Parties Pick Nominees Tomorrow In High Point Election
High Point voters head to the polls tomorrow to pick Democratic mayor and City Council nominees and Republican hopefuls. The GOP split features the committee ticket against Davis supporters with Whitener’s faction partial. Leaders expect varied results across precincts as turnout potential ranges 5000 to 10000.
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Bob Davis
A. G. Whitener
Davis
John Eshelman Jr
Stout
Old City
Committee
Floyd Mehan
How To Vote Sample Card For High Point Election
Voters are shown a voting machine face with separate Democratic and Republican columns. Each voter selects one mayoral candidate and eight City Council choices, using small levers to mark an X and cast a vote. Ward designations accompany Council candidates, and top ward leaders plus four next-highest overall win.
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High Point
Ward Voting System Confuses Voters In City Primaries
The High Point primaries inaugurate a new two year non staggered council term system with eight seats up for election. Voters will see ward and at large nominees and must select up to eight candidates on their party ticket with party affiliation verified at the polls.
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High Point
Theather
Weekend Wrecks Leave Drivers With Damaged Cars
A string of weekend traffic mishaps in a clear, warm spell caused over $2,000 in property damage and several charges. Helen M. McBee was hospitalized with facial lacerations after her car hit a utility pole on Montlieu Avenue. Police noted multiple cases of reckless speed and improper turns, including charges against Jasper D. Brewer, Ann Fulp Smith, Robie Earl Kennedy, and Joseph Thomas, with damages ranging from $90 to $650. The incidents occurred along Main, Ward, Park, Green, Russell, Mangum, and Montlieu avenues and on Highway 68, with one drunken driving charge among the events.
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Monthieu Avenue
Helen M. McBee
Westwood Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
Montlieu Avenue
Kinnery Street
Miss McBee
Jasper D. Brewer
Ridgecrest Drive
S. Main
Ward Avenue
Brewer
Main
Ward
Abe Mirvis
Norfolk
Mirvis
Ann Fulp Smith
Russell Avenue
Park Street
Robie Earl Kennedy
Larkin Street
W. Green
John Bunyan Way
Kernersville
Green
Kennedy
Mangum Street
Connie Earnest Sykes
Inglewood
Sykes
Ada Pickett
Joseph Thomas
Route 3
Walter Hardin Amos
Jamestown
Amos
Thomas
High Point
Austin Carl Scott
Blair Street
W. Russell Avenue
Dalton Street
Scott
Dalton
W. Russell
Russell
Junior Leonard Morgan
Morgan
Harvey Daniel Kester
Kester
Seymour Glick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jerry Lee Campbell
Rockspring Road
Montlieu
Glick
Greensboro seeks taller water tower near airport
The Greensboro city seeks a 125 foot water tower near Muirs Chapel and Friendly Roads to serve fire fighting needs. The Airport Authority will hold a special hearing at 4 30 p m to consider a height waiver that would exceed the five mile radius limit of 1050 feet above sea level. Greensboro argues taller height ensures adequate water pressure.
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Greensboro
Greensboro- High Point
Winston-Salem
Airport Authority
Muir
High Point Man Faces Charge Of Manslaughter
Billy David Baxley of High Point faces a manslaughter charge in Guilford Superior Court in Greensboro for the death of Lucille Pass Motely on Nov 7 near Pleasant Garden. Also slated for trial is Edward Smith of Kernersville on related manslaughter charges from a Feb 26 traffic death.
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Greensboro
Guilford Superior Court
Billy David Baxley
High Point
Lucille Pass
Pleasant Garden
Charles
Edward Smith
Kerners
Countryville
Sudhawit Anekaers
Demonstrators Go On Trial Stout Speaks
Nine picketers including seven Negroes face trespassing charges for blocking entrance to Key Theaters in High Point during Friday and Saturday protests. Mayor Stout defended private business rights while CORE members testified of refused entry and alleged assaults outside the Paramount Theater. The case, consolidated, resumes after lunch with prosecution arguments.
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Langford
Stout
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J. R. Teague
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Mitchell
Holmes
R. Hunter Morey
Evanston
Ill
Showers Expected Through Tuesday At Local Airport
The weatherman at Friendship Airport forecasts thundershowers this afternoon tonight and tomorrow morning. Today’s high near 87 degrees and tonight’s low around 63. Clearing and cooler tomorrow after noon with a high of about 80.
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Friendship Airport
Woods Fire Blamed On Children
Firemen battled a small woods fire at the 600 I block of Kearns Avenue at 9:36 a.m. The flames were doused quickly with no property damage, likely started by children playing with matches. Additional calls included a 4:20 p.m. woods fire on Meredith Street with no damage and a 4:40 p.m. fire from dust near a fan motor at Southern Die Casting on Albert son Road, also contained. A malicious false alarm came from E Grimes Avenue at 9:37 p.m.
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Kearns Avenue
Meredith Street
Albertson Road
E. Grimes Avenue
Thomasville 11th in March building permits state ranking
Thomasville ranked 11th among 36 cities with over 10 000 population for March building permits state figures show 547 470. The city also placed 16th for total permits in the first quarter with a three month total of 844 534.
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Thomasville
State Department of Labor
Rabies Clinics Planned Across Davidson County
Health department rabies clinic to be held at 5 p.m. today at Davis Townsend Fire Department. Clinics continue Tuesday at Jarrell Brothers Store in Silver Valley and Thursday at Fair Grove School.
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Thomasville
The
Health Department
Davis-Townsend
Tea and sympathy offered by Japanese tax officials
Tokyo reports that Japanese tax administration will provide tea and sympathy to taxpayers as part of outreach efforts. Officials say the gesture accompanies clearer guidance on filing and payment procedures across regions.
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Tokyo
Local Areas Hit By Hail
A morning thunderstorm dropped hail across outlying areas. Mount Vernon Church near Trinity and the High Point Thomasville Road areas, plus the city of Thom asville, reported hail slightly larger than marbles for five to ten minutes before melting as rain began.
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High Point
Mount Vernon Church
Trinity
Thomasville
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