Cleaning Up After Fire In City Estimates 150000 Loss
City officials say Monday’s fire caused about 150000 in losses and seek federal aid to replace the Frantier nut LayalLy. Photo by Cris Petree.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1976
Page
3
City officials say Monday’s fire caused about 150000 in losses and seek federal aid to replace the Frantier nut LayalLy. Photo by Cris Petree.
Defense attorney for Dermont Conrad filed a notice of appeal after a jury convicted him and sentenced him to 25 years for kidnaping a 17 year old. The trial featured testimony from the main witness who said she was detained and forced into prostitution at the Shangri La motel. Court ordered bond or prison in Raleigh. Jury deliberated 2 hours 45 minutes.
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription rates and delivery details for daily and Sunday editions. It also notes Associated Press news use rights and postal classification, with carrier and advertising representatives identified for distribution and subscription handling.
June and July spending and contributions surged ahead of the August 17 primary. Jim Van Hecke Jr leads with 6003 in contributions and 4052 spent. Other top spenders include John Yeattes Jr and W Eugene Johnston, with totals listed across House District Judge and State Senate races.
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Ed O Herron framed his bid as part of a national swing to non political leaders. Speaking before the High Point Kiwanis Club he argued leadership should escape professional politicking and machines while detailing highway funding and education plans and defending a 300 million road bond proposal.
High Point police reported a Friday shooting at Hillside Recreation Center in which Willie Leak, 27, was struck in the shoulder after a confrontation with a man who returned with a .38 pistol. A teenage intruder was chased from Sweat Gaines home after entering through an unlocked screen door and stealing 52 cents. Related vehicle break ins at a Holiday Inn lot included a $75 FM converter removed from a Roger Air Corp. truck and a separate theft of a $1,535 tape player from another car. Burglars also took $16 of canned foods from Allen Abney’s Olga Street home. A $150 citizen's band radio was stolen from a car at Mayberry One. No arrest reported at this time.
Violet Stevens Johnson of Chestnut Drive was taken to High Point Memorial Hospital after a three car crash on Friday at English Road and West Point Avenue. Pearl Smith Corn of Dogwood Circle and Herbert Smith Ingram Jr. of Hedrick Street were involved. Ingram faced a charge for following too closely. Willie Mack McIntyre and John McIntyre were injured in a separate Friday wreck on Kivett Drive and Pendleton Street. Nelson Dement driven truck involved. McIntyre charged with speeding.
Roger Moore 17 of Vall Street faces two years in prison for attempting to utter a forged check but receives a two year suspended sentence on probation and a $100 fine on a forcible trespassing charge. Other outcomes include four month and six month sentences, suspensions, fines, and probation for various charges. some charges dismissed or bound over to Superior Court after probable cause findings.
In Asheboro early Saturday six people were wounded in a drive-in and nearby trailer shootout. Victims include three from the drive-in car and two bystanders. several eye injuries require hospital admission. Police say the incident grew from a Thursday fight at a different drive-in and involved William Powell Danny Jarrell and Kenneth McClintock.
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