Five Die In 1-85 Wreck Near Here
Five people died and five survived after a Sunday night two car crash on 1-85 near Vickery Chapel Road. Identified victims include Emily C. Jordan 25 of New Castle Delaware and Janice Simpson 8 of Greensboro. Survivors include Charles L. Simpson 33 and his children Linda 9 Kim 6 Shanda 11 and cousin Zell Simpson 6. Authorities say both drivers were Emily C. Jordan and Charles L. Simpson in 1967 model cars.
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Here
High Point Memorial Hospital
Highway Patrol
Greensboro
Myrtle Jordan
Janice Simpson
Simpson
Charles L. Simpson
Linda
Kim
Shanda
Zell Simpson
Wilmington
Del
W. R. Adkins
Emily C. Jordan
Vickery Chapel Road
Charles Simpson
Zell
Shanda Simpson
Adkins
Jordan
Neighbors petition city over air and noise pollution
Residents along Albertson Beddington roads petitioned against air pollution from Adams Woodturning Works on Woodbine Street. They accuse soot, wood shavings, and noise from a steam boiler incinerator, signers total 57, seeking health department action or court remedies if needed. The council referred the matter to city officials and health and legal options.
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Health Department
Albertson- Beddington Roads
Adams
Woodbine Street
Doyle Galloway
Galloway
James Shelton
Knox Walker
Walker
State Board of Air and Water Resources
Council
Eric Scott
Shelton
Scott
Weekend NC crashes claim at least 22 lives across state
Dozens of lives were lost in multiple weekend accidents across Guilford Randolph and surrounding counties. The report lists eight deaths in two major crashes on Interstate 85 near High Point and near Asheboro, with numerous one car and two car wrecks across North Carolina. Names include Doris Kirkman, Oris Ellis, Charles Heilman, John McRainey, James Wilkins, Raymond Tearsall, Peggy Duncan, and others, with victims from Kinston, Clayton, Valdese, Robeson, Bladen, Nash, Harnett, and Mecklenburg counties.
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Guilford
Randolph
North Carolina
Interstate 85
High Point
Asheboro
Kinston
Doris Kirkman
U.S. 258
New York
Raymond E. Tearsall
Long Island
N.C
White Lake
Bladen County
Tearsall
Peggy Jane Duncan
Rt. 1
Greensboro Guilford Board Hears Connector Road Plan
Guilford County commissioners heard a proposal for an east of Friendship Airport industrial connector road. The plan aims to unlock airport area land for industry and reduce traffic on residential streets but was not acted upon pending full board presence.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Friendship
Perttu Virtanen
F. T. Bodenheimer
Bodenheimer
U.S. 421
Sampson Road
Stagecoach Trail
Oak Ridge Road
Virtanen
Marijuana Possession Charged In High Point Narcotics Case
High Point Narcotics Division arrested two men Sunday on illegal possession of marijuana. James Wayman Steele, 20, of Kent Street, bonded at 200 dollars, and William Henry Roper, 25, of Harrison Street, held on 2000 dollars. Ten bags of marijuana, each over one gram, were found.
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High Point Narcotics Division
James Wayman Steele
Kent Street
William Henry Roper
Harrison Street
Amos Hardin
W. Green
Ernest Guinn
Hardin
Guinn
Olen Harrison
Roger Greenwood
Lincoln Drive
Lindell Locklear
Adam Street
Harrison
Willie Vernon Barnes
Ennis Street
Clarence Bryant
Barnes
High Point Woman Charged With Drunken Driving
A 48 year old High Point woman Shirley Helen Hodges was charged with drunken driving after the truck she drove ran off Horneytown Road in northeastern Davidson County. She received injuries and was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital.
