Randolph Electric Workers Strike Enters Second Day
Randolph Electric Membership Corporation workers strike for alleged unfair labor practices continues into a second day with 28 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers members involved. REMC board meeting Monday could decide on outside operations contract if the walkout persists.
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Randolph Electric Workers
Tric
Board of Directors
Alton Wall
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Jack Sherron
REMC
Sharron
Remc Board of Directors
Ray Street pair charged with amphetamine sales
A Ray Street man and woman were jailed on two counts of illegal sale of stimulant drugs with bonds of 20 000 and 5 600 respectively. Hussey 46 and Culbreth 49 were arrested Friday after allegedly selling 50 capsules of amphetamine on February 23 and 32 capsules on March 17 at Council and Ray Streets.
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Ray Street
City County
Billy O. Hussey
State Bureau of Investigation
Hussey
Mornie C. Culbreth
Council
Ray Streets
James Howard Laster
Laster
SBI
Firemen Stop Two Fires in Thomasville
Firemen extinguished two fires Friday in Thomasville. They first responded to 4:10 p.m. at the Carter Drive home of Paul Farabee to douse a car blaze. A separate field fire near the William Morris residence on Cannon Street was reported at 6:30 p.m. and contained.
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Thomasville
Carter Drive
Paul Farabee
William Morris
Cannon Street
Duke Power seeks 4.3 percent rate increase in North Carolina
Duke Power filed with the North Carolina Utilities Commission for an immediate 4.3 percent rate rise covering all retail customers. The move would add about 8.9 million dollars annually in North Carolina, with a similar South Carolina request planned for April 30. The company cites fuel price rises, a $1.7 billion construction program, and potential credit rating impacts as key factors in seeking higher rates.
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Duke Power Co
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Duke
W. B. McGuire
North Carolina
South Carolina
Piedmont Carolinas
High Point
Utilities Commissions of
Carolinas
The
Utilities Commission
Kiwanis Hear Program On Safety
The High Point Kiwanis Club heard Elbert L. Peters of the governor s Highway Safety Program describe contrasts in highway safety. A 24 month action plan aims to move from driver behavior to vehicle and road improvements with air bags and redesigned frames urged as standard features in new cars by 1972.
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High Point Kiwanis Club
Elbert L. Peters
High Point
Peters
Rain Forecast for High Point Area Today
Partly cloudy and cooler today with showers in the afternoon. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 50s. 30 percent chance of precipitation today. Tonight’s showers. Winds variable 5 to 15 mph. Sunday showers likely with a 50 percent chance. Highs in the 80s, winds SW 19 to 99 mph.
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High Point
Students Help Keep The Store Run By Fraternity Members
Delta Sigma Phi brothers at High Point College stepped in to run Elm Street Grocery after owner James R. Smith entered hospital for spinal disc rupture treatment. Ray Smith, a junior, saw classmates volunteer to handle deliveries and store duties since his father’s surgery.
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Delta Sigma Phi
High Point College
James R
Bud) Smith
Elm Street
Fraternity
Ray
Smith
Thomasville Man Draws Jail Time for Drinking
Paul Varner of Pine Street received an active prison term for public drunkenness and a suspended sentence for larceny and receiving from Judge L Roy Hughes. Varner faces 30 days to six months with length set by prison officials and must pay 40 to Irene Welborn for stolen items including paint paint thinner a brush and linoleum.
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Thomasville
Paul Varner
Pine Street
L. Roy Hughes
Recorder's Court
Varner
Irene Welborn
Warner
Helen Payne
Johnsontown Road
Donald McManus
Roger Dale Jacobs
Shell Road
D. R. Garrish
Roy E. Morton
Rt. 1
Salisbury
Woman Rescues Child From Rolling Car In Parking Lot
Norma Beck of Parkside Drive acted quickly when a car with a child inside began to roll in the Zayre parking lot. She pulled the child free. both were slightly hurt. The car rolled about 400 feet, crossed a ditch, and halted on Westchester Drive. Police charged Velma Byerly, 26, Thamneville, with leaving the vehicle unattended.
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Norma Beck
Parkside Drive
Westchester Drive
Velma Byerly
Thamneville
Eid We
Auto Theft Charge Filed in Lexington Stop
A Winston-Salem man faces possession of a stolen automobile charges after a speeding stop on I-85 south of Lexington at 2 40 a m. The 1968 vehicle driven by Zelma Jackson 21 also faced an 80 mph in a 65 mph zone citation. The car, reported stolen in Raleigh March 25, was linked to Charles Thomas Alexander 17 of Winston Salem.
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Lexington
Winston-Salem
Jack Weatherly
I-85
Zelma Jackson
Winston- Salem
Weatherly
Raleigh
Charles Thomas Alexander
Twin City
Desegregation Hearing Set for Guilford Rural Schools
HEW charges Guilford County rural schools near Greensboro fail to desegregate five facilities Laughlin Rena Bullock Sedalia Brown Summit Popular Grove. Hearing May 20 in Washington before HEW examiner Leonard Walston. decision expected in July.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Hardy
Leonard Walston
HEW
Laughlin
Rena Bullock
Sedalia
Brown Summit
Popular Grove
Federal
Guilford
Man Charged With Robbery On Motsinger Street
Police arrested James Cooley Cooke 22 of Motsinger Street on robbery charges after he allegedly attacked Paul Baxley on Thissell Street, grabbing his wallet containing 66 dollars. Baxley identified the suspect, and Cooke was released on 500 dollar bond.
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Motsinger Street
James Cooley Cooke
Paul Baxley
Thissell Street
Baxley
Cooke
Campers from Five States Plan To Attend Outing At City Lake
Campers from six states will gather in High Point for the 10th annual Family Camping Weekend at City Lake Park. About 125 families from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Maryland are expected to attend with 400 to 500 people including High Point participants. Activities run Friday to Sunday with tours, workshops on crafts and nature, astronomy, fishing, and safety, plus a fishing rodeo for children under 12 and meals provided for attendees.
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City Lake
High Point
City Lake Park
Bob Amos
Parks and Recreation Dept
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Maryland
Amos
High Point College
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Don Wrenn
Enterprise
Asheboro
Randolph Elec
Johnson Street
McGuire
N. C. Utilities Commission
High Point Enterprise
Mike Smith
Ray Smith
Butch Koerner
Brotherhood
Sonny Hedgecock
Lewis Clifton Kennedy
Rt. 4
Phillip M. Bass
Fisher Ferry Street
James Allard Rheuark
White Street
Bass
Davidson County Superior Court
Zayre’s Department Store
Andrews
T. Wingate Andrews High School
Ben Cameron
Carolyn Nash
Craig
Kimsey
Vicki Ingold
Art Richardson
Roy
BPS
Ward Street
Edward James Mullis
Donald Ray Presnell
Courtesy Road
James Tyson
Franklin Street
Hunter Court
Tyson
H. W. Taylor
N. Main
Taylor
Thomas Whipple
Jamestown
Amog
Heritage Furniture Co
Hatteras Yacht Co
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