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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1966
Page
13
Say County authorities urge voters to approve two bond issues totaling 14.0 million for public schools and Guilford Technical Institute facilities. Polls open 6 30 a m with aim of broad turnout, hoping for stronger participation than the 1969 bond election.
Asheboro moves to enforce a 1963 demolition ordinance targeting unsafe empty buildings. The board also discusses a plan to raise 7.5 million dollars in regular tax revenue over three years to fund 21 million in school improvements across High Point Guilford County and Greensboro systems to relieve crowding and support growth.
Charles Sanford Welborn, 93, of 1101 Blain St. died at 845 Trinity College Hospital after a long career in High Point and Thomasville, with work in groceries, furniture, and lumber. Survived by a daughter, services set at 4 p.m. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Sechrest Funeral Home handling arrangements.
Greensboro authorities question Tri Cities Terminals radar again as records show a 1960 lease by the FAA of land near the airport from Lindley Nurseries Inc. A 1931 deed of trust secured the property though the lease claimed it was unencumbered. The note changed hands until foreclosure at the courthouse door.
Firemen answered two routine calls Sunday but faced five alarms Saturday. Units responded to Adler Upholstery on Fulton Street and a car fire on N Main, finding the upholstery plant alarmed but with no fire. The car blaze was extinguished in minutes. Saturday's alarms included a smoke probe at the Robbins home on N Main, a fire in Mitchell's Septic Tank Co. on Nance Avenue, a grease fire at the Cassidy home on Grace Street, a trash fire on E Green, and a woods fire on Baker Road. none posed a serious problem.
Advocates say a single chamber legislature eliminates redundancy and slows, streamlining lawmaking and reducing gridlock associated with two houses. They claim clearer accountability and faster passage of bills without the friction of a second chamber.
Walter S. Carter of Concord, a cook at the Asheboro prison camp, vanished after completing duties Sunday. Bloodhounds were used along Mack Road for hours without success as an intensive search continued for the escapee.
Guilford County Republicans face a Friday noon deadline to field a full slate including state senate and House seats county commissioner sheriff and other posts. Party leaders like Phil Lacy express optimism but still must fill three state Senate and six House seats plus county clerk and two commissioner seats as Democrats hold most offices. Notables such as Dale Montgomery Percy Sears and leaders John Hutchens and William Osteen are expected to file or be urged to run, amid a decline from a late 1950s resurgence.
Police search for Robert Bass of Willis Street after a Sunday night shooting in which he was struck once and is wanted on an assault with a deadly weapon charge intent to kill. Other incidents include break ins at Cooper's Grocery, vandalism at American Service Station, and several traffic injuries.
The High Point area faces a warmer trend with chances of showers over the next two days. Tonight will be partly cloudy and not as cold, with a low near 44. Tuesday looks mostly cloudy and warmer with scattered showers, high around 68, and cooler conditions possible afterward.
The vacation Bible school clinic of the Central Baptist Assn. will be held tomorrow at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church with two sessions from 9 to 11 a.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Russell Lee Hinton is noted as news of the Sarah beginner, and Mrs. Mae McFarland is listed for nursery duties.
A devotional prayer invokes God to be near as doubts arise on Easter morning and asks for shared victory over doubt through personal encounter. Attributed to Winfield Burggraaff of New York City, director of editorial services for the Reformed Church.
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