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Thomasville
High Point
Shirley Helen Hodges
Horneytown Road
Davidson County
High Point Memorial Hospital
Drowning Reported Of 18 Year Old High Pointer At High Rock
Brunson Lee Johnson an 18 year old resident of 1443 North Hamilton Street High Point drowned while swimming in High Rock Lake Sunday afternoon. The body was taken to Cumby Mortuary pending funeral arrangements. Johnson born September 9 1951 in Horry County South Carolina is survived by his wife Betty Sellers a daughter Becky Lee Johnson his parents a brother five sisters and several grandparents. He had lived in the High Point area for 11 years and worked for Kay Manufacturing Company. He was a Baptist.
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Will Gillette
Pollocksville
U. S. 17
James Riley Owens
Lincoln County
Davis Ray Parham
Rt. 2
Leicester
N. C. 63
Madison County
Hot Springs
Nash County
Earl Cooper
Nashville
Cooper
Angier
Adell McKay
Fuquay
Brunson Lee Johnson
N. Hamilton St
Mr. Johnson Was
Horry County
S. C
B. C. and
Viola McCracken Johnson
Brunson
High Point Area
Kay Manufacturing Company
Betty Sellers
Becky Lee Johnson
B. C. Johnson
Boyd Carl Johnson
Billy
Roy
Willie Ann) Lundy
Orlando
Fla
Jack
Dorotha) Rabon
Conway
Charlotte Johnson
Holly St
Tommy
Judy Ann) Haselden
Panama Canal
Pan
Flora Jane Johnson
Joe McCracken
Aynor
Cumby Mortuary
Pioneer Campers Are Cited At Final Camp Session
The High Point YMCA Day Camp celebrated its third session with a closing program for about 250 parents. Model campers named were Jimmy Kinard John Hackney and Julie Madison. Awards covered dance crazy days track and swimming with multiple named recipients. A Lakeside Amusement Park trip in Virginia occurred, and an Atlanta trip on Aug 15 16 remains open. Kathy Amos joined the staff of 18 counselors and instructors.
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High Point Ymca
Jimmy Kinard
John Hackney
Julie Madison
Natalie Smith
Greg Corum
Ralph Calhoun
John Scaggs
Greg Prevo
Marlene Herzog
Lucy Shaner
Brad Martin
Ann Allred
Martha Futrell
Kathy Davis
Brian Gibson
Steve Lambeth
Cliff Forrest
Todd Moore
Steve Herzog
John Futrell
Tim Moretz
Lakeside Amusement Park
Virginia
Atlanta
Kathy Amos
Randolph Accident Kills 3
Three young Randolph residents died in a late Sunday crash on Sperio Road near Asheboro. Victims include Sarah Kay Lassiter 22 Larry Kinney new death listed as a resident of Asheboro and Danny Jones Cagle 22 of Asheboro. Kinney survived briefly after hospital arrival. The collision raised Randolph 1970 road toll to 20.
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Asheboro
Randolph
Sperio
Highway Patrol
Sarah Kay Lassiter
Cox St
Larry Kinney
Peachtree St
Danny Jones Cagle
N. Fayetteville St
Julian Brady
Ash-Rand
B. S. Gurley
Kinney
Randolph Hospital
Citizens for Justice to Hold Public Meeting Tonight
The executive committee of Citizens for Justice Inc. calls a public meeting at 7 30 p m in the Central High School auditorium. The group formed last year to press changes in school operations and aims to oppose the school board plan per a leaflet announcing the event.
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Citizens For Justice, Inc
Central High School
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P.m. Mishap
New Castle
Anne Marie Jordan
Lewis Day
Harrison Avenue
Sperio Road
Oris R. Ellis
Clayton
Pine Level
Ellis
Charles Fred Heilman
Autthorities
John Neil McRainey
St. Pauls
Robeson County
U.S. 301
James Lee Wilkins
Rt. 3
Morganton
N. C
Warrensville
Ashe County
Harnett
Winfred E. Rose
Durham
Butner
Yadkin River
Robert Shaw
Board of County Commissioners
County Health Board
C. R. Brooks
High Point City
High Pointer
High
High Rock Lake
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