Voter Deadline Near in Guilford County Campaigns
Local aspirants face a May primary amid limited events with the League of Women Voters hosting a May 18 candidates forum at the City-County Building. Voters must register or update status by May 4 to vote May 26. office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Guilford County
League of Women Voters
League
Greensboro
High Point
Lorenzo Lynch
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
County Board of Commissioners
Taxpayers Face New Deadlines
Taxpayers face new IRS deadlines after April 15. Employers must file Form 941 deposits and payments for the first quarter by April 30. Household employers use Form 942. Excise tax deposits apply if liability exceeds 100 dollars. deposits due by month end. Extended filing until May 10 for timely deposits. Forms available from Greensboro IRS office.
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Internal Revenue Service
S. Ashe St
Greensboro
Federal Reserve Bank
District Director of
Internal Revenue
May 3 vote looms for High Point housing plan faces council split
In Enterprise City Editor Forrest Cates reports Mayor Carson Stout seeks federal support for a public housing survey amid a council split. Five votes are needed to proceed, with opposition citing taxation and private enterprise. A delay motion tests support. outcome could stall the 600 unit plan including 200 for seniors.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
Carson Stout
Stout
High Point
Jake Froelich
Froelich
Divers Find Safe and Items in Deep River Hoard
In Deep River Easter Monday Greensboro Police divers with Guilford sheriff's deputies recovered a heavy safe from the river dumped near Dillon Road. The locker contained titles mortgages and other records. only a penny remained in cash. Also found were keys stamps traffic signs wheels a typewriter an electric switch and a 200 pound electric saw linked to a High School gym project. Nathan F Ashwell of Statesville aided locating the site and is jailed in city custody on a 5000 bond pending a preliminary hearing for repeated safe cracking incidents.
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Deep River
Greensboro
Lyles Chevrolet Inc
Guilford
Sheriff's Department
Ashwell
Dillon Road
Human Body A Temple Says Kovacs At Thomasville Talk
Imre Kovacs author and pastor of First Hungarian Church in New York spoke to the Executives Club in the Women's Club Building Thomasville urging self discipline through daily exercise and Bible study. He urged learning to live together and understanding others as essential to God's purpose and proposed each listener find a lifelong goal or dream.
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Thomasville
Executives Club
Imre Kovacs
New York
Woman's Club
Kovacs
Tar Heel
Three Story Fall Fatal To Child
Asheboro, Vicki Susan Kennedy, 5, died in Cone Memorial Hospital Greensboro from injuries suffered Saturday when she fell from a third floor window at the Ashlyn Hotel. She and her parents lived temporarily in the hotel since Tuesday. An autopsy was planned to determine the exact cause of death. Survivors include her parents, a brother, and paternal grandmother Elizabeth Kennedy of Seagrove. Funeral plans were pending.
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Asheboro
Vicki Susan Kennedy
Cone Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
Lacy Kennedy
Randolph Memorial Hospital
J. D. Bulla
Ashlyn
Star
Kennedy
Elizabeth Kennedy
Seagrove
Guatemala braces for suspected Cuban landing attempt
Guatemala's armed forces are on alert to counter a suspected Cuban landing of guns explosives and saboteurs. President Miguel Ydigoras regime says a Cuban ship with men and arms moves toward Central America and warns Honduras. No source is given for the claim.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Central America
Honduras
Ydigoras
Fidel Castro
Havana
U S Defense Mission Arrives in London for Talks
A 10 man U S defense mission arrived in London to hold talks with British officials. Assistant Secretary of Defense John Rubel said they would discuss technical matters of mutual interest and inspect installations in Scotland before leaving late Thursday.
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London
U.S
John Rubel
Scotland
Kiwanis Club Established In Mexico
Kiwanis International forms its first club outside the United States and Canada. The Kiwanis Club of Tijuana Baja California Mexico, founded April 17, has 71 charter members with Senor Benjamin Garcia Montiel as president. Club organization involved Kiwanis groups from San Diego and Chula Vista California. charter presentation set for May 15.
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Kiwanis International
United States
Canada
Gilbert Marsh
Kiwanis Club
High Point
Tijuana
Baja California
Mexico
North America
International Service Organization
Kiwanis
San Diego
Chula Vista
Calif
Benjamin Garcia Montiel
Aguas Caliente Race Course
Attlee Undergoes Ulcer Operation in London
Former British prime minister Earl Attlee spent a good night after Sunday surgery for a chronic duodenal ulcer. Doctors reported no cancer and said recovery is expected.
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London
Earl Attlee
Attlee
Gradual Warm Up Foreseen In High Point This Week
The High Point area can expect typical spring weather after a brief disturbance yesterday. Temperatures rise from a 72 degree high today to 75 tomorrow with clear skies and night lows around 45. Rain is unlikely until Friday when a western disturbance may bring showers.
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High Point
Friendship
High Pointer Soloist With North Carolina Symphony
North Carolina Symphony marks its 30th anniversary season with soprano Virginia Person as soloist in a program conducted by Dr. Benjamin Swalin at Northeast Junior High School auditorium. The program features Handel Theodora overture, Schumann Symphony in C major, and works by Bach Mozart Massenet and Hageman, plus Enesco Roumanian Rhapsody No 1.
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North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
America
Northeast Junior High School
Benjamin Swalin
Virginia Person
High Point
Person
North Carolina
Tan Opera
Detroit Institute of ‘Arts
Detroit Symphony
Robert Schumann
Mozart
Massenet
Hageman
Sanders
Georges i Enesco
Action Set On School Matters
High Point board of education schedules April meeting for 2 p m in the administration building. Discussion will cover urban renewal effects at William Penn High School and attendance shifts for the new Kirkman Park school. Proposals from civil defense officials on storing emergency materials in schools will be heard.
