Judge Overrules Faculty Desegregation Delay 1970 71 Student Change
Thomasville City Council votes to shift major dog control duties to Davidson County Health Dept while retaining a city dog catcher. County to receive dogs daily. three pound lots allotted to Thomasville with responsibility for lot cleanliness. Health chief notes need for pound expansion. Council inquiry cited past sanitation concerns at the city pound.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Joe Bowers
Guilford County Humane Society
Joe Wheliss
Wheliss
Davidson County Health Dept
Lexington
Denton
Dermont Lohr
Health Department
Lohr
Bowers
Council
City Council Tackles Junked Cars in Chair City
Thomasville City Council discussed abandoned vehicles along Amazon Road and pledged action using city ordinances. Mayor Harvey A. Carpenter Jr. promised cleanup of neighborhoods described as dirty and rat infested, citing photos from College Street showing non working autos in yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Amazon Road
Harvey A. Carpenter Jr
College Street
Plan for High Point desegregation ordered by federal judge
Federal Judge Edwin M. Stanley ordered High Point city schools to integrate faculty and student bodies for the 1969-70 year in a 70-30 Negro-white ratio, with full desegregation planned for 1970-71. The board must assign staff by Aug 22, announce the plan by Aug 25, allow reassignment requests by Aug 29, and submit a complete desegregation plan by Nov 10 with replies due by Dec 14.
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Ray Hubbard
Greensboro
High Point City
U. S
Edwin M. Stanley
Stanley
Citizens For Justice
High Point
the Enterprise
William Matthews
Ronald Jester
Citizens For Justice Group
Prison Sentences Follow Rock Damage and Disorderly Conduct
James White of Fern Street was tried on four malicious damage charges from rock throwing incidents. Judge Byron Haworth gave two years total, six months per count, consecutive. Eric Byers of East Street received six months active prison time. Bruce Edward Quick of East Street got 30 days for disorderly conduct. Johnny Wesley Wright of Eden Terrace was sentenced to a year after convictions for two assaults five drunkenness counts one malicious damage two disorderly conduct and one non felonious breaking and entering. James Myrick drew six months for issuing a worthless check. Jack Mills of Thomasville violated a suspended sentence and received eight months plus four months for assault with a deadly weapon, to run consecutively. Floyd Barbee of Jamestown drew 60 days after guilty pleas to five public drunkenness cases. Ernest Eggers, Charles Jacobs, and Edward Mack were ordered held for trial in Superior Court on assault forgery and secret assault charges respectively. All remain in custody on bond.
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Byron Haworth
White
Johnny Wesley Wright
Eden -Terrace
Wright
James Myrick
Mills
Floyd Barbee
Jamestown
Ernest Eggers
Harison Street
Charles Jacobs
Walnut Street
Edward Mack
Clara Cox Apts
Randolph May Lose State and Federal Aid
Randolph County Commissioners rejected a warning from state welfare officials that federal and state funds could be cut if welfare office space is not expanded. They approved an ambulance for Archdale Trinity after a traffic crash and discussed courthouse expansion but took no action on it.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Archdale- Trinity
Josh
Clifton Craig
Craig
Ira McDowell
High Point Weighs Priority for Southwest Connector Link
City Council with City Manager Cheek and Traffic Engineer Moss prioritized a southwest connector linking S Main Street to Albertson Road to ease congestion near furniture plants. Engineering for the eight to twelve month project would precede a route near I-85 and downtown High Point.
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Robert Marks
High Point
William Bencini
Harold Cheek
R. V. Moss
T. Lynwood Smith
S. Main Street
Linden
Surrett Drive
W. Green Drive
Prospect Street
Albertson Road
Moss
W. Green
Paul Clapp
Bencini
Cheek
Youth Council Plans Back to School Dance Tonight
The High Point Youth Council sponsors a Back to School Dance at City Lake Park gym starting at 8 p.m. and ending at midnight. Music will be by The O Kaysions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Youth Council
City Lake Park
Brenda Hoover
Smitty's Grill Case Closed by Human Relations Commission
The High Point Human Relations Commission closed the Smitty's Grill case at 2414 Westchester Dr after management cleaned up operations to be fully inclusive. E O Lane noted the grill serves all customers, allows standing dining, and may take food outside. Lane and O H Leak observed a cooperative stance and invited further suggestions.
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Harry Golden
High Point Relations Commission
Smitty’s Grill
Westchester Dr
E. O. Lane
Committee On Public Accommodations
Lane
Grill
0. H. Leak
Public Accommodations Committee
Ben
Human Relations Commission
Hearing Set In Ramseur Fatality
A preliminary hearing is set for Thursday for Burlington man Samuel Albright Brown 26 charged with manslaughter in the Ramseur fatality after George Henry Richardson died from injuries in a fall from a station wagon near Ramseur Other passengers including Patricia Thompson Winfred Thompson John Paul Morgan Johnny Ray Hall and Bernice Valich face appearance at the hearing The weather forecast calls for cloudy skies with 60 percent chance of showers through Wednesday and warmer humidity trend through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashebord
Burlington
Samuel Albright Brown
Ramseur
Randolph County
Lloyd Brown
Brown
George Henry Richardson
Patricia Thompson
Winfred Eugene Thompson
Rt. 1
Franklinville
John Paul Morgan
Rt. 2
Johnny Ray Hall
Randleman
Bernice Valich
Weather Bureau
Friendship
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Davidson
Chair City
James White
Fern Street
Eric Byers
East Street
Byers
Bruce Edward Quick
Jack Mills
Randolph
McDowell
Raleigh
Southern Loop
Guilford
Forsyth County
English Road
Washington Drive
Kivett Drive
Thissell
Fairfield Road
Main Street
Green Drive
Lexington Avenue
Youth Council
Smitty's Grill
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