Travel Boom Predicted For North Carolina In 1977
Travel experts forecast a record year with at least 20 percent growth and nearly 1.8 billion dollars in revenue for North Carolina by year end 1977. Coastal resorts near saturation. Outer Banks capacity up by 2,000 motel rooms. Grandfather Mountain July 4 crowds up 300 percent. a surge in inquiries hints at a new record.
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Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
North Carolina
Grandfather Mountain
State Library
Cyclists Chat About Cycling On Shared Ride
A lighthearted scene shows Kevin McCoy on a tricycle version of a chopper style ride while Brad Shirley sits on a standard two wheeler with training wheels. The caption notes the playful meeting of cycling modes and riders.
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Kevin McCoy
Brad Shirley
Computers Cut Voter List Costs and Election Deadlines
Guilford County Board of Elections says computer published voter lists cut costs under the prior one cent per name rate. Absentee ballot deadlines: High Point Sept 21 by 5 pm with emergency till noon Sept 26. if second primary called Oct 12 by 5 pm and noon Oct 17 for emergencies. General election deadlines: High Point Jamestown Greensboro Gibsonville Nov 2 by 5 pm with emergencies until noon Nov 7.
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High Point
Jamestown
Greensboro
Gibsonville
Fountain Proposes Modest Rise in Black Enrollment in NC Community Colleges
Benjamin Fountain Jr. proposes adding 855 black students to North Carolina’s 57 two year campuses over five years and boosting black trustees, teachers, and administrators. He stops short of adding transfer programs as part of a broader desegregation approach. The plan targets minority recruitment without full campus integration.
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Raleigh
N.C
Benjamin Fountain Jr
Community College System
Fountain
State Board of Education
Community College
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
UNC
Jim Hunt
Parents threaten withdrawal over North Carolina camp dispute
In Candor North Carolina 22 emotionally disturbed boys face program upheaval as parents threaten to pull their children from the state run camp rather than accept current conditions. Gov Hunt kept the camp open to December with no new admissions or staff changes.
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Candor
N.C
Carolina
Eckerd Wilderness Education Systems
Forida
Eckerd
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Roy Lester
Sarah Morrow
State Department of Human Resources
High Point Enterprise Local Notice Rates
The High Point Enterprise lists subscription and carrier rates including Sunday only and monthly options. Rates show varying charges for mail and home delivery with tax notes and advertising mentions.
Worms boom as Charlotte hosts earthworm seminar
At a UNC Charlotte seminar about worm farming Lewis of World Inc. said a worm can produce 18 cubic inches of topsoil annually and the industry buys over 10 million worms weekly. He warned it is a serious, labor intensive business not a quick path to riches. The starter kit offered 60,000 worms and four beds for about 825 dollars.
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Charlotte
Mother Nature
Sai Lewis
World Inc
Denver
Colo
Lewis
University of North Carolina At Charlotte
FBI Director visits Lexington area amid burglary probe talk
FBI Director Clarence Kelly told Lexington officials the bureau would not cover up misdeeds and predicted successor Frank Johnson would do well. He and his wife, buying furniture for Hilton Head Island home, visited the county courthouse and spoke with local law enforcement about clandestine burglaries wiretaps and related matters.
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Lexington
FBI
Clarence Kelly
U.S
Frank Johnson
Alabama
Kelly
Hilton Head Island
S.C
Police Investigate Arson and Theft Across City
High Point police probed an arson at a Bay Street home where a burning mattress and curtains caused about 3 in damages. Alvin Davis 28 of Dillard Street Greensboro was arrested for a truck theft a Porter Street burglary and two break ins. Mall and home break ins yielded missing cash wallets and a CB radio with multiple suspects in custody or under inquiry.
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High Point
Westchester Mall
Rebecca W. Owens
Bay Street
Ms. Owens
Alvin Davis
Dillard Street
Greensboro
Little Joe England
Porter Street
Davis
Creative Designs, Inc
Visual Products
Orange Julius
Ron Schott
Estelle McDowell
E. Green Drive
Mark Nickens
Terrell Drive
Hosey Holly Causey
Rt. 1
Thomasville
W. Green Drive
Robert Anderson
High Point Mall
Pointers Club Reunion Draws Hundreds in High Point
About 500 people are expected to attend the High Point Pointers Club reunion over Labor Day weekend. Members include former William Penn High School and High Point Normal and Industrial School students. Notables honored at the Top of the Mart dinner include Charles A. Whitaker Bishop Arthur Marshall and Dr Dellie Boger. Memorial services and a picnic follow at Oak Hollow Lake.
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High Point Pointers Club
William Penn High School
High Point Normal and Industrial School
Bertha Bailey
High Point
New York City
Penn
Larry Boyd
New York
Arthur Marshall
Atlanta
St. Stephen A.M.E. Zion
Dellie Boger
High Point Candidate Slates After Filing Deadline
After the Friday noon filing, Mayor Roy Culler seeks a second term unopposed. Republicans run three council candidates H O Williams Ward1 Anthony Chiofalo Ward4 and Judy Mendenhall Ward1. no mayoral candidate. Democrats field 14 candidates across wards 1 2 and 3 with a four-seat primary to cut to two.
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High Point
Roy Culler
GOP
H.O
Bill) Williams
Anthony
Mick) Chiofalo
Judy Mendenhall
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Morehead City
Howard Lee
Jimmy Green
Lee
Manteo
Chapel Hill
Green
Jesse Helms
Helms
Gov. Hunt
Sonny Hedgecock
Guilford County Board of Elections
Cynthia Lynn Johnson
Armstrong Park
High Point Enterprise
Wepre
High “Point Enterprise Ace Church
Associated Press
H Ugh Point Enterprise, Inc
Landon Associates
Matonal Advertising Representatves
Pointers Club
Archie Myatt
Jack Dillard
Marvy Jarrell
A. Scott Parker
Mark McDaniel
Beck Smothers
Sam Burford
Joe Patterson
Wilbert
Ron) Anderson
Doris Lindsay
Paul Fine
William Bennett
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