Democrats fail to field mayor candidate in High Point race
The 38 year Democratic streak in High Point mayoral elections ends as no Democrat filed for the race. Incumbent Republican Mayor Robert Davis stands for re election. American Independent candidate A G Pete Whitener appears unlikely to threaten him. Davis enjoys broad backing from Democratic voters aiding his bid for a second term.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
High ‘Point
High
Point
Robert Davis
A. G.pete' Whitener
Davis
James Millis
Roy Culler
High Point
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Grayson
Arnold Koonce Sr
Carson Stout
Culler
Whitener
Mucklow Dies at 59 Cofounder of Hatteras Yacht Co
Don A. Mucklow a key boatbuilding innovator and cofounder of Hatteras Yacht Co with Willis H. Slane Jr. died of a heart attack at 1 46 p m after moving to High Point Memorial Hospital. He helped launch the first fibreglass yacht and led development that made Hatteras a major brand. He lived at 1716 Windsor Dr and is survived by his wife Shirley Benham and two sons Glenn and Robert Barry. Cremation and coastal ashes scattering are planned with a Masonic funeral to be announced.
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Willis H. Slane Jr
Hatteras Yacht Co
High Point Memorial Hospital
Slane
Mucklow
Florida
Hatteras
North American Rockwell Co
High Point
Miami Beach
Venetian Marina
Marine Basin
Causeway Terminal Yacht Co
North Carolina
Lions to Hear Nido Qubein at Spates Club
Nido Qubein a High Point College business major from Bethlehem will speak at Spates Lions Club tonight at 6 40 o clock He has been in the United States since 1960 and serves as Youth Director at Emmanuel Lutheran Church High Point and assistant program director at Camp Cheerio.
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Nido Qubein
High Point College
Bethlehem
Spates Lions Club
Qubein
United States
Weather Outlook for High Point Area
Cloudy and warmer conditions with scattered showers tonight and Tuesday. Rain chances 50 percent tonight and 30 percent Tuesday. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and mild. Today's high expected in the mid to upper 80s with a low around 40s to 50s. Tuesday high near 70 with tonight’s low in the mid 50s.
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High Point
Greensboro area to vote on 4.8 million park bond
Guilford County commissioners approve a 4.8 million park bond to fund a 4,000 acre park west of Greensboro with Forsyth County sharing the project. Forsyth will also vote June 3 on a 3.7 million bond for its share. The panel weighs a 5 million water and sewer bond pending details.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Forsyth County
Richard Max
Well
Percy Sears
Sears
George Rottman
Three Hurt In Weekend Traffic Accidents
Three people were injured in Saturday and Sunday traffic incidents. Magdalen Lain of Chandler Street suffered injuries in a two car crash on North Main Street at 5 p m. Dawn Rogers and driver Joseph Rogers faced minor injuries and charges for speed and a separate collision at South Main and Linden Streets. Clyde Cornelison and Rebecca Smith were both injured in a noon crash at Linden. Peter Welch faces a yield violation charge. Total damages exceed 1900 dollars. John Montgomery faces hit and run after striking a utility pole. John Hunt, 16, charged with speeding after colliding with a parked car on Whittier Street.
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N. Main Street
Magdalene Lain
Chandler Street
Clyde Cornelison
Havelock
S. Main
Linden Streets
Rebecca Smith
Perkins Street
Peter Welch
Arch Street
John Montgomery
New Road
Hickory Chapel
Triangle Lake
Whittier Street
John Hunt
Thomasville
Hunt
Woman Dies In Accident Near New London
In a one car crash on N C 109 south of Denton a New London woman, Lula Jane Swaney 44, died. Her son Bobby Lee Swaney 21 and two other passengers, Danny Gearrin 11 and Earl Gearrin 18, were treated and released. No charges filed as highway patrol continues investigation.
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D.L. Askew
Askew
N. C. 109
Jacob’s Creek Stone Quarry
Swaney
Asheboro
Danny Lee Gearrin
Hal Weant Wins First At Fair
Hal Weant, a High Point Central High School sophomore, won first place in the physical science division at the State Science Fair held Saturday at NC State University Raleigh. He earned an all expense paid trip to Fort Worth to compete in the International Science Fair, with certificates from the U S Air Force and NASA. Weant’s flame audio reproducer uses acetylene flame and an electric power unit to reproduce sound through ionized flames, claiming higher fidelity than current methods.
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Fort Worth
Tex
North Carolina
U. S. Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weant
Diet Betterment Program Planned In North Carolina
NC State University Agricultural Extension Service plans a nutritional program to aid disadvantaged families in six Tar Heel counties. It hires 150 nutritional aides to work with families and guide food choices for health, plus assistance in food conservation. Local welfare and health officials supply eligible family names.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State University
Agricultural Extension Service
Tar Heel
Plane Search Is Called Off
The four state search for a private aircraft missing since April 4 with three aboard has been suspended. A spokesman for the North Carolina Wing of the Civil Air Patrol said 22 planes flew 135 sorties during six days of the Tar Heel state search for Ira Sedwell of Newark Delaware his wife and their daughter.
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Louisburg-Ap
North Carolina
Civil Air Patrol
Tar Heel
Ira Sedwell
Newark
Del
Bill For Council Pay Raises Will Go Before Legislature
High Point's new mayor and City Council will take office May 13 with higher pay if the State General Assembly acts quickly on a bill given to Guilford County's delegation. The proposal raises mayoral pay from 3000 to 4800 annually and council pay from 1800 to 2400, with council members empowered to set salaries but barred from voting on their own raises.
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High Point
State General Assembly
Guilford County
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