Ability Is Questioned Should Women Be Cops, Firemen?
North Carolina cities review hiring standards for police and fire jobs amid worries about women’s physical ability. Durham adopted strict physical tests. none of 10 female applicants since May passed. Winston-Salem weighs similar tests including a quarter mile run ladder and wall climb while officials defend job relevance and fairness.
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Durham
North Carolina
Jon P. Kin
Dice
Winston-Salem
Charles Barham
City Public Safety Department
Barham
Two Cleared In Slayings In High Point District Court
Two High Point residents were acquitted of murder after Judge Joseph A. Williams found no probable cause in July court sessions. Phyllis Burton faced murder charges in James Arthur Cave death. James Slathy Leggett Jr. in Rudolph Edwards shooting at the Village Inn. Probable cause also found for assault with intent to rape against Bobby R. Moser. other defendants faced varied charges and sentences.
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High Point
Joseph A. Williams
Phyllis Burton
Henley Street
James Arthur Cave
Cave
James Slathy Leggett Jr
Futrelle Drive
Rudolph Edwards
Park Street
Village Inn
S. Centennial Street
Grease Fire Extinguished and Local Sentencing Notes
Firefighters responded to 834 Elder Road to extinguish a stove grease fire causing light damage with no injuries. In other local actions, Brentwood Street received a six month suspended sentence for larceny and several individuals were fined or suspended for offenses including trespassing, marijuana, DUI, assault, and shoplifting.
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Larry Joe Bingham
E. Farriss Avenue
High Point
James Sessoms
Elder Road
Brentwood Street
Carroll Coble
Old Winston Road
Curtis R. Tilley
Jack R. Phillips
Vinton
John L. Southerland
Park Street
Paul L. Stone
Rustbury
James Ruffin
Asheboro Street
Mary White
Vail Avenue
Willie S. Pouncy
Triangle Lake Road
Donald K. Reid
Kroll Court
Robert A. Tayior
Kivett Drive
Sarah Moore
Kent Street
Johnny Davis
Leonard
Poole Enters Council Race in Thomasville
William Bill Poole announces bid for re election to City Council in the Fourth Ward joining Carl C Wilson and Bill Thompson as candidates for the November 8 election. Poole has served since 1973 and is director of personnel at Bost Bakery and former city policeman. He is police commissioner, Lions Club member, basketball coach, and Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church attendee.
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Thomasville
William
Bill” Poole
Poole
Carl C. Wilson
Bill Thompson
Dalton Myers
Harry B. Finch
Bob Holladay
Bost Bakery
Bost
Liberty Drive
Pleasant Hill
Deaths and Funerals Bulletin
Obituaries list Blanche Fox of Bryson City 86. Surviving Dunn children, sister Zula Robertson. Funeral Monday at Somerset Baptist Church. Also Andrew Auman service at High Point church. Allman of Kernersville dies at 66. Earleen Spranza 53 dead on arrival Lexington. Funeral today Society Baptist Church Iredell County. Burial details follow.
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Blanche Fox
Roxboro
Blanche Morris Dunn Fox
Bryson City
Person County
Somerset Baptist Church
Cecelia Clayton
Joseph J. Dunn
Mebane
Kirk Dunn
High Point
Alfonza Dunn
Hendersonville
Martin Dunn
Randall Dunn
Greensboro
Zula Robertson
Providence
Brooks and White Funeral Home
Andrew Colon Auman
High Point Primitive Baptist Church
W.V. Willard
Roy Spier
Oaklawn Memorial Park
Winston-Salem
Chestnut Drive
Mr. Allman
Highway 66 South
Kernersville
High Point Memorial Hospital
John Spranza
Lexington
Earleen Stroud Spranza
Greensboro Rd
Davie County
Community General Hospital
Thomasville
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
John S. Spranza Sr
James L. Spranza
Thomas T. Spranza
John S. Spranza Jr
Atlanta, Ga
Susie Warner
Rt. 13
Lexngton
Walter Bruce Stroud
Cool Springs
Bert Stroud
Charles Stroud
Harmony
Harold Stroud
Harley Stroud
Society Baptist
Insurance Department reorganizes in wake of new rate law
Raleigh officials announce a department reorganization effective Sept. 15 to manage a flood of filings and hearings after the 1977 General Assembly passed a measure allowing insurers to set rates without prior approval. W. Kenneth Brown becomes deputy commissioner and director of consumer services. Rabon will oversee consumer information licensing investigations and divisions of life accident health and administrative law.
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Raleigh
State Department of Insurance
Roy Rabon
General Assembly
W. Kenneth Brown
Rabon
School Menus Through Friday With Varied Dishes
Tuesday offers tacos with refried beans shredded lettuce and cornbread plus coconut pudding or gelatin. Wednesday features hamburgers or hot dogs with fries slaw pickles chocolate cake. Thursday serves meat balls with rice and vegetables, buttered rolls and applesauce. Friday includes Po Boys and Salisbury Steak with mashed potatoes gravy and vegetables plus desserts and a pizza option.
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Salisbury
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Paul Crim
John P. Bond III
Bond
Bobby R. Moser
Kearns Avenue
Moser
Marty M. Scots
Cynthia D. Denning
W. Lexington Avenue
James W. Bell
Jamestown
Bertha N. Martin
Route 5
Howard Crumpler
Tryon Street
Maceo F. White
Roger Eugene McGee
Hendrix Street
Keith Clark
E. R. Carpenter Co
Brevard Road
Regina H. Chapman
Union Hill School
G. D. Boston
Oakview
Joyce Wolff
N. Centennial Street
Ronnie R. Johnson
Leonard Street
William Jeffrey Burton
Ashburn Street
Jerry Fulford
Harrison Smylie Craig
Alvester Floyd
Cross Street
William Poole
Andrew C. Auman
North Main
Farriss Avenue
Harold C.davis
Lexington Ave
Nell Causey Fraser
Fairview Cemetery
Liberty
N.C
Siler-Sechrest
Randolph ST
National
Chestnut DR
Trindale RD
Archdale
High Point Primitive
Camby, Mortuary
The
Order of the Golden Rule
Orrell’s Funeral Home
Liberty Road
Grace Flower Shop
North Wren Phome
Gospelling
Fairfield United Methodist Church
East
HONDA
Ray
Guilford Technical Institute
Woodlawn
Po Boys
Manager's Trading Post
Deep Sea
United Negro College Fund
E. 62Nd Street
New York
Negro College Fund
Advertising Council
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