New Vocational Shop To Open At Ragsdale High
Jamestown's Ragsdale High plans a new vocational program for non college-bound students with courses in basic electricity automotives metals drafting and arts Enrollment expected at 350 in grades 10 11 and 12 The shop houses three shops drafting rooms and a new graphic arts lab The program aims to feed GTI with advanced work and add a third year of French and home economics in the curriculum Regular classes start Aug 31 with buses running on prior year schedule
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Jim Hawkins
Jamestown
Ragsdale High School
Colone
G. Madison
Ic Ee
Jamestown Junior High School
Madison
Guilford Technical Institute
GTI
Ragsdale
SS Pens
Ant
Hugh Gordon
Donnie Hunt
Crowds on Fairview Street Clash With Police All Night
Police report four disturbances near Fairview and Loflin Street from 7:30 p m to 1:30 am. Arrests for minor charges led to further confrontations as crowds of 200 to 300 gathered. A later incident on Harrison Street involved a prisoner theft and rock and bottle bombardment damaging one patrol car. No injuries reported.
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Fairview-Loflin Street
Fairview Street
Harrison Street
Board Faces 14 Rezoning Requests
GREENSBORO The Guilford County Planning Board faces 14 rezoning requests at its Wednesday meeting in the courthouse at 7 30 p m Included is James M Ewing seeking residential to light industrial rezoning on U S 29 near North Street Jamestown Township for sale speculation Edma F Flinton for Jamestown Guilford College Road near the U S 29 intersection to change from light industrial to present use reflecting the county ordinance W Marcus Short for N C 68 near 140 Deep River Township to change from residential and agricultural to planned business for a service station
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James M. Ewing
U. S. 29
North Street
Jamestown Township
Edma F. Flinton
Quaker Broom Co
Jamestown Guilford College Road
U. S. Ee
W. Marcus Short
Fetch
Rosa Lee Duncan
Paie Gar
N. C
Deep River
Orientation Session Set By Alumni
Davidson County residents enrolled as freshmen at N. C. State University will attend an orientation and career guidance program Monday at 8 p m. sponsored by the county chapter of the State Alumni Assn. The event in the Industrial Savings and Loan Assn. building on W Center Street will include discussions of college life and career guidance for students and their parents. About 35 boys and three girls from Davidson County are expected for the fall semester.
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Lexington
Davidson County
N. C. State University
The
State Alumni Assn
Industrial Savings and Loan Assn
W. Center Street
W. W. Johnson
Alumni Assn
Johnson
R. W. Zimmerman
State
Worthless checks case sukses appeal in Thomasville court
In a Recorder's Court session Kathryn Hughes was sentenced to 18 months for seven worthless checks, suspended for five years on payment and compliance terms. Others faced varied penalties for drunken driving, abandonment and nonsupport, driving without a license, and related charges with suspensions and fines.
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Thomasville
Kathryn Hughes
Recorder’s Court
L. Roy Hughes
Georgia Avenue
Gladwin B. Long
James Thomas Saunders
Danville
Kenneth M. Hall
Peace Street
William S. Thore
Oakwood Road
High Point
Rt. 2
Lexington
Alvin R
Weekend Weather With Clouds and Scattered Thunderstorms
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures this weekend with afternoon and evening thundershowers possible. Measurable rain chances are low, and highs should reach the upper 70s with variable clouds and showers on Monday.
Youth Shot To Death In Backyard Ram Fight
A 20-year-old man, Jesse Sturdivant of Commerce Street, was charged with murder after a ram shooting in a Commerce Street home backyard left 18 year old Willie Evans dead. Witnesses say Evans fought with David Robinson. Sturdivant tried to intervene as Evans advanced. Robinson says he fired in the air and was held without bond pending Municipal Court. Evans died on arrival at the hospital.
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Commerce Street
Jesse Sturdivant
Willie Evans
David Robinson
Sturdivant
Evans
Robinson
Chair City Man Is Sentenced for Manslaughter
Albert McBride, 41, of Thomasville, was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in prison after a Davidson County Superior Court jury convicted him of manslaughter in the January death of Lillie Bessie Carlton Wall, 63. McBride's attorney noted an appeal and bond was set at 20000. Witness James Herbert Bryant, also charged with second degree murder, testified that he and McBride were at Wall's home the night of the stomping and that McBride kicked the woman.
