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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1971
Page
12
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High Point Central High School debaters led by Tom Dillard and Wesley Warren finished second in the state finals of the North Carolina High School Debating Union at UNC Chapel Hill. They were undefeated in preliminaries but lost the varsity championship. Jamie Leonard and Craig Pleasants won best affirmative in Junior Varsity. Susan Jennings and Dana Robinson won prelims for negatives. Warren and Dillard earned third and fourth place speaker awards. Leonard and Pleasants earned first and second in Junior Varsity affirmative speakers.
Two small fires caused minor damage in Thomasville over the weekend. At 8:50 p.m. Saturday Frank Rothrock’s shed caught fire from clothes and rags. Sunday afternoon a loading platform at the railroad depot on West Main Street burned partially.
Princess Anne raised her Olympic chances by finishing fifth in the Badminton Horse Trials in England, a demanding event that tests horse and rider. Her result strengthens her bid for a place on Britain's Olympic equestrian team next year.
The bridge hand shows South must avoid winning the first diamond to survive the rubber. If South wins the diamond and cashes trumps, East can force heart leads and obtain a defense to defeat four spades. Proper play begins with king of clubs and ends with careful heart management to avoid losing tricks.
A total of 1056 residents are eligible to vote in the May 4 city election. 88 new registrants were added this week. Incumbent mayor Walter I. Gibson faces police chief J. C. Daw. at large Alderman A. R. Dock Russell is challenged by John Robbins Thomas C. Routh and John Earnhardt. Registration and filing ended last Friday.
Television review notes a failed attempt to fight pollution through song and dance in ABCs LIl Abner adaptation. The Dogpatch cast appears in costume but weak plotting and jumbled fantasy reduce impact. The piece also covers Hugh Downs leaving NBC Today and Frank McGees future role amid rising ABC News ratings.
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