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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1970
Page
2
The High Point Public Housing Authority received a 3,078,606 HUD loan grant to build 140 public housing units on 33 acres between Burton Avenue and English Road near Juanita Street. Plans for Turn Key III housing nearby also move forward with 50 units under construction and 150 total planned.
A compact scan of page 2 includes brief items and notices from the High Point Enterprise. Readers find local briefs, small ads, and community updates with concise notes on events and happenings around town.
Furniture City Television seeks to enlarge issues in the Channel 8 case urging a reevaluation of WGHP TV promises. The filing cites failure to meet pledges on live local shows staffing and studio construction. Southern Broadcasting faces scrutiny ahead of a Washington conference set for August 18.
A Paysner car crashed into a tree on North Carolina Highway 8 south of here. One child died on arrival at Lexington Memorial Hospital after the mid morning wreck near Marlin Daniel Lake. Authorities say a second vehicle may have forced the Paysner car off the road.
Mrs. Gloria Kirby the High Point youth director for the Office of Economic Opportunity denies saying the shop interior had been tampered with by unidentified persons though notes from Enterprise reporter Bob Poole indicate she did make such a statement.
Denton authorities conclude the July Fourth deaths of Ron ald Morris and wife Rachel Morris at their rural home are a double murder. Ron Morris was shot twice in the head with a .22 caliber gun. Rachel Morris’s cause remained ruled after coroner Joel Leonard found no weapon identifiable in ashes.
In Recorder's Court three people were convicted of drunken driving and fined 100 dollars plus court costs each. Elizabeth B. Grant of High Point appealed to Davidson County Superior Court. Convicted also were Barry Eugene Frazier of Trinity and Percell Davidson of Winston-Salem. Charls Sanders of Lexington faced no prosecution.
Winter City policeman J. E. Tobin was acquitted of assault with a deadly weapon after a June 6 incident in High Point Memorial Hospital. Ruben Little and his wife were also tried. Little was acquitted on multiple charges while Mrs. Little faced several counts and earned mixed results.
The Electricities of North Carolina annual meeting elected Kinston Mayor Simon C. Sitterson Jr. president succeeding J. Garner Bagnal. The group of 70 cities pledged to oppose all retail and wholesale electricity rate increases, with Duke Power, CP&L, and Virginia Electric & Power planning wholesale hikes possible this September.
Washington AP reports nine U S personnel killed in action in Southeast Asia include Army Spec 4 John B Proffit of Todd Ashe County North Carolina son of Mr and Mrs Cicero J Proffit. Proffit was identified by the Defense Department among the fallen.
Mark Steven Hailey of High Point died in Duc Pho Vietnam on a combat operation when a hostile mine detonated. He was 20, son of Mr and Mrs John P Hailey of Ferndale Drive. He served with Company B 11th Platoon Americal Division as an infantryman. Funeral plans were incomplete.
A variance request to permit a 64 square foot wall sign 22 square feet above the limit will be heard by the High Point Board of Adjustment at 4 p.m. Thursday in the City County Building. Ralph Wagner, for W. H. Weaver Co. owners of College Village Shopping Center on East Lexington Avenue, seeks the exception.
Three local youths excel at the 39th National Model Airplane Championships held at Glenview Illinois. Danny Bartley, 16, won the senior control line event while John Bartley, 16, claimed multiple top finishes in the half a pronto and related speed events. Charles Schubert, 16, placed third in the senior division of the control line B speed event.
Firemen were roused from sleep to answer three box alarms in 15 minutes in Thomasville. The rapid sequence disrupted crews and sparked the townwide alert.
William Ralston Campbell 78 of 421 Hillcrest Dr died 6:20 a.m. Saturday at High Point Memorial Hospital after two years of declining health. Born July 20, 1892 in Pittsburgh he formed the Lilly Company in 1935 and served as president and chairman until retirement in 1969. Funeral Monday 11 a.m. at Sechrest Chapel. Burial Floral Garden Park Cemetery. He was survived by his wife Della and sister Mrs. Joseph H. Perry.
Randolph deputies and SBI agents seized illegal lottery tickets valued up to 45000 from Dolan Fields service station and Randolph Auto Used Parts. Six men from Trinity area were arrested on gambling charges with bonds totaling over 4500. Fields posted 4500 bond for Sept 15 court appearance. Also named were Hobart Crofts Kenneth Saffier Walter Ash Daniel Cecil Howard Turner and Joseph Falk who faced multiple counts.
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