Three Hurt In Accident Involving Multiple Drivers
Friday morning crashes at several city intersections left three people with minor injuries. Nellie Price Thomas and Barbara Swaim were treated after separate collisions, with charges for failure to yield right of way and other lane signal failures noted.
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S. Elm Street
Greer Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
Nellie Price Thomas
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Elgie Gaines
Edmondson Place
Bessie Hunsucker
Osborne Place
Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Remona Gaines
Sicilian Drivers Test Patience on Winding Roads
Art Buchwald notes Sicilian driving habits blend chaos and humor. He describes shouting matches between drivers, the ritual "moment of truth" when meeting on curves, and donkey carts blocking lanes while painted in knights and battles. Villagers react to horns with street play and dogs and livestock roam freely.
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Palermo
America
Sicily
Apartments near completion on Johnson and Five Points plan
A development near completion sits farther north on Johnson with 350 more units planned for Five Points. Another project nearing completion lies on Richardson Street in the downtown area.
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Johnson
Richardson Street
City
Local woman charged after knifing at Clara Cox Apts
High Point Police charged Romell Johnson with assault with a deadly weapon after she allegedly cut Charlie Thompson with a butcher knife at Clara Cox Apts. Thompson was treated for stab wounds and released. Johnson's bond was set at 100 dollars. Additional cases include several youths charged with breaking and entering, larceny, and assault with deadly weapon with varied bonds. Reports describe multiple thefts of tape players and a box of gun items from local stores and cars.
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High Point
Romell Johnson
Clara Cox
Frederick Lee Sheppard
E. Centennial Avenue
Howard William Cline
Larson
New Employment Outreach Center Opens on Washington Street
The Guilford County Economic Opportunity Council launches a new Employment Outreach Center on E. Washington Street. George Jones, previously director of Citizen Participation for the Model Cities program, will head the office and oversee two counselors and a secretary. The effort aims to place 340 federally funded and 300 private industry jobs in its first year, with priority to Model Cities residents. Coordination will occur with the High Point Employment Security Commission office led by William Hollar.
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Guilford County
Latta
George Jones
High Point
Shaw University
Jones
Guilford County Economic Opportunity Council
Southside Opportunity Center
EOC
Model Cities
High Point Office
Employment Security Commission
William Hollar
Old Clips May Help Fix Bridges
Randleman Mayor Walter Gibson says newspaper clips prompted action on the Deep River bridge on U S 220. District official Lynwood Smith told him Raleigh decisions are in progress as a major $700,000 four lane project moves forward.
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Randleman
Highway Commission
Walter Gibson
Hazzardous
Deep River
Main Street
Gibson
Lynwood Smith
High Point
Raleigh
Smith
U.S. 220
Academy Street
U. S. 220
Two Youths Not Tried On Charles
In Thomasville two youths facing breaking and entering charges at B F Goodrich Inc were not prosecuted in Recorder's Court. Otis Sylvester Keith 16 Culbraith Avenue and Gregory James 17 Smith Street had their cases dismissed. James faced no prosecution on an armed robbery charge.
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Charles
Thomasville
B. F. Goodrich Inc
Recorder's Court
Otis Sylvester Keith
Culbreath Avenue
Gregory James
Smith Street
James
Paul Bryant
Embezzlement Trial Set for Ramseur Man
Jesse Hodge 40 of Ramseur faces an Aug. 28 Recorder's Court trial for an embezzlement charge. The warrant cites an Aug. 8 1969 check for 295.64 belonging to an insurance company. Thomasville witness Jack Clinard is among the complainants.
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Thomasville
Ramseur
Jesse Hodge
Recorder’s Court
Hodge
Jack Clinard
Guilford County Receives Second Largest Intangible Tax Share
Guilford County fiscal year ending June 30 1970 received 935858.16 dollars from the intangible tax the second highest amount paid to any county. The fund arrived a few days ago and was substantially less than the prior total.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Guilford
Health Department
Social Service Department
Two Car Crash Leads To Youth Driver Charge In Thomasville
At the E Guilford and Council Streets intersection a Friday 3 15 p m collision caused 575 in damages. Rhonda Dawn Turner 17 of Hardeman Street and Martin Cicero Holton 69 of Triangle Lake Road High Point were involved. Turner was charged with failing to yield the right of way. Turner's car sustained 275 in damage and Holton 300.
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William Henry Lewis
Madison Avenue
Lewis
William Lee Hayden
Rt. 5
English Road
Phillips Avenue
Hayden
Archie Lake Brown
Lakeshore Drive
Billy Mark Cock
Thomasville
E. Guilford-Council Streets
Rhonda Dawn Turner
Hardeman Street
Martin Cicero Holton
Triangle Lake Road
High Point
Holton
Wesley Place Fund Started in High Point Flood Relief
The High Point Jaycees launched the Wesley Place Fund with an initial $100 to aid families ruined by the Wesley Place flood. Beneficiaries include Goldie Scott and Lucius Johnson families, with donations invited from citizens and groups to High Point Jaycees at 508 N Hamilton St, High Point NC 27262.
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High Point Jaycees
Wesley Place
Goldie Scott
Lucius Johnson
Jaycees
N. Hamilton St
High Point
N. C
Tax Revaluation Visits Planned in Guilford County
Tax officials plan to start field visits in High Point as early as October to revalue about 24 950 parcels for 1972. Listers will measure buildings and note features while not valuing property or inspecting personal items. Aged since 1964, the program aims to finish in 1972 with values for 118 000 parcels updated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
High Point
C. R. Brooks
Brooks
Cole-Layer-Trumble Co
Quire
Lister
Guilford
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Art Buchwald
The
Washington Post Co
S'atf
Sonny Hedgecock
Eastchester Drive
Johnson Street
High Point Enterprise
Joyce Vasquez
Adams-Millis
Charles Good
Rt. 11
Greensporo
K-Mart
N. Main Street
Larry Kyle Worthy
Worthy
Ki Towne Theatre
Washington Street
Woodrow Hunt
Monk Gilrt
Kenneth Bullins
Rt. 3
Steven Brinkley
James E. Wilson
John W. Gillespie
Polk Street
Wilson
Gillespie
Tony Surratt
Julian Avenue
John S. Iverson
Rt. 2
Trinity
Joe Thomas Wilder
Brown Street
Wilder
Wesley Place Fund
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