Weather in Piedmont Bakes Under Heat as Betsy Looms
Record heat looms with highs near 95 97 degrees and a heat index surge. Hurricane Betsy tracks toward central Florida coast with uncertain rain chances and possible nearby showers. City lake needs rain though not in danger. dam water dropped about 21 inches, ground water down from dry weather. A past hurricane two years ago eased drought in the region.
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Piedmont
Betsy
Florida
Bill Williams
City Public Utilities
Williams
North Carolina
Crackdown Nets 28 Speeders On Highway
Twenty eight motorists paid fines totaling 584.50 after a weekend speeding crackdown on the superhighway. Most were cited at 70 mph on the by pass, with fines collected by Municipal Court after waiving trial. Names, locations, speeds, and amounts vary among those cited.
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State Highway Patrol
Clarence Raeford McKinney
Hampton
Gordon Robert Foster Jr
McDonough
John Tate
Cowpens
D. C
Albert Leo Romaneski
Portland
Ore
Nora Frances Melvin
Greenwood
Thomas E. House
Greenville
S. C
Randall B. Terry Jr
Joseph James Lydon
Irvington
N. Y
Samuel Williams Daniels
Bedford
Clarence H Holland
Alexandria
Charles Alexander Hodgin
Louisville
Real Gravel
Quebec
Louis Edwards Jr
Midlothian
E Horton
Aliquippa
J. T. Grubb
Bloomfield
N. J
Kenneth Burlak
Tonawanda
N. Als
Tesaapebae
E Te. No
Guilford County Reports Polio Vaccine Totals and Reach
More than 100000 shots of Salk polio vaccine have been given in Guilford County since 1954 with 65 percent of 82000 residents now fully immunized. Health centers operate 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. weekdays as doctors in Greensboro continue administering doses through private physicians.
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Guilford County
E. P. Benbow Jr
Guilford County Medical Society
E. H. Ellinwood
County Health Department
Medical Society
Greensboro
Fire Destroys Four Room Home on Clinton Street
A four room frame house at 806 Clinton St was gutted by fire yesterday afternoon. Occupant John Rucker a Negro said he was home briefly when the blaze started in a back room and spread rapidly. Firemen reported flames burst from windows as heat intensified. A second incident at 413 Fourth St involved vapors from floor lacquer ignited by a gas water heater pilot light but caused no damage. Spontaneous ignition was blamed for a dumpster fire at Alma Desk Co.
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John Rucker
Rucker
Fourth St
Ocoe
R. W. Hart
Dempsey
Alma Desk Co
Street Work Bids Planned for Highland Mill Area
City invites bids for major street paving curb and gutter projects in Highland Mill area and for transformers for the electrical distribution system. Plans call resurfacing E Lexington Ave from Main to Five Points and widening Main Street between Green and Sheraton Place.
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Highland Mill
E. Lexington Avenue
Main Street
State Highway and Public Works Commission
George Dean
Green Street
Sheraton Place
Nathan Hunt Drive
Lincoln Drive
Hillcrest
Centennial
Lexington Avenues
Low voter registration underscales Sept election on school amendment
In High Point Township few residents have registered for the September 8 vote on a constitutional school amendment. The election office opened last week but has only processed a handful of registrations and status changes. Officials expect activity to rise before the Aug 25 deadline.
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Esker Amos Jr
High Point Township
Arthur Utley
High Point
County Board of Elections
Vile Wood
Tals Sweetec
General Assembly
Exchange Club Hints On Lawn Care By Fred Yoder
Fred Yoder spoke to the High Point Exchange Club on lawn care stressing detail from planting to maintenance. He urged proper seed and plant food suited to local conditions and noted fall as best for planting. He described repairing neglected lawns like building anew. Attendance prize went to Jim Younts. Virgil Hemric attended as a guest.
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Fred Yoder
High Point Exchange Club
Yoder
Jim Younts
Virgil Hemric
Money Stolen From Flint Texaco Coin Box
Police report larceny of about $100 from a coin box in a soft drink machine at Flint's Texaco Service in Five Points. The box was replaced after the theft was found when the supply man checked the machine to restock drinks.
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Flint
Texaco
Five Points
High Point Delegate Describes Chicago Convention Panorama
Frances Dalton reports from Chicago Convention Hall as delegates observe orderly proceedings after a Barkley tribute. The scene includes cameras, ushers, and notable attendees such as North Carolina figures, Adlai Stevenson reception attendees, and a starry Grand Ballroom event with Perle Mesta and Averell Harriman.
