Station Owners Back Half of Price Hike Says Gas Tax Burdens Help
Gasoline pumps show higher prices as major oil companies raise rates by a cent and lawmakers add another cent via federal tax. Local station operators oppose the tax, arguing it cuts profits and threatens business while noting state take remains steep.
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Fred Barber
Gulf
Fiso
Amoco
Sinclair
Atlantic
Pure
House
Wars and Means
George Griffin
South Main Crown Service
Griffin
Bill Sanders
Sanders
Brooks Huff
Huff
Gulf Service
Ted Henderson
High Point Esso Service
Henderson
Local Architect Defends School Costs and Receptacle Issue
Architect Rob ert Conner testifies before the county board of education defending cost concerns for the Jamestown school project. He explains contract dates and delays while addressing Bain's charges that faulty electrical receptacles created waste and risks to occupancy. The dispute centers on a $750 batch deemed unusable and whether inspection and specification errors were caught.
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Guilford County
Conner
Jamestown
Robert Conner
County Board of Education
Bain
Parking changes eyed by City Council in traffic plan
City Council, led by Traffic Engineer E L Walker Jr, considered eliminating parking on Tryon Street and S Main Street and Louise and East streets during business hours. A tractor for public works was approved at 10 800, and Sept 1 hearings were set on street petitions and three rezoning proposals amid claims filed by George McDowell and R B Gantt estate.
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E. L. Walker Jr
Walker
Tryon ‘Street
Joshua Street
Byrum
Tryon Streets
S. Main Street
Russell Street
Ward
W. Willis and
Ward Streets
Louise Avenue
N. Main
N. Hamilton Streets
East Street
Public Works Department
E. F. Craven Co
George McDowell
Kennedy Street
Leity
R. B. Gantt
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Three Injured in Centennial Avenue Crash
Early today on Centennial Avenue Ext a collision between a dairy truck driven by James Oliver Hunt twenty seven and a Woodview Street auto driven by Mrs Betty Winslow sent three to hospital. Winslow sustained knee and chin lacerations possible chest injury and head contusions while her two year old daughter Teresa had a cut lip and possible internal injuries. Police said no charges would be filed until further talks with witnesses and at the scene.
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Centennial Avenue
Betty Winslow
Woodview Street
James Oliver Hunt
Winslow
Teresa
Auto Theft Case Recast as Mistake by Defendant
Prosecutors face witnesses in a case against 17 year old Jerry Kearns of High Point charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. Gaynell Craven of Route 1 says the incident at a drive in was playful mischief, not theft, and she would like to drop the charge as the youths were only \"having fun.\"
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Jerry Kearns
Route 1
High Point
Young Kearns
Gaynell Craven
Kearns
Tentative bond vote date set for annexed utility extensions
City council sets tentative referendum date on a 10 million bond plan to extend water and sewer services to annexed areas and to buy electrical facilities from Duke Power. Bond breakdown allocates 3.2M water 3.6M sewer 2.2M electrical with a 20 year financing horizon.
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Tom
Trical
Duke Power Co
Westside
Ae Eastside
Open House for Local Merchants Association and Credit Bureau
Fr iday open houses run 7:30 to 8:30 p m at new offices shared by the High Point Merchants Association and the High Point Credit Bureau located at 310 North Main Street.
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High Point Merchants Association
High Point Credit Bureau
N. Main St
Fish Fry Friday by Main Street Methodist Church Club
Members of the Methodist Men’s Club and their families will attend a fish fry at 6 30 p m Friday night in the church shelter at Main Street Methodist Church.
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Methodist Men's Club
Main Street Methodist Church
Safe Burglary at W. C. Vail Home Yields Large Loot
Thieves ransacked the rural High Point electrical contractor W. C. Sam Vail home while he and his wife were at work. They pried open a hall closet safe with a crowbar and car tools, taking an estimated sum around 35 000 to 50 000 dollars. FBI and SBI involvement noted as deputies probe possible two-man entry with gloves.
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Pete Jones
Enterprise
High Point
W. C
Sam” Vail
Vail
Skeet Club
Weld Beeen
Davis Blecday
City-County Government Center Bids Rescheduled
High Point's city county building project faces a renewed bid process after funding shortfall halted last year's effort. Officials set tentative council dates for Sept 16 with revised drawings ready. groundbreaking now expected in early October adjacent to City Hall. Legal steps authorize county purchase of equity in the site from the city.
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High Point
City County
Hinson
High Point Fat Stock Show and Sale Underway
High Point's 13th annual fat stock show opens at the city garage on Grimes Street with judging at 3 pm and sale starting at 7 pm. Judges from the State Department of Agriculture and North Carolina State College will determine winners. Cash prizes go to top animals in divisions sponsored by Commerce Rotary Club Trini ty Grange Kiwanis Lions New Market Grange and Trinity Ruritan Club.
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High Point
Grimes Street
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina State College
Rotary Club
Trinity Grange
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
New Market Grange
Trinity Ruritan Club
Red Cross Junior Camp Leaders Plan Fall Membership Drive
Joy Watkins and Jean left yesterday for Craven to join Junior Red Cross in schools and chapters as part of community and international services. Mrs. Myatt and Mrs. Robert M. Bundy Jr. have begun groundwork for this year’s Junior Red Cross services with a membership campaign slated for early fall in local and adjacent schools.
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Junior Red Cross
Myatt
Robert M. Bundy Jr
JRC
Joy Watkins
Jean Craven
Red Cross
Tuxedo
Plant Fire in Thomasville Causes Minor Damage
A small timber plant fire on Trinity Street spread from a brick shavings bin but caused little or no damage before firefighters contained it yesterday. No injuries were reported.
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Thomasville
Shaw Trinity Street
Prayer for TODAY by James W. Kennedy
Prayer asks God to lift the speaker above contact that might drag him down and to endure heat and fatigue without quarreling. It seeks inward peace and friendly relations through Jesus Christ for the day.
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Jesus Christ
James W. Kennedy
Church of the Ascension
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Jean
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J. A. Myatt Jr
Miss Craven
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