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Lexington
Thomasville
Davidson County Superior Court
Albert McBride
McBride
Superior Court
Robert M. Gambill
Chair City
Lillie
Bessie Carlton Wall
James Herbert Bryant
Wall
Bryant
UNC G acquisition funds Jarrell scholarship in Greensboro
Royalties from a Randall Jarrell biography will be donated to UNC Greensboro. The money supports the Randall Jarrell writing scholarship as the book Randall Jarrell 1914 1985 by Farrar Straus and Giroux releases August 29 in New York.
Maddox to Address Charlotte Home Builders Group
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox will speak at the Charlotte Home Builders Association monthly meeting on September 22. He plans a news conference prior to the evening gathering.
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Charlotte
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Charlotte Home Builders Association
Maddox
12 Arrested in Davidson County raid at Longview motel
Davidson County law officers led a multi agency raid at a Longview motel and truck stop on I 85 between Thomasville and Lexington netting 12 arrests. Suspects from High Point and Thomasville face charges including breaking and entering larceny safe robbery and an abortion related charge involving Lavena Daniels. The operation tied to a June 26 Coca Cola Bottling Co. safe robbery and followed three months of investigation.
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Bob Burchette
Amnng
Longview
Thomasville
Lexington
High Point
Fred C. Sink
Davidson County
Eashaeington Police
Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Greensboro Police
Highway Patrol
U.S
Dermont Jarrell Conrad
Conrad
James David Martin
Walker St
Jimmy Davis
Link
Coca Cola Bottling Co
Betty el
Lavena Daniels
Jen Galloway
Rt. 5
Point
Carol Gene Strader
Lexington Ave
Thom
Asville
Brenda Faye Hazel
Wood
Robert M. Gambill
Miss Hazelwood
Su' Ase
Holmes
Wes
Allen Jays Opens Next Wednesday at Local School
The Allen Jay Primary School and Allen Jay School will open Wednesday Aug 30. Teachers report Monday Aug 28 at 8 am for two days of meetings. Registration continues through Wednesday. Principals Howard Cross and A Doyle Early expect a record number of students. Students attend half day Wednesday. Lunchrooms open Thursday Aug 31.
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Allen Jay
Howard Cross
A. Doyle
Thelves Rob Safe At Big Bear Store
Burglars invaded the Big Bear Store safe in Southgate Shopping Center early today aided by gear and an oxy acetylene torch. They entered via Roge's Roof, descended a rope ladder, and pried the wall safe open. About 700 to 800 dollars of scorched money was found. thieves fled with an undetermined sum leaving tools and torches behind. Investigations continue.
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Big Bear
Southgate
Roge
Love Valley Land Rush Scheduled on Labor Day
Love Valley in North Carolina prepares the first authentic land rush since the Cherokee Strip era. J A Barker offers 800 acres for homesteaders to claim 75 by 100 foot lots for 200 dollars. Buyers must run the land on horseback or in horse drawn wagons, or on foot, with no bicycles or motors.
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Love Valley
North Carolina
J. A. Barker
Board To Hear Sign Request At Guilford Meeting
Alle Sign Company seeks a variance to allow a large advertising sign near the N C 68 and I 40 intersection in Deep River Township. The Guilford County Board of Adjustment will hear the request at 8 p m on August 29, aiming to permit the Albert Pick Motels of Greensboro sign.
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Greensboro
N. C. 68
Guilford County Board of Adjustment
Alle Sign Company
Deep River Township
Albert Pick
Electric Act Court Test Is Planned in N C
North Carolina electric cities vote to challenge the 1965 Electric Act in court, arguing the law is unconstitutional and favors private power and rural electrics. The association seeks to test the act's applicability, focusing on annexed areas and condemnation rights.
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Southern Pines
N. C
North Carolina
Electric Systems Association
State Utilities Commission
General Assembly
Joe Tally Jr
Rea’s
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Courtesy Rd
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Greensboro Road
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Shorty) Daniels
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