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High Point
Chicago
Convention Hall
Ill
Alben W. Barkley
Mahaila Jackson
Amos Kearns
Graham Barden
Adlai Stevenson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Gaston McBryde
Gibson and Laurinburg
Stevenson
Ernest Ives
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Perle Mesta
Averell Harriman
Congress
Katie Lauchheim
India Edwards
Frances Dalton
Long-Time High Point Merchant Solomon Robinowitz Dies
Solomon Robinowitz a veteran High Point merchant and church leader died at age 85 at his home 701 Morris Street after weeks of declining health. Born in Poland he moved to High Point in 1906 and ran a clothing store at the same location since 1911. He helped organize and led the B nai Israel congregation. Surviving are five sons Louis Max Joe Willie Jacob a daughter Ida eight grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral was at Sechrest Chapel at 3 30 this afternoon with interment at Hebrew Cemetery Winston Salem Road. Memorials to charities only.
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Solomon Robinowitz
High Point
Morris St
Mr. Robinowitz
Poland
Jacob Robinowitz
Anna L. Kamenowska
Greensboro
Rabinowitz
Senate
B'nai Israel
Order of Odd Fellows
Louis
Max Robinowitz
New York City
Joe
Willie Robinowitz
Washington, D. C
Ida Robinowitz
Sechrest Chapel
Herbert Silberman
Motorist Sentenced To Roads In High Point Court
A High Point man, Nathan Carl Spencer, 40, of New Road, was sentenced to five months on the roads after being convicted in Municipal Court of hit and run driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. He struck Callie Allen on W Green Street and fled until blocked by Mrs. Guy Martin. Other defendants faced penalties for assault with a deadly weapon, public drunkenness, hit and run driving, resisting an officer, and gambling, with fines and road sentences noted.
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Nathan Carl Spencer
New Road
Callie Allen
W. Green Street
Spencer
Guy Martin
Sylvester Quick
Underhill Street
Forsyth County Schools Plan Start Date August 29
Forsyth County schools will open for student registration Wednesday August 29 with most campuses on a half day for the week. Full-time classes begin the following week as schedules for holidays and Christmas are to be published later.
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Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
County Board of Education
Autos and Bus Collide at W Green and Willowbrook
A car bus and truck collided at the intersection of W Green and Willowbrook Streets yesterday afternoon. The Consolidated Bus driven by Avery Lee Kennedy 50 High Point sustained about 150 dollars damage. Walter Worth Lewis 48 English Street and Alexander Johnson Jr. 19 Route 3 High Point each had 50 dollars in damage. Johnson cited for following too closely.
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W. Green
Willowbrook
Avery Lee Kennedy
High Point
Walter Worth Lewis
English Street
Alexander Johnson Jr
Route 3
Lewis
Johnson
Merchants Secretary Returns From Credit Bureau Course
Audrey Crawford, executive secretary of the Thomasville Merchants Association, has returned from a week long credit bureau management course at the University of North Carolina. President Bill Perryman and association leaders plan changes to the local bureau after her training. The institute, run jointly by the University and Associated Credit Bureaus of the Southeast, covered credit trends, debt rehabilitation, and fast service methods aimed at reducing losses.
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Thomasville
Audrey Crawford
The
Merchants Association
University of North Carolina
Bill Perryman
Crawford
Management Institute
University
Associated Credit Bureaus of
Southeast
Furr Family Reunion to be Held at Bear Creek Baptist
The annual reunion of Henry Furr I descendants, a German settler in Cabarrus County two centuries ago, is scheduled at Bear Creek Baptist Church Sunday. Judge Oscar C. Efird of Win-...
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Henry Furr I
Cabarrus County
Bear Creek Baptist Church
Oscar C. Efird
Win
Prayer for Today by Roy H. Stetler in Harrisburg
A seasonal prayer seeking God’s presence in summer recreation, asking for unselfish actions while fishing, golfing, and swimming. The closing attribution names Roy H. Stetler, publishing agent, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with reference to Evangell- mehrere.
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Christ
Amen
Roy H. Stetler
Garrisburg
Evangell
Warrant Serves as Wife Assault Case Leads to Arrests
In Thomasville Bertha Harris is booked on assault with a deadly weapon charge after her husband Wiley swore out a cross action warrant. He also faces a lesser assault charge set for August 27 in Recorder's Court. Another case has Bill Bean held on assault charges arising from a family quarrel. James Henley remains in jail for a technical investigation.
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Thomasville
Bertha Harris
King Row
Wiley
Harris
Fle
Blue Moon Cafe
Recorder's Court
Bill Bean
Howard Street
Vivian
James T. Henley
Maple Street
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Stewart
Tinker Duke
Rosa Rouse
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Beth Harrison
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Linda Buckner
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B. B. Everett
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John Larkin
John Richardson
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Quick
William Gilmore
Gilmore
Gerald W. Clason
Cleveland
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Edward F. Tucker
Tucker
Charles G. Walton
E. Commerce Street
Louis T. Smith
Burge Street
William Fulk
Hamilton Street
Falk
Forsyth Schools
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