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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1969
Page
17
Weather forecasts hint at a rebound in spring with 70 degrees today and showers possible Tuesday. Primary ballots show low expected turnout. officials anticipate no more than about 4,000 votes in Democrats and Republicans combined, with 15,154 Democrats and 5,876 Republicans eligible.
A pedestrian, Minnie Steele of Denny Street, was struck by a car driven by Thomas Ratley of Taylor Street while crossing Green Drive and Mann Avenue. Injuries were not believed to be critical. Ratley faced no charges. A second crash at Green Drive and Wesley Place injured Fred Culler Jr. and involved Grady Bean Jr., who was charged with failing to reduce speed. A third incident at Barbee and Willenbar Streets injured Francine Little riding with Eugene Little. damage estimated at $600.
Commissioners rezoned a site near I 40 to allow a large motel and a service station. The area near Friendship Airport in Deep River Township shifts from industrial to planned business. Other rezonings include Atkins property and Warren tract with limited scope preserved, plus Curtis Packing Co. land changed to industrial for a pulp wood yard.
Firefighters checked a defective sprinkler system in a vacant building on W High Street at 1 am. Later at 5 am they answered a false alarm at Thomasville Fiber Co on Brevard Road. Sunday calls included a false alarm on W Green Drive a sawdust pit fire on Bradley Street a chimney area fire at the H V Armfield residence on Colonial Court and a car fire on Commerce Street at 11 am. All were routine for department personnel.
California giant kelp yields acetone potash and iodine while east coast broad-leaved kelp provides algin extracted for industrial use.
Five men from Colombia join International visitors at High Point Spring furniture market. The group includes Arthur Michelson and Mauricio Lopez, with others German Fernandez, Raymond Jacob DePazanan, and Jaime Gutierrez, all touring to seek imports from the United States.
Attendance at the High Point spring furniture market rose about 12 percent over the opening days of April 1968, with manufacturers reporting strong orders and improving delivery schedules toward nearly normal. Buyers from major retailers nationwide and abroad shopped showrooms as the market runs through Friday, sponsored by the Furniture Factories Marketing Assn. of the South.
Atlantic Savings and Loan Assn has become First Federal Savings and Loan Assn after meeting Home Loan Bank Board requirements for a federal charter. The adjourned shareholders meeting approved the change, continuing a name lineage since 1923 with Atlantic Building and Loan Assa. executive officer J. D. Dobbins cited better service to the community.
Police probe a strong-arm robbery, break-in, and several assaults over two days. A man on Oneka Street was attacked and his 1962 Ford taken with $15 cash. No charges yet. Two men, Manning and Wheeler, trade assaults over a bicycle frame and knife. Barbara Pickett charged with assault with a deadly weapon after an alleged kitchen knife attack. A thief broke into Touch of Beauty on Montlieu Avenue, taking $3.
Three candidates vie for mayor in Randleman boosting local interest while Ward 4 remains vacant after Dr. James Groseclose abandoned his seat months ago. Two mayoral hopefuls hail from Ward 4, surprising observers.
Raleigh AP reports an emergency embargo on moving swine from South Carolina into North Carolina to curb hog cholera spread. Agriculture Commissioner Jim Graham orders the ban amid evidence of infected hogs entering the state. Only immediate slaughter allowed with a permit and health certificate from South Carolina’s vet.
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