Pedestrian Hurt on Kivett Drive
Daisy Meddy Kearns of Vail Street was treated and released from High Point Memorial after a 7:16 p.m. hit on B Kivett Drive at N Centennial Street by Perry Dean Smith, 17, of Nathan Hunt Drive. No charges filed.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1976
Page
2
Daisy Meddy Kearns of Vail Street was treated and released from High Point Memorial after a 7:16 p.m. hit on B Kivett Drive at N Centennial Street by Perry Dean Smith, 17, of Nathan Hunt Drive. No charges filed.
Conrad, 47, a Thomasville resident convicted of kidnapping and forced prostitution near Lexington, is released on a $100,000 surety bond posted by his parents and Charles Simmons. The bond is secured by a lien on real estate appraised at at least $100,000. Judge Forrest Ferrell set the bond after attorney Joe Biesecker filed notice of appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals. The case faces possible lengthy appeals.
Three youths were injured in a car truck collision on Highway 62 at Groometown Road Wednesday and remained listed at High Point Memorial Hospital. Martie Amick 15 Briggs Place and Andy Phillips 15 Montlieu Avenue were in satisfactory condition in ICU. Cathy Vidler 15 Montlieu Avenue also in satisfactory condition non ICU. Driver Thomas Trepiccione 16 Denny Street was treated and released.
North Carolina politicians and voters weigh a possible shift of the 1977 party primaries earlier in August to ease the calendar. Officials say the August 17 primary with a Sept 14 runoff strains ballot timing and certification deadlines, risking rushed absentee ballots and crowded schedules.
Alvin D. Lovette, 16, of Dartmouth Avenue, received a two year active sentence after conviction for breaking and entering and larceny. A two year suspended term and probation were imposed on a second break-in charge. Several others faced drunken driving, larceny, and related charges with varied sentences and dismissals noted.
A series of obituary notices from Vineland to Lexington and Randleman report deaths, with brief survivor lists and funeral details. Included are N H Silver of Vineland born 1924, Buck Smith of Glenn Park Texas, Anice Myers Shuler of Thomasville, Minnie Fitzgerald of Linwood, Joanna VanWerry of Randleman, D M McAulay of Hickory, Josie Wicker of Sanford, Marie Craven of Ramseur, and Grace Robinson of Lexington, with service times, burial plans, and family relations.
Salisbury North Carolina AP report notes a planned merger of Lowe's Food Stores and Food Town Stores was withdrawn amid FTC opposition. The agency argued the deal would curb competition in Winston Salem Mount Airy Lexington Kannapolis Statesville and surrounding Piedmont North Carolina markets. Both companies had scheduled plans, approved by shareholders, and valued Lowe's stock at about eight million dollars in Food Town stock.
Guilford County holds its first general auction in about three years featuring 130 lots. Items include hot water heaters, a cooking range, refrigerators, furnaces, electric baseboard heaters, coffee makers, toasters, storm doors, jigsaws, decorative windows, scales, wood lathe, lawn mowers, air conditioners, ladders, copiers, and office furniture. Auction official Jones notes the sale marks a long-awaited return.
North Carolina general fund receipts rose about 5 percent in July led by sales tax. However totals fell short of the General Assembly's budget estimates. Revenue Secretary J. Howard Coble urged calm and said, I’m not displeased at all.
From page 2A a list shows a stolen weapon and marijuana possession charges. David Store Morgan, 19, of Reidsville is linked to marijuana possession. Earl Leon Williams, 29, of Wise Avenue faces marijuana possession. Billy Eliott, 20, of E Commerce Avenue is charged with dealing in baseball lottery tickets. Bratt ford Leigh Gibson, 21, of Rt. 5, Reidsville is charged with drunken driving and larceny.
Fri day Greensboro resident Carolyn Dalrymple filed a federal suit in High Point alleging religious freedom violation after her K Mart store firing. She seeks 35,250 in damages, claiming employment ended March 17, 1975, amid High Point’s March 1975 Sunday operating code change. She and others were told to work Sundays 1 pm to 6 pm.
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