Trinity Soldier Sees No End To Viet War
Garry Crotts a Trinity area infantryman with the First Air Mobile Division returned home on 45 day leave after a year in Vietnam. He survived grenade wounds malaria and a helicopter crash and believes South Vietnamese leaders gain from the conflict. He notes high prices for American goods for GIs and recalls his near-fatal missions near the Cambodian border and an encounter with two Viet Cong in an observation post.
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Ray Hubbard
Rt. 2
Trinity
Vietnam
Garry Crotts
Roy W. Crotts
First Air Mobile Division
Saigon
Trinity High School
Crofts
Garry
Causby Attacks Model City Label In Local Race
Forrest Cates reports that discussion of High Point entering a federal model cities program becomes a campaign issue in upcoming city elections. John Causby accuses the program of steering the city toward socialism as Republican candidates react to the proposal.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
High Point
City Coun
John Causby
Causby
GOP
Willie Gilmore Seeks New Trial In Burglary Case
Willie Gilmore, known for three burglary charges in one year, seeks a new trial claiming inadequate counsel and lack of face-to-face confrontation with accusers. A hearing before Judge Walter Crissman will decide if a retrial is granted.
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Willie
Willie Gilmore
Gilmore
Tate Street
John McConnell
Southern Pines
Walter Crissman
Bassett Opens New Showroom Between High Point and Thomasville
Bassett Furniture Industries formally opened a new 80,000 square foot showroom on a 37 acre site along Highway 29 70A near I 85. Chairman J Ed Bassett cut the ribbon with State Sen C V Henkel and Mayor Tom Johnson in attendance as executives and officials praised expansion in North Carolina.
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Bassett Furniture Industries
High Point
Thomasville
Robert Spilman
Spilman
J. Ed Bassett
Bassett Board
Leon Schute
High Hunter
Greensboro
King Hunter Inc
Charles Saas
C. V. Henkel
Statesville
Dan Moore
Bassett
North Carolina
Tom Johnson
Bassett Showroom
Rain Forecast Mentioned For Area This Weekend
Weather forecast from Friendship notes a 30 percent chance of rain tonight and a 60 percent chance Saturday with scattered showers. Partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures are expected with highs near 80 and a low tonight in the low 60s. Sunday's outlook calls for more scattered afternoon showers. Last night’s low was 55.
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Friendship
High Point Considers Pay Raise for City Officials
A bipartisan committee in High Point studies a across-the-board pay raise for the mayor and eight council members. They compare salaries with the state's five largest cities and plan a proposal for the Guilford General Assembly delegation next week. The mayor would be paid 250 monthly and each councilman 150, vs current 150 and 85.
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High Point
General Assembly
Guilford General Assembly
Mendation
Carson Stout
Greensboro youth charged in rural road death
A 16-year-old Greensboro youth was charged with manslaughter after a fatal crash on a rural road off Highway 68 at 7 a.m. Rev. Walter F. Johnson, 46, of Rt. 7 Greensboro and pastor of Shining Light Baptist Church, died at High Point Memorial Hospital. The teen, his brother Charles, and the minister’s car collided during an attempted pass. Johnson’s funeral plans were pending, and he left a wife and three sons.
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Greensboro
Jack Snead
Walter F. Johnson
Rt. 7
Shining Light Baptist Church
High Point Memorial Hospital
C. R. Johnson
Snead
Charles
High Point Hospital
Johnson
Quaker Broom Co
Guilford College
Lane-Bartlett Funeral Home
Kernersville
Elsie Lee Johnson
Larry Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Donald Johnson
Rt. 9
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Trinity Soldier
Can
Elijah Little
Commerce Street
Roger Dale Jacobs
Walnut Street
Ward Phillips
James Road
Phillips
Alton Tilley
Ying
Democratic Council
Great Society
Guilford County
Tim Batten
Amos Kearns
Kearns
Bill Henderson
T. Lynwood Smith
Paul Clapp
Vance Kester
Henry Adams
San Francisco
Western Merchandise Mart
Jerry Parrish
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