City Eyes Four Acre Post Office Site In Renewal Area
Enterprise staff writer reports officials favor a four acre tract bounded by Commerce Centennial E Green and Mangum as the potential main post office. space would fit renewal plans but short of desired size, realignment may be needed and affects nearby Green Street Baptist Church. City hall is planned nearby and a broader governmental complex is envisioned. legal action looms over the Law Building Block if chosen.
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Commerce
Centennial
E. Green
Mangum Streets
East Central Urban Renewal Project
Redevelopment Commission
Mangum
Green Street Baptist Church
Mangum and
Green
Hamilton, Green
Commerce Streets
Law
Plastics Revolution Sweeps Furniture Industry At Market
At the spring furniture market in High Point designer Paul Browning of Stanley Furniture Co. describes plastics as a third major revolution in furniture making. He cites cost savings and better value while Terence Conran predicts broader use of injection molded and vacuum formed plastics for components and shells.
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High Point
Paul Browning
Stanley Furniture Co
Browning
Southern Furniture Exposition
Terence Conran
Kroehler Manufacturing Co
O. B. Solie
3M Company
Mart
Exposition Building
Conran
London
Seven Hurt In Traffic Accidents
police report two early morning crashes injuring seven people. In the Eastchester turn incident Timothy Gross 20 of Sherbrook Drive lost control on a wet spot after entering too fast and was charged with failing to reduce speed. Three passengers James Routh 19 and Joe Jeff Collins 21 suffered injuries.
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Timothy Gross
Sherbrook Drive
N. Main Street
Eastchester
Gross
James Routh
Forrest Street
Joe Jeff Collins
Charles Avenue
Weekend Rain Expected in High Point Area Weather Forecast
The weatherman at Friendship predicts a warm weekend with showers possible. Partly cloudy skies and high in the upper 70s today and Saturday, with a 30 percent chance of scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. Sunday also looks partly cloudy and warm with a chance of afternoon showers. The low tonight should dip to the low 50s.
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High Point
Friendship
Reeves
Controversy Over New Principal for Andrews School
The High Point school board faced a heated debate over appointing a new principal for the upcoming T Wingate Andrews High School. Dr. Dean B. Pruette proposed moving William Penn Principal S E Burford to a director post and shifting Northeast Junior High’s W E Rogers to Andrews, with Brentwood Elementary’s Henry E. Bizzell Jr. slated to lead Northeast. Negro attorney Sammy Chess Jr. urged postponement and argued Burford should remain principal at William Penn, warning the move could split the community and undermine desegregation progress.
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T. Wingate Andrews High School
Dean B. Pruette
William Penn High School
Andrews
Sammy Chess Jr
William Penn
S. E. Burford
Pruette
McAllister
Clyde Carden
Chess
Burford
High Point
Negroes Back Burford Battle Over Principal Appointment
The Negro community in High Point presses for S E Burford to become principal of William Penn High School amid six months of debate since the school closure. White liberals support Burford while white conservatives oppose.
Lynch and Utley Lead Broughton Campaign in High Point
Dr. Jack Lynch and Arthur Utley Jr. were named co chairmen of J. Melville Broughton’s gubernatorial campaign in High Point. They opened a permanent campaign headquarters at 100 S. Main St staffed by volunteers. Mrs. Amos Kearns Jr. leads Women For Broughton in High Point.
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Jack Lynch
Arthur Utley Jr
J. Melville Broughton
High Point
S. Main St
Amos Kearns Jr
Broughton
Providing Jobs Seen Key To Solving Racial Unrest
Former federal judge L. Richardson Preyer urged the need to offer gainful employment to African Americans as a foundation for progress on racial问题. He spoke to the High Point Kiwanis Club, linking jobs, education, and industry to reducing welfare costs and social unrest, and urged strong U.S. textile trade policy to protect North Carolina’s economy and manpower as a key asset for attracting industry.
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L. Richardson Preyer
Greensboro
Preyer
High Point Kiwanis Club
South
North Carolina
Prever
U.S
Washington
Florida Governor and First Lady Expecting Child
Gov. Claude Kirk of Florida and his German born wife Erika are expecting their first child in September. A telegram from Winston-Salem confirmed the news during the spring furniture market in High Point, where callers at the Southern Furniture Exposition asked about wicker baby furniture. Exhibitionists offered only a wicker bassinet as the closest item.
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Gov
Claude Kirk
Florida
Erika
High Point
Winston-Salem
Gov. Kirk
Louisiana Governor McKeithen to Speak at High Point College
Louisiana Governor John J. McKeithen, an alumnus and potential vice presidential contender, will address High Point College seniors at the Senior Investiture Service in Memorial Auditorium next Wednesday at 10 a.m. North Carolina Governor Dan Moore will attend the senior assembly.
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Louisiana
John J. McKeithen
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
North Carolina
Dan Moore
High Point College Board
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By Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Robert Davis
E Green
Hamilton
Russell
Negroes
By Ray Hubbard
T. Wingate Andrews
E. B. Palmer
Raleigh
North Carolina Teachers Assn
Palmer
Piedmont
Negro Teachers Group
NCTA
National Organization
National Association of Colored People
McKeithen
Louisiana State University
N. C. Teachers’ Assn
Schrafft
Mary Forbes
Cornelia Smoot
O. F. Hudson
Lynwood Gresham
Barber-Scotia College
Concord
C. E. Yokely
Claudia A. Warren
National Teachers Assn
Dallas
Tex
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