City plans phase out of burning at main dump
Public Works Director Carl Wills announced steps to end burning at the Kivett Drive dump, with bids soon opened for a $60,000 compactor to aid burial. Burning of volatile liquids will end Sept 1, leaving liquids disposal to industries. plan includes topsoil cover and pine seeding with possible reclamation efforts.
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Kivett Drive
Public Works
Carl Wills
Wills
Future Farmers of America
North Carolina foresters fly to help battle Pacific Northwest fires
Raleigh dispatch reports 45 North Carolina foresters travel to join in extinguishing major blazes in the Pacific Northwest. A forester named Wills says he sweats when flames burn. The piece notes local industrialists struggle with flammable waste disposal and some firms now distill and reclaim liquids.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Foresters
Pacific Northwest
Wills
Buses to be deployed for Greensboro city students
On September 1 the city must provide free transport for all children living within 142 miles of the school. Extra buses are needed for racial balancing in the system. Buses, parked at the county garage in Greensboro, were to move out Monday and be turned over to their drivers.
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Greensboro
Jim Stratford
USC Plans To Push For Federal Money
High Point's United Schools Committee moves to secure a share of 7.7 million dollars in federal desegregation aid to North Carolina. The state allocation under HEW's program is first come, first served, with potential independent action by the committee if the school board delays.
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USC
High Point
United Schools Committee
North Carolina
N.C
W. R. Henderson
Henderson
Bennett Advertising Co
United Schools
James R. Spence
HEW
Pruette
Davis’ Committee
Annexation review and zoning asks faced by Thomasville council
Thomasville council members plan to review annexation progress south of the city near the proposed I-85 relocation area including Southgate Shopping Center and Sedgehill Drive industrial park. A zoning plan for W Main Street and National Highway parcels is discussed amid rezoning requests and school funding uncertainty.
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Thomasville
Planning Board
Zonl
Southgate
Sedgehill Drive
Harvey Carpenter
Planning Board and Zoning Commission
Dorothy H. Myers
Mae Livengood
W. Main Street
Main
W. Guiford
Kinney Avenue
E. F. Mendenhall
National Highway
Chair City Motel
Jay Ricks
E. Holly Hill Road
Scott Sreet
Lines Street
Hutchens land seeks zoning change for 60 unit apartments
The estate of Elizabeth Hutchens filed to rezone the northwest corner at Lexington Avenue and Westchester Drive from Residential A2 to Residential MA for about 60 garden type town houses with a pool and recreation building. The 18 acre site would keep the Hutchens residence. Plans show 1 2 and 3 bed units in two story English Tudor styling with buffers along adjacent properties.
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Hutchens
Lexington Avenue-Westchester Drive
Elizabeth
George E. Hutchens
Hutchens Land
Cherokee Hills Subdivision
Northwood Elementary School
Lexington Avenue
Westchester Drive
Flood Aid Available From U S Red Cross
The High Point-Thomasville Red Cross chapter said Wesley Place flood victims will receive national aid. Local families received vouchers totaling 545 dollars for food clothing and household items. Red Cross funds aid immediate relief and rehabilitation for rebuilding and refurbishing homes and businesses.
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U.S. Red Cross
High Point
Thomasville
American Red Cross
Wesley Place
Jaycees
Red Cross
Corpus Christi
Texas
Candidates Propose County Garbage Containers Plan
Democratic candidates for the Davidson County Board of Commissioners unveil a plan to replace house to house pickup in rural areas with 100 four cubic yard containers placed at strategic sites. The program would use packall trucks to haul garbage to four privately leased landfills and avoid burning per regulations. Further funding details to come.
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Thomasville
Board of County Commissioners
Willie F. Everhart
Charles Graham
Bill Anderson
Cliff Fitzgerald
C. A. Smith
Davidson County
Four hurt in Thursday High Point accidents. one hospitalized
Several traffic crashes in High Point Thursday left four injured and one hospitalized. Gale Reid Walton of Tanvard Road was in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after colliding with Odie Webster Lewis at N Hamilton and E Farriss. Other victims included Jack Spencer Davis, Jackie Burton, and Yoder Cook with various charges filed for stop sign violations and failed yield.
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High Point
Gale Reid Walton
Tanvard Road
High Point Memorial Hospital
Lynn Marie Roach
E. Lexington Avenue
Odie Webster Lewis
N. Hamilton Street
N. Hamilton
E. Farriss
Walton
High Point Memorial
Jack Spencer Davis
W. Lexington
Yoder Manley Cook
Forrest Avenue
E. College
E. Lexington
Tommy J. Grant
Clermont Street
Annie Rowe Cole
Coventry Road
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N.C. Foresters
Northwest
Bob Poole
Enterprise
Dean Pruette
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Spence
James Spence
United Schools Committee Group
NC. Advisory Committee On Public Schools
Archie K. Davis
Winston-Salem
Associated Press
Department of Public Instruction
Atlanta
Davis
William H. Plemmons
Boone
High Point Enterprise
The
United Funds of
Two Cities
N. C. Water and Resource Commission
Holly Grove
Westchester
N. Main
Jackie Bulla Burton
Rt. 1
Trinity
Elizabeth Galloway Carter
Wood Street
I- 85
Brentwood
Coventry
Phyllis M. Fritts
Clyde Charlie Criffie
Mildred Parker Moultsby
Jamestown
English Road
West Point
Ernes Elkanah Crawford
Denton
S. Elm Street
Ward
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