Open House Planned at Star Cleaners
Star Cleaners and Laundry at 723 South Main Street will hold an open house Monday from 5 to 3 p.m. to celebrate an interior remodeling. Mayor Floyd Mehan and Fred Dodge of the North Carolina Association of Laundries and Cleaners will attend. John Crowder, operator, says industry suppliers will demonstrate new cleaning and waterproofing techniques and registration prizes totaling 175 in trade will be given.
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Star Cleaners and Laundry
South Main Street
Floyd Mehan
Fred Dodge
N. C. Association of Laundries and Cleaners
John Crowder
Crowder
Mysterious disease claims 30 children in South Viet Nam
In Saigon, an unexplained illness has killed 30 children under 16 in a western province over the past week, prompting an emergency medical investigation by Vietnamese doctors and an American physician. Symptoms include high fever and black spots on the body.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Rusk to Take Short Vacation Next Week
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will take a vacation next week staying in Washington and New York and possibly a day or two at Camp David Maryland the presidential retreat in the Catoctin Mountains north of Washington.
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Washington (Ap
Dean Rusk
State Department
Washington
New York
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Accident Boxscore Summary for Week
A condensed boxscore records accidents and casualties for the week, noting persons killed and injured along with property loss. The shorthand totals show overall counts and approximate losses, reflecting ongoing safety concerns and year to date trends.
Cutting Probed By Police Here
Police investigated last night the cutting and stabbing of an Elsie Street woman. Maggie Streeter claimed she fell on a knife. The woman had a six inch arm gash and a stomach stab wound, taken to High Point Memorial Hospital by private car.
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Elsie Street
Maggie Streeter
High Point Memorial Hospita Emergency Room
Youths Held For Check Passing
Police arrested Bobby Ray Morgan 18 and Paul Edward Tilley 16 for forging and passing checks. Morgan entered Thomas Furniture Co on Mangum Street and stole payroll and company checks. Tilley forged Fred Thomas’s name and Morgan cashed them. Bonds set at 200 and 1200. trial scheduled for Aug 23. Also jailed were Hudson Dutch 43 and William H. Cato for driving without a license.
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Bobby Ray Morgan
Mangum Street
Paul Edward Tilley
Geery
Morgan
Thomas Furniture Co
Mangem Street
Tilley
Fred Thomas
Hudson Dutch
Beeamon Street
William H. Cato
High Point Road
Thy
Cloudy and Warm Forecast With Patchy Showers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures today with a high near a unspecified degree. There is a chance of widely scattered showers and thundershowers late in the afternoon, and tonight’s low should be 62. Monday is expected to be partly cloudy and mild.
Man Charged After Wreck At Corner
A Landsdown Street man was charged with a stop sign violation after a collision at Forrest Street and Woodrow Avenue. Elmore Cecil Greene, 39, faced court after his car hit John Troy Davis, 39, of Eastchester Drive. damages were $150 in the Davis car and $200 in Greene’s. The crash occurred shortly after 7 am. Police also filed reports on a three car crash at S Main and Russell Drive Thursday involving Jonathan Robert Frazier, 45, of Randleman. Jerry Wilson Woods, 20, of Rowan Avenue. and Estelle West Webb, of Woodrow Avenue. Frazier was charged with attempting an improper left turn across a truck driven by Woods. damage was slight.
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Landsdown Street
Forrest Street
Woodrow Avenue
Elmore Cecil Greene
John Troy Davis
Eastchester Drive
Greene
Davis
S. Main
Russell Drive
Jonathan Robert Frazier
Randleman
Jerry Wilson Woods
Rowan Avenue
Estelle West Webb
Frazier
Woods
Webb
Leaders Face Modern Challenges At High Point College
Dr Harold P Hamilton cites four challenges to strong leadership as 45 summer session graduates at High Point College hear that personal tragedy false beliefs and complex problems test leaders. He urges stable homes informed study and costly Christian leadership as path to a brighter future.
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High Point College
Harold F. Hamilton
Harold P. Hamilton
Hamilton
Jesus Christ
God
Christ
Dr. Hamilton
Kentucky Wesleyan College
High Point
Goodwill Group To Tour Europe This Fall
A 34 member Tar Heel goodwill delegation led by Alex McMahon will tour six European nations from September 20 to October 10. Stops include England Belgium Russia Poland Hungary and Germany amid a program dating to 1956. Some participants are legislators Senator Richard Long and Senator Trwin Belk along with Representative J Herman Saxon. Belk may skip if a fall special legislative session occurs.
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Raleigh
Alex McMahon
State Association of County Commissioners
America
Europe
Manchester
Conventry
London
England
Brussels
Belgium
Moscow
Erevan
Russia
Warsaw
Poland
Budapest
Hungary
East
West Berin
Germany
McMahon
Eisenhower
General Assembly
Sens
Richard Long
Person
Trwin Belk
Mecklenburg
J. Herman Saxon
Belk
Fire Safety Survey to Begin In High Point
Firemen start a 40 day door to door fire safety survey in High Point to cut home fire losses. Uniformed inspectors will check for trash, faulty wiring and overloaded circuits and advise corrections. Beware ununiformed entrants and note a fire truck or official car will accompany crews. The program has reduced fires by about 50 percent locally and is being adopted nationally.
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High Point
Fire Department
Sonnel
United States
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
New York City
Thief Rifles Safe, Takes Thousands
Henderson authorities investigated a strong armed burglary at the Henderson Wholesale Grocery Co. office early Saturday. A safe door was torn from a walk-in safe and cash amounting to thousands of dollars was stolen. Sheriff Linwood B. Falkner cited firm estimates of $7,000 to $10,000 normally in the safe, while billing clerk Harry Raymond Munn reported seeing a Black man flee the building near 1 a.m. Saturday.
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Henderson
Henderson Wholesale Grocery Co
Linwood B. Falkner
Falkner
Harry Raymond Munn
Munn
Costs Rise Yet Patient Gets More Care For Money
Winston Salem report by Dr. Fleming Fuller in Tras ter argues hospital costs will continue to rise 5 to 7 percent annually while patients receive more care. Analyzing three Winston-Salem hospitals from 1950 to 1969 he notes daily rates climbed from 11.89 to 20.83 at City Memorial, 12.10 to 22.95 at Baptist, and increases at Reynolds Memorial for Black patients. He cites salaries as 60 to 70 percent of costs, with staff pay lagging industry wages, and highlights equipment costs for open heart surgery while saving lives.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
North Carolina Baptist
Fleming Fuller
Traster
American Hospital Association
City Memorial Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Kate Bitting Reynolds Memorial
Fuller
Eight-Year-Old Burned in Garage Fire
An eight-year-old boy suffered non serious second degree burns on his hands when gasoline welched flare in a garage on W Farriss Avenue. He was treated at Memorial Hospital Emergency room. Firefighters also quickly handled a burning trash pile at 366 Philips Street. The report notes the Great Pyramid of Giza base area and height details.
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Welch
W. Farriss Avenue
Memorial Hospital
Phillips Street
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Rusk
Man
High Point Enterprise
Janet Teagss
Duke Divinity School
Duke University
North Carolina State College
David W. Cole
Wendell M. Patton
Jesse L. Taylor
Nathaniel Yarborough
Harold E. Conrad
Robert M. Hardee
Oak View Methodist Church
Ernestine Fields
Mary Low Rainey Moran
Melvin Gaynell Bryant
Great Pyramid
Giza
Egypt
Tha ‘Reading Laboratory, Inc
RCA Victor
Dacignas
Stan Aira
Appliance CO
Wrenn St
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