J Edgar Hoover Declared National Monument Still Standing
Critics press for Hoover resignation but the National Fine Arts Commission holds Hoover as a living monument. The seven member body could only remove him if he no longer fits an historic role. They may relocate him to a quieter site near the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception if pressure grows.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
House
Hale Boggs
John Mitchell
FBI
Hoover
United States
Mr. Hoover
National Fine Arts Commission
Fine Arts Commission
Dillinger
John Dillinger
Justice Department
Three Names Proposed for Lake Park in Asheboro
Asheboro council considers three proposals for the new lake and park area. Forest Lake Park Lake Valley Park and Oak Hollow Park are on the table as officials prepare to name the reservoir.
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Parks and Recreation Commission
Forest Lake Park
Lake Valley Park
Oak Hollow Park
Robert Davis
Jesse Washburn
Washburn
Davis
Ridgecrest Annex Sparks Anticipated Complaints Over New Subdivision
Ridgecrest on the city eastern boundary faces potential backlash as a Winston-Salem firm buys 160 acres from American Land Co. to build about 370 homes near the annexed area. The project prompts questions about future annexation and city planning ahead of a May 11 council changeover.
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Ridgecrest
Coy Putman
Winston-Salem
American Land Co
Putman
Greenwood
Charles
Bales Road
Dillon Road
High Point
16 Year Old Archdale Youth Dies In Wreck
Phillip Charles Hunt 16 of 502 Abbie Ave High Point died after a 1955 car left Solomon Payne Road near Hasty School and overturned several times. Passenger Patricia Ann Palmer 15 was treated and released. Hunt, born May 17 1954, was a Schoonbeck Furniture employee and Providence Wesleyan Church member. Funeral Wednesday at Providence Wesleyan Church with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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Archdale
Hasty School
Davidson County
Davidson County Highway Patrol
Phillip Charles Hunt
Abbie Ave
Hunt
Solomon Payne Road
Providence Wesleyan Church
C. Glen Parnell
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral
Fort Worth Driver Survives I-85 Tractor-Trailer Crash
James Carroll Ary of Fort Worth Texas was en route to High Point Memorial Hospital when his overturned tractor-trailer on I-85 near the W Green Drive interchange left him in satisfactory condition. The Brandt Co truck he drove is also based in Fort Worth.
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James Carroll Ary
Fort Worth
Texas
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ary
W. Green Drive
Brandt Co
Filing deadline nears for Thomasville municipal race
Midnight tonight marks the filing cutoff for the May 4 election. Four contested seats have one incumbent candidate each: Carl C. Wilson running for mayor, Charles Eanes seeking re election in the Third Ward, with Ken Huffman and Brad Hunsucker contesting the First Ward and at large seats. Possible candidates Tom Johnson and Curry Regan are mentioned but undecided.
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Thomasville
Carl C. Wilson
Charles Eanes
Ken Huffman
Brad Hunsucker
Tom Johnson
Curry Regan
Medicaid Costs Fall in Guilford County in April
Medicaid expenses for Guilford County eased to 55 805.69 dollars in April for the second straight month while February peaked at 62 897.18 dollars. The county share equals 12 1 2 percent of total program costs with state 12 1 2 percent and the federal government paying the rest. The county has spent 550 279 09 dollars so far, surpassing the 354 821 budget, prompting increases to 460 242 and extra 60 000 additions in February and March. Current Medicaid fund holds 29 962 91 dollars with two months left in the fiscal year ending June 30.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Thomas Cashwell
Cashwell
Area Employers Forecast Need For Workers To Show Increase
Area employers in High Point forecast a need for more than 1,000 additional workers over the next six months per an Area Manpower News letter from the local Employment Security Commission. The report notes March unemployment down 150 from February, with total area employment at 45,960, and highlights shifts across industries including gains in apparel and non-durables and losses in textiles and furniture.
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High Point Area
Employment Security Commission
High Point- Jamestown
ESC
High Point
William Hollar
Hollar
Unem
Jamestown
Sara
Guilford County Seeks federal aid for waste project
Guilford County asks the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments for a $900,000 federal grant toward a $1.2 million solid waste project serving Greensboro and surrounding areas. The plan includes transfer stations to grind waste for landfills, reducing space needs and odor. The review proceeds at the Albert Pick Motel with regional officials present.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Albert Pick
I- 40
Thief Snatches Bronze Ford Fairlane on English Street
Jimmy Williamson reported the theft of a 1966 bronze Ford Fairlane with a black top and license HY 2393 to police just before noon Monday on English Street in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Jimmy Williamson
English Street
Williamson
Guilford County to decide on sales tax on June ballot
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners plans a special Wednesday session to decide whether to place a one percent sales tax increase on the June 8 ballot to fund a five year program of school and public works improvements including new schools a jail a water sewer extension fund and solid waste facilities.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
John Witherspoon
Guilford County Administration
Guilford Technical Institute
Witherspoon
Richard Maxwell
Dale Montgomery
F. P. Bodenheimer Jr
Robert Shaw
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Coanetenet
Eac High School
High Point Enterprise
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Soany Hedgecock
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N. C. 68
Guilford College
North Carolina Regional Council
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Percy Sears
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