GOP Sets Agenda for 68 Election Rally in High Point
About 50 Republicans at a meet the candidates event in the City-County Building urged better schools roads and law enforcement and a stronger tax dollar use. Speakers included William L. Osteen and William H. Ashworth who urged party unity after the May 4 primary and a push to beat Democrats at every level.
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U.S
High Point Township
GOP
U. S. Sixth
State Senate
State House
County Commission
William L. Osteen
Greensboro
Johnson
Democrat Congress
High Point
Osteen
William H. Ashworth
McLeansville
Ashworth
Welfare Budget Is Eyed by Greensboro Board
Greensboro welfare officials set a special 7 p.m. April 24 meeting to draft the 1968 1969 budget led by Welfare Director L M Thompson and staff. The current year budget totals 5 780 620 with 4 213 107 for public assistance and 1 567 513 for general welfare. Through February the department spent 3 861 591 50 including 2 885 255 71 for public assistance largely from state and federal funds. Site decisions for a proposed Greensboro Welfare Building remain unsettled with County Home property near the Agricultural Building among options. Federal funds were assured to certify food stamp households as the July 1 implementation approaches, replacing the surplus food plan. From December 1967 to February 1968 the department added 243 public assistance cases and dropped 254, a net decline of 11, with 60 old age aid cases added and 79 dropped.
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Greensboro
Liston
Thompson
Welfare Department
Two Injured in Hillcrest Rotary Crash
A 1 p.m. collision at Hillcrest and Rotary injured two people. Albert Hunt 43 of Spruce Street and Ellen Lambert were involved. Lambert and passenger Juanita Rayle of Greensboro hurt but not seriously. Hunt charged with failing to yield right of way. Property damage around $200.
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Hillcrest
Rotary
Albert Hunt
Spruce Street
Ellen Lambert
Guyer Street
Juanita Rayle
Greensboro
Hunt
Problems Of City Viewed At High Point Meeting
W E Stanton of the East Central Improvement Committee urged more employment for all residents especially Negroes to reduce civil disorders. T R McRae called for ward system reform and Negro representation on public boards. Don J Forney emphasized root problem causes beyond air pollution and urged total commitment to justice, while Rev. William C Price urged attitude change for program effectiveness.
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High Point
W. E. Stanton
East Central Improvement Committee
Stanton
High Point Chamber of Commerce
T. R. McRae
McRae
Don J. Forney
Southside Opportunity Center
Forney
William C. Price
High Point Ministerial Alliance
Price
Chamber of Commerce
Youth Day Held Today In City Government Program
About 50 to 75 high school students take part in Youth Day, a Parks and Recreation Department project. They rotate through eight hours, attending Municipal Court, city attorney, council, mayor, fire and police chiefs, and other city roles to learn how local government operates.
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Parks and Recreation Dept
Citizens group in High Point seeks broad community action model
Capus Waynick, president of Concerned Citizens of High Point Inc., told the High Point American Business Club the effort could be far reaching beyond slum elimination. The group, formed six weeks ago, aims to remove substandard housing in the southwest ghetto by coordinating private enterprise and government aid and may provide mobile homes as a temporary measure.
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Concerned Citizens of
High Point, Inc
High Point American Business Club
Capus Waynick
High Point
Concerned Citizens
Concerned Citizens Group
Waynick
Warm-Up Forecast Brightens High Point Weather
The Friendship weatherman says warmer weather arrives tonight with fair skies and a low in the low 40s. Thursday brings sunny skies and a high in the upper 70s with near zero rain, followed by fair and warm conditions Friday. today’s high was in the low 70s.
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High Point
Friendship Weatherman
Gordon to Speak on Furniture's Future at Rotary Meet
Charles O. Gordon of Johnson City Tenn president of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association will discuss Furniture's Future at the High Point Rotary Club on Thursday noon. The event precedes the Southern Furniture Market opening Friday April 19 and running through Friday April 26 at the Exposition Building and YMCA dining room.
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Charles O. Gordon
Johnson City
Randleman Man Dies In Plane Crash Near Highway 62
James Anderson Honeycutt 48, chairman of the Randleman Housing Authority, died instantly in a single engine crash near North Carolina Route 62. Grant Noel, of Rt 1 Randleman, was critically injured and hospitalized at High Point Memorial. The plane, owned by Noel, had left Darr Field in High Point after a report of oil. Both men held pilot licenses or student licenses. no pilot identified. Honeycutt, a North State Telephone manager and WWII veteran, leaves a wife, two children, and multiple relatives.
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Trinity
James Anderson Honeycutt
Randleman Housing Authority
N.C. Highway 62
High Point Memorial Hospital
Rt. 1
Randleman
Grant Noel
Noel
Darr Field
Surratt Drive
High Point
J. L. Darr
Carr
Greensboro High Point
Honeycutt
Davey County
Isaac and
Lucy Creson Honeycutt
North State Telephone Co
First Baptist Church
Asheboro
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High Point Enterprise
Johnson Street
Oakview
Tanyard Road
Dick Swaim
By Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Art Richardson
Says Waynick
Gordon
By Don Wrenn
Leslie Morgan OF
Randolph
Senate
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