheon of the mayor s committee on Employment of the Handicapped. Harrison will also present the annual award for 1967. The program is planned for Wednesday at the Sheraton Hotel at 12 15 p.m. He is a Raleigh resident and East Carolina College graduate who joined the Vocational Rehabilitation Service in 1958 as a Greenville counselor and later supervised in Durham from 1961 to 1966 before his current post.
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Robert G. Harrison
North Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Harrison
Sheraton Hotel
Raleigh
East Carolina College
Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Greenville
Durham
North Carolina House debates higher home loan rate
Rep. Marcus Short of Guilford introduced a bill to raise the home loan interest ceiling from 6 to 7 percent. He said the measure, backed by Gov. Dan Moore, aims to lift a slump in home building by allowing higher rates on direct reduction, installment, and construction loans.
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Raleigh
Marcus Short
Guilford
North Carolina
Short
Dan Moore
Moore
General Assembly
Wardell Seeks Jamestown Mayoral Post With Full Slate
Jamestown candidate John B. Wardell Jr. filed for mayor as May 2 election nears, forming a full slate of two mayoral and eight council seats. If a rival files by today’s deadline a primary is possible. Wardell faces incumbent Thomas C. Ragsdale, with all current council members seeking re election.
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Jamestown
John B. Wardell Jr
Forestdale Drive
Wardell
Charles Turner
Indianhead Mills
High Point
Thomas C. Ragsdale
Harold E. Hall
Joe B. Blair
Knollwood Drive
R. Smith
Mendenhall Road
Hamrick Named President of Burlington Throwing Co
Earl A. Hamrick Jr. is named president of Burlington Throwing Co succeeding C. Douglas Blanchard who resigned. Hamrick to supervise Burlington Throwing operations while remaining president of Burlington Yarn Co. G Robert Pittman named executive vice president of Burlington Throwing Co in charge of national sales moving to New York City.
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New York
Earl A. Hamrick Jr
Burlington Throwing Co
C. Douglas Blanchard
Hamrick
Burlington Yarn Co
Burlington
Burlington Industries, Inc
Burlington Throwing
High Point
G. Robert Pittman
Burlington Throwing Company
Greensboro
N. C
New York City
Pittman
Fair And Cooler Weather Returns
Yesterday reached near 90 degrees while today highs stay around 60 with overnight lows near 40. Partly cloudy skies are expected, followed by a warming trend and possible scattered showers Monday.
Golf Play Day Set For Tuesday
The Furniture City Ladies Invitational Golf Association will hold its monthly play day Tuesday at Emerywood Country Club. Players must select their own foursome and call the pro shop to set starting times. Prizes will be awarded in each flight.
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Furniture City Ladies Invitational Golf Association
Emerywood Country Club
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Ferndale Drive
N. Main Street
Jerry Parrish
William Penn
Rep
J.B. Wardell
Fayetteville
Burlington Yarn Company
Shelby
The
Citadel
Wake Forest College
North Carolina State University
St. Pauls
Lees- McRae Junior College
U. S. Army Corps
the Circulation Department
High Point Enterprise
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