Guilford County Plans 1960s Housing and Zoning Steps
Guilford County planners will form a work program for next year guided by a survey showing needs for low income housing and water sewer lines in rural areas. The plan will go to commissioners for approval as the county also pursues a capital budget ahead of demand and considers mobile home ordinances and multi family zoning west of Greensboro near Friendship Airport. A joint UNC Greensboro sociology study will map welfare needs of rural residents and the gap between very low income families and existing services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Perln Virtanen
Virtanen
Friendship Airport
County tax brochure shows school support dominates levy
Guilford County allocates 46.92 cents of the basic 85 cent rate to schools with 24 percent for remaining government services. Social Services and Health receive 13.5 and 6.5 percent respectively, while ambulance funding and law enforcement gains are noted. Tax bills mailing began late this week with August discounts encouraged.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Commissioners
C. R. Brooks
High Point
Greensboro City
Department of Social Services
Health Department
Guilford County
Two Get Shot In Youth Fight
Cross Street was the scene of an affray Friday night in which two persons were shot. Rhonda McGill was shot in the chest and Kelvin Johnson in the side by a .22 caliber pistol. Johnson was hit by a bullet and another struck Rhonda McGill as she stood in the street. A bystander reported a youth fight involving several youths and gunfire. One suspect, Johnny Wright, kicked a plate glass window to enter Main Street Methodist Church, severing an ankle artery and leaving a blood trail to his house where he was later picked up. A newspaper vendor named Robert Leper said three males attacked him and took 30 cents and a set of keys.
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Cross Street
Rhonda McGill
Kelvin Johnson
Johnson
Main Street Methodist Church
Johnny Wright
Wright
Robert Leper
Veador
Boys and burgers spark chaotic parking lot scene
Enterprise photographer Dick Swaim captured three hungry boys in a local hamburger joint parking lot Friday. The boys were caught on camera as they squirmed for fast food, and the moment settled only when the burgers arrived.
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Dad
Enterprise
Dick Swaim
Red Cross Plans To Fill Bags For Servicemen
The American Red Cross sponsors a Santa Claus ditty bag program for Southeast Asia troops this Christmas. About 000 bags will be sent. High Point Chapter accepts a quota of 775. Committee includes Frank Lambeth and several members. Letters will be sent to over 200 civic groups seeking support. Each bag costs about $3.50.
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American Red Cross
Southeast Asia
High Point Chapter
Red Cross
Frank Lambeth
L. 3. Averett
Leon Saffit
Walter Jones
J. ¥. Smith
Nest Under Air Conditioner At Downtown Swarm Restaurant
A cool nest is reported beneath an air conditioning unit at the second floor window of the downtown Swarm restaurant, drawing attention from passersby. Fire crews were not summoned. It remains unclear if the nest is a natural bird’s home or a stray structure.
Seven Hurt In Four Separate Traffic Accidents
Seven people were injured in four separate accidents Friday and early Saturday. In a one car crash on Fairfield Road at about 1 a m, Leroy Levis and three others were hurt but not seriously, and the driver was charged with reckless driving after the car hit a tree. Damages were about 800 dollars. A second one car crash at N Hamilton Street and Westwood Avenue involved Evelyn Hayworth Morgan with slight injuries after her car hit a pole and left the road, about 300 dollars in damages. Edith Dennis Inman was injured in a 5 pm Ward Street crash with Daniel Rankin Holt Jr. charged with following too close. damages about 650 dollars. In the K Mart lot, David Norman Presnell and Charles Frank Logan Jr. collided with about 600 dollars in damages. Mary Edith Presnell was injured. No charges were filed.
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Fairfield Road
Leroy Levis
Thomasville
Debra Anne White
Lexington
Tony Johnson
High Point
Judy Hunsucker
Whiteoak Street
N. Hamilton Street
Westwood Avenue
Evelyn Hayworth Morgan
Smith Street
Daniel Rankin Holt Jr
Flint Street
K-Mart
David Norman Presnell
English Road
Charles Frank Logan Jr
Hilton Street
Mary Edith Presnelt
More Showers Are Expected
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness and warm temperatures with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. Little change is expected through Monday as highs reach near 90 today, upper 80s tomorrow, and overnight lows in the upper 60s with precipitation chances around 40 percent today and 50 percent tonight and Sunday.
Planners To Receive Two Reports At Guilford Meeting
Greensboro planners will present two new studies to the Guilford County Planning Board at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Commissioners Room of the administration building. One study covers housing costs in the area and the other Social Planning based on a rural poor housing survey. The session includes three rezoning requests and a zoning ordinance amendment proposal to clarify special exceptions by the Board of Adjustments.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Planning Board
Perttu Vertanen
Virtanen
Guilford
Commissioners Room
Guilford County Administration
Planning Board
Planning Department
Board of Adjustments
New Ideas Drive Economy When Harnessed by Industry
The article argues that innovation fuels growth but must be channeled into productive industry to maximize economic impact. It highlights the link between research, manufacturing, and job creation, stressing practical application over mere invention.
Electric Cities Plan Distribution System
North Carolina cities that sell power to residents proposed a 1 billion EPIC project uniting with rural electric co-ops to build generating plants and a state wide distribution network. The plan aims to serve 700 cities and 36 co-ops, saving about 100 million from 1975 to 1985, with private power firms supplying energy.
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Southern Pines
N. C
North Carolina
Duke Power Co
Carolina Power and Light Co
Ing
North
Electricities
J. Garner Bagnal
Statesville
Press Corporation
Nhe
Davidson Man Faces Charges
THOMASVILLE Charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and violation of prohibition law were entered Friday against John Dewey Brinkley 31 of Rt 4 Thomasville. Brinkley is scheduled to be tried on Aug 29 in Recorder s Court.
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Thomasville
John Dewey Brinkley
Rt. 4
Brinkley
Recorder's Court
Postal Union Leader Raps Private Mail Corporation
Paul L. Younts of United Federation of Postal Clerks warns a self sustaining private postal monopoly would burden consumers. He cites federal rate hikes since 1963, pending legislation gifting assets to the corporation, and a guaranteed stamp price as the fiscal backbone, noting history of rate increases from three to six cents since 1932.
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Private Mail Corporation
Paul L. Younts
High Point Local No
United Federation of Postal Clerks
Younis
Union
Washington
Congress
United States
Treasury
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Virlanen
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Sociology
High Point Enterprise
Lewis
Charree
Ward Street
Edith Dennis Inman
H. Russell Street
Bruce Township
Monroe Township
Rock Creek Township
Project Epic
EPIC
Carolina
Guy Smith
Laurinburg
Charles Horne
Greenville
Tom Stewart
Edward G. Faulkner
Monroe
Hubert 8. Plaster
Shelby
L. C. Williams
R. A. Muench
Fayetteville
Davidson
Younts
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