Preyer Sees Spending Cut Amid Inflation Fight
Preyer predicts a $5 to $10 billion spending reduction while stressing inflation battles top Nixon priority. He cites defense delivery system protection, three weapons pillars, and Russian missile subs as reasons Congress may surpass Nixon on electoral and tax reforms amid student unrest and potential state legislative pushback. He warns protests could trigger actions from moderates to conservatives. See PREYER on PAGE 2-A
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Schrafft
Nixon
Preyer
Nison
United States
Congress
U.S
Permits Totaling 193059 Issued by Inspections Dept
Building permits with a total value of 193059 were issued recently by the Inspections Department. Chief inspector L Freeman Hill approved 13 permits for new houses totaling 153200 and five for business projects worth 26809. Additional permits covered roofing, repairs, improvements to dwellings, and several specific projects including a 15000 bath house for Knoll Crest Swim Club and 10000 in front improvements to an E Washington Street business structure.
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Igen
L. Freeman Hill
Hill
Knoll Crest Swim Club
Francis Steet
C. E. Davis
E. Washington Street
Denland Development Co
S. Main Street
Man Given Six Months In Prison
THOMASVILLE John Cairrikier aged 49 of Blair Street was sentenced to six months in prison in Recorder's Court for failing to comply with a suspended sentence set March 17 after a drunken driving conviction. He must pay a fine and court costs and serve three nights in city jail. Richard D. Williams, 59, of Rt. 3, Thomasville, was acquitted of a drunken driving charge. Marion Howard Hughes, 24, of High Point, was fined 25 dollars and court costs for assaulting E. B. Hughes and ordered to pay doctor and hospital bills for Joe Hughes. An assault case against Henry C. Hale, 6, of Thomasville, was not pursued. He had been charged with assaulting Bobby C. Cabe with a knife.
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Thomasville
John Cairrikier
Blair Street
Recorder's Court
Cairrikier
L. Roy Hughes
Richard D. Williams
Rt. 3
Marion Howard Hughes
High Point
E. B. Hughes
Joe Hughes
Henry C. Hale
Bobby C. Cabe
Kaile
Cancer Detection Clinic Sunday at Bank Building
Under the High Point Unit of the American Cancer Society, dentists will conduct an Oral Cancer Detection Clinic Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the First Union National Bank Building. The service is free and aims to detect cancers early, per a cancer society official.
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High Point Unit
American Cancer Society
Focal Dentists
Cancer Society
Linic
First Union National Bank
Free Will Baptist Church to Host Sunday Singing
At Free Will Baptist Church on Ridgecrest Drive in High Point a Sunday singing is scheduled for 2 30 p m. The service led by the pastor the Rev Donald Fritts is open to the public.
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High Point Free Will Baptist Church
Ridgecrest Drive
Donald Fritts
Park development progress spans multiple High Point sites
High Point Parks and Recreation Director Ray Kisiah reports blasting at Allen Jay Park finished enabling grading on Elder Roads. The 7 acre facility will add three baseball fields four tennis courts and other amenities with a target ready date in late fall or early winter. Additional upgrades include expanding Picnic Shelter No 2 at City Lake Park a new boat dock construction at the same park lake stocking with shad minnows and substantial progress at Hedgecock Five Points Brentwood and Hillside Parks including more playgrounds and planned tennis and basketball court replacements at Washington Terrace.
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Allen Jay Park
Elder Roads
High Point Parks and Recreation
Ray Kisiah
Kisiah
Brentwood Park
Hillside Park
Washington Terrace Park
A Candid Cat Photo Stirs Backyard Noise Debate
A photographer claims a cat in a tree proves the animal is not the same kind as the nocturnal screamer heard on fences at 3 am. He has no nearby fence or alley and is not considered an authority on such matters.
Fire fatal in Gordonton area residence
One man died and another escaped by breaking a window when a house on Highway 109 in Gordonton burned late Friday. Wiley Curtis Kindley, 56, of Lexington, died in the blaze. Worley Kindley escaped. Firemen found the dwelling fully involved near midnight with cause suspected as a cigarette igniting upholstered-oil ponitich. Burial for Kindley will be at Community Missionary Baptist Church cemetery after services at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
Silver Valley
Room Fame
Highway 109
Gordontown
Wiley Curtis Kindley
Rt. 2
Lexington
Worley Kindley
Ciga
Boro
Community Missionary Baptist Church
Fred Carlton
Siler Funeral Home
Thomasville
Three Men Receive Active Prison Terms in Court Session
In Friday court, Julius Oxendine drew six months on the roads after admitting an active sentence in Asheboro. Edward Bennett received 90 days to six months for public drunkenness. Joe Louis Alford got 40 days for drunkenness convictions. Williams pled guilty to illegal use of whisky and faced a suspended sentence with a $100 fine. Beard couple found guilty of larceny with prayer for judgment continued. defendants to be photographed for local mercantile display. Richard Ingram received suspended sentences, probation, and a $50 fine for three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, with a four-year active sentence if probation is violated.
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Julius Oxendine
W. Greet Drive
Elreta Alexander
Asheboro
Edward Bennett
Amos Street
Joe Louis Alford
West Street
James Archie Williams
Thomasville
Melvin Hickman
Norfolk
Charles
Agnes Beard
Archdale
Winn- Dixie
Fairfield
Richard Ingram
Cedron Avenue
Cloudy Cooler Forecast For Weekend Weather Update
Forecasters predict cloudy conditions with cooler temperatures and a chance of rain on Sunday. Today's outlook shows increasing clearness tonight, while Monday remains mostly cloudy with little change in temperature.
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Seneri
Geravatty
Two Jamestown Brothers Die in River Tragedy
The Craven brothers Alva Roosevelt and Richard Thomas die in a river incident near Jamestown. Funeral services are at Four Square Gospel Church with burial at focal cemetery. Surviving are parents Mr. and Mrs. A R Craven Jr and siblings Cathy Keith and Jeffery.
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High Point
Richard Thomas Craven
Jamestown
Gary Lee Craven
Millis Road
Stanford Jameica
Foursquare Gospel Church
A R. Craven, Jr
Cathy Craven
Keith
Jeffery Seu
County bill would allow countywide school bond election without Asheboro
Randolph County attorney Worth Coltrane secured introduction of a legislative bill to permit a countywide school bond election without Asheboro, a separate district. If approved, county commissioners could call such an election after a petition signed by 10 percent of voters. Coltrane stressed the move is precautionary, not a current election plan.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Worth Coltrane
Coltrane
Roby Garner
Housing Group Gets $46,800 HUD Loan Approval
The High Point Housing Authority was notified Friday that the Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a $46,900 preliminary loan for planning 462 public housing units here. The loan enables preliminary planning for 112 elderly units 150 Turnkey NT units and 200 conventional family units, with an application submitted last October.
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High Point Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban ‘Development
City sees rise in housing permits with first quarter tops
City building inspector L Freeman Hill reports March permits total 838, adding to February and January values to surpass 10 million in construction for Q1. Permits include 1 nonresidential structure and 4 nonresidential additions, with 119 054 square feet for manufacturing and 46 476 for other uses.
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Hill
Pew
High Point
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Fred Wiley
Clifton Street
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Whittier Street
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Marlboro Street
St. George's Greek Orthodox Church
Jerry Parrist
Parks and Recreation Dept
City Lake Park
Hedgecock Park
Five Points Park
Davidson
Rette
Sai
Randolph ‘County
Barton
Myrtle McDowell Kindley
Ragan Knitting Mill
Effie Myers Kindley
Charles Aginine Summeys
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B. J. Leonard
Robert
Housing Group
Resi Ie
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