Power firms silent on joint venture plan for electric cities
William A. Shires reports Raleigh coverage on a proposed 3.5 billion dollar program linking electric cities and rural co ops with private power companies. Private firms appear wary of interconnection and pooling while NCEMC leader C E Viverette urges careful study and planning to meet escalating national demand.
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Raleigh
Tar Heel Electric Membership Assa
C. E. Viverette
N. CG. Electric Membership Corporation
NCEMC
Viverette
Two Cars Demolished In Chair City Wreck
A Friday evening collision at Winston and Forsyth Streets left two vehicles totaled. Drivers Plummer James Lowe of Hegler's Taxi and Terry Williams were treated. Lowe faced a stop sign violation charge while Williams and taxi passenger Terry Richards were not admitted to hospital. Allen Claude Hamilton, 44, of Cable Street High Point, is set for August 25 trial in Recorder's Court on drunken driving charges.
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Thomasville
Winston
Forsyth
Plummer
James Lowe
Hegler
Terry Williams
Williams
Lowe
Terry
Local Court Hands 20 Day Sentence For Drunkenness
Defendant Bobby Gerald Carver was jailed 20 days after a Friday verdict of public drunkenness. Johnny W Wright was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, with sentencing deferred to Monday. James Doster and Vance Ingram had charges of breaking into coin operated machines dismissed.
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Bobby Gerald Carver
English Road
Johnny W. Wright
Eden Terrace
James Doster
Vance Ingram
Planning United Appeal Promotes September Drive
The promotion for the United Appeal starts September 9 with a quota of 491435. Bob Davis Jr. and Doug Kerr are organizing the effort. Bob McCuiston and Ralph Gurley are named in the promotion.
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Planning United Appeal Promotion
Bob McCuiston
Ralph Gurley
Bob Davis Jr
Doug Kerr
Sonny Hedgewick
Witnesses Pay Costs In 2 Cases In Recorder Court
In Thomasville two assault with a deadly weapon cases were ruled prosecution without cause and witnesses ordered to pay court costs. Charles Broadie charged Larry Farrell with knife assault on Church Street, and Ann Pierce charged Glen H. Pierce with knife assault. Stella Colson appealed a assault with deadly weapon conviction after being ordered to pay medical bills and costs. Three men convicted of drunken driving appealed to Superior Court. Robert Deweese was fined and jailed.
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Thomasville
Recorder’s Court
Charles Broadie
Larry Farrell
Church Street
Ann Pierce
Glen H. Pierce
Rt. 2
Stella Colson
W. Guilford Street
Aileene Goodman
Davidson County Superior Court
Lexington
Assant
Roy Dale Gibson
Rt. 1
Eugene E. Finney
Rt- 9
Superior Court
Robert Junior Deweese
Davidson Street
State Tax Revenue Boosts City Budget
The City of High Point will receive 353,488 dollars from North Carolina intangibles tax distributions, about 8,000 more than projected. The state reported a record 23,084,575.90 in intangible taxes for the fiscal year, with funds allocated to counties and municipalities including Mecklenburg, Guilford, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.
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High Point
Intangibles Tax Division
North Carolina Department of Revenue
Intangibles Division
Theft and Cutting Reports Trigger Police Investigation
A cutting and stolen merchandise totaling 1130 were reported to police Friday. Mary Ann McNeil of Kent Street was stabbed in the head and upper back by Roosevelt Howze and sent to High Point Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Tools and a transit were stolen from a Rand Industries trailer behind Zayre Department Store. Southern Motors saw tires and rims valued at 180 stolen after intruders pried a fence hole and used a jack and lug wrench.
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Mary Ann McNeil
Kent Street
Roosevelt Howze
Miss McNeil
High Point Memorial Hospital
Rand Industries
Southern Motors
Weekend Rain Expected for High Point Area
The High Point forecast calls for cloudy skies with afternoon and evening showers today and Sunday, little change Monday, and temperatures in the low 80s with a tonight low near 70. Rain chances were 50 percent today, 40 percent tonight and Sunday. The Friendship station logged .05 inches in 24 hours, Friday high 93, low 74. The coast should see similar Piedmont conditions with showers and warmer highs.
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High Point
Friendship Weather Station
Piedmont
Wekend
Pedestrian Among Five Hurt In Area Traffic Mishaps
A pedestrian and four others were injured in five area traffic incidents Friday night. Notable crashes include an English Road rear-end collision causing injuries and $650 in damages, plus multiple charges for failing to reduce speed and yield right of way. Vehicles involved span English Road Thomasville Main Street and surrounding streets, with injuries to several drivers and passengers and damages ranging from $300 to $650.
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English Road
Jimmy Roger Royal
Robert Lee Hill
Thomasville
S. Main Street
Springdale Avenue
Warren Allen Sparks
Route 3
Lucille Lowe Nieman
Renda Drive
Nieman
Edith Thomason
Foy Eugene Thomason
Thomas Talmage Redding
E. Green Drive
Thomason
Redding
Harriette Starne Staley
Ragan Street
Export Expansion Council Invites Annual Activities
The Regional Export Expansion Council of North Carolina met at the Chamber of Commerce to launch its new year. Since 1960 the council has aided over 300 North Carolina firms in first export sales and now ranks 13th in manufactured exports and seventh in agricultural commodities. Plans discussed include a North Carolina Far East Agri-Business Trade Mission August 24 to September 17 visiting Sydney Melbourne Taipei Tokyo and Hong Kong with 14 readers. a Food Fair in Cologne Germany in October with 11 firms. David Parker of Hatteras Yacht chairs the International Trade Committee and urges local firms to contact the chamber.
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Regional Export Expansion Council of
N.C
Chamber of Commerce
United States Department of Commerce
Joel B. New
U. S. Department of Commerce
Greensboro
North Carolina
North Carolina Far East
Sydney
Melbourne
Australia
Taipei
Tokyo
Japan
Hong Kong
Cologne
Germany
David Parker
Hatteras Yacht Here
Chambers’ International Trade Committee
Champer
Expansion Council of
George A. Covington
Robert A. Spellman
The
South
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