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High Point Board of Education
William Penn High School
Kirkman Park
Aeas
Prisoners to Get Jaycee Charter at West Virginia Penitentiary
A national Junior Chamber of Commerce officer will present a Jaycee charter to 37 inmates at a dinner in the prison library in Moundsville West Virginia. The inmates formed a Jaycee chapter last week and elected James Thomas Cantrell as president. Warden Otto C. Boles says the move could bolster inmate civic awareness.
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Moundsville
W.va
West Virginia
Junior Chamber of Commerce
James Thomas Cantrell
Otto C. Boles
Defense Contract Conference Set In Durham
Durham officials announced a Defense Contract Conference for High Point manufacturers to attend at the Durham Central Civic Center tomorrow. The event runs from 9 a.m. through the afternoon and is led by representatives from the Air Force Army Navy and the Small Business Bureau.
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Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Durham Central Civic Center
Air Force
Army
Navy
Small Business Bureau
WAF Recruiter To Visit Here
T. Sgt. Ellen Barton, a WAF recruiter, will visit the High Point Air Force recruiting office tomorrow and Thursday to talk with women about careers as enlisted WAFs and officers Nursing and medical specialist roles and college graduates may start commission applications during this two day visit Appointments for home visits can be made by calling local recruiter T. Sgt. Al Martin
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Ellen Barton
WAF
High Point Air Force
Wafs
Barton
al Martin
Prisoners Escape Hull Jail Wall In Easter Break
Eight inmates climbed a 20 foot barrier at Hull jail Monday night while hundreds of Easter motorists watched. Nearly 200 cars lined the road as the men dropped to the ground and fled, later chased by guards through a cemetery and a lumber yard and all were caught within an hour as holiday traffic resumed.
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Hull
England
Assault and Traffic Charges From Holiday Offenses
Harold Lee Harper of W Willis Street faces assault charges after a complaint by Helen E Harper alleging repeated head strikes. Bond set at 100 dollars for Municipal Court April 27. Columbus Theodore Pierce of Rt 1 Trinity charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. bond 100 dollars for trial May 9. A Petersburg, Virginia man accused of speeding on Highway 29 without a valid license. Paul Edward Coble of Petersburg clocked at 70 in a 60 zone. bond 50 dollars. trial May 4. Claude Bryant Calloway of Smith Street cited for failing to yield at Russell Avenue and Wesley Place. trial May 30. Joseph Ruth of Greensboro posted 50 dollars bond for driving without a license. trial May 2. Kelley David Mackie of Leonard Street cited for reckless driving in the 700 block of Park Street. trial May 16.
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Harper
Columbus Theodore Pierce
Rt. 1
Trinity
Pierce
Petersburg
Paul Edward Coble
Claude Bryant Calloway
Smith Street
Russell Avenue
Wesley Place
Calloway
Joseph Ruth
Greensboro
Kelley David Mackie
Leonard Street
Park Street
Will Richardson Dies At 719 Leonard Street
Will Richardson of 719 Leonard Street died Sunday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital after a weeklong illness. Born in Winnsboro South Carolina he had lived here 25 years. Surviving are two sisters Meta Stroud Ada Gill and one brother David Richardson all of High Point. Funeral at Emmanuel Baptist Church Thursday at 3 p.m. Rev D D Mason officiating burial in Greenhill Cemetery. Body at Hoover Funeral Home until service. Revival Under Way at Williams Chapel True Standard Holiness Church of God on Harrison Street begins each evening at 7 30 with Bishop E W Williams preaching through the week.
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Will Richardson
Leonard St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Richardson
Winnsboro
S. C
Meta Stroud
Ada Gill
High Point
David Richardson
Emmanuel Baptist Church
D. D. Mason
Greenhill Cemetery
Hoover Funeral Home
Williams Chapel
True Standard Holiness Church of God
Harrison Street
E. W. Williams
Sawmill Destroyed By Flames Near Guilford College
A Matthews Lumber Co sawmill near Highways 68 and 421 burned after a spark from an incinerator, aided by high winds. About 10 000 to 15 000 dollars in damages, no insurance. Guilford College Fire Department, Pinecroft-Sedgefield and Colfax crews fought the blaze as high tension lines delayed power shutdown.
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Guilford College
Matthews Lumber Co
Eugene Parsons
Guilford College Fire Department
Greensboro - High Point
Winston - Salem
Parsons
Pinecroft - Sedgefield
Colfax
Parachutist Survives Partial Opening At Goodwood Meet
Tony Miller, 24, plunged 5000 feet in the national sky diving championships when his parachute opened only partly. The rigging crossed after a delayed opening. he landed at about 30 feet per second, dislocating a shoulder as the ground struck roughly twice as hard as normal.
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Goodwood
England
Tony Miller
Miller
Prayer for TODAY by C Baker Pearle Santa Monica
Eternal God we thank Thee for belonging to something greater and ask Thee to nurture seeds of cosmic warmth within us. May our limited interests expand to concern for others and bring a better world into being as we live the better life through Jesus. Amen.
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God
Jesus
C. Baker
Pearle
Santa Monica
Calif
A.M. E. Church
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Lyles Chevrolet Co
Ers
Dale Johnson
Jack Mann
Larry Bradley
C. R. Schmidt
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
High Pointer
Symphony
Durham
Harold Lee Harper
W. Willis Street
Helen E. Harper
Mackie
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