Two Die and Seven Injured in Davidson County Crashes
Friday crashes on Davidson County highways left Tony Leon Holmes 16 dead in a one car wreck near Denton and Mary Annette Ashburn 6 dying from injuries at 9 25 p m on Hasty School Road north of Thomasville. Nanci Drucella Lohr 17 fled the scene after a two car collision at the same intersection. Survivors include Ashburn family members and Lohr with varying reported conditions.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Larry Nunn
Tony Leon Holmes
Denton
Mary Annette Ashburn
Hasty School Road
Hasty Road
Joe Bill Ashburn
Nanci Drucella Lohr
Sheppard Street
Lohr
Nunn
Mary Annette
Ashburn
Nanci Lohr
City Memorial Hospital
Joe Ashburn
Rachael
Kathy
Gary
Connie
Bonnie Ashburn
Holmes
Winners Named In Contest Fourteenth Tear Heel Talent Show
The fourteenth Tear Heel Talent Contest at Central High School Auditorium sponsored by the Woman's Club of High Point awarded $100 and trophies to winners. Recipients include Vicki Baker Sanford first in dance Indian acrobatic to Pale Moon Jayne Young Winston-Salem first in variety twirling Brazilia Deborah Hahn High Point first in vocal The Lonely Goatherd Richard A Montgomery Jr Greensboro piano Prokofiev Diabolique TV awards went to Kathy Harthcock Greensboro Marcella Walsh High Point and Jayne Young Judges were Marc Adams Bill Hill Floretta Pavin Mary Brown Jock Waugh Jerry Merritt.
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Stars of Tomorrow In
Review Today
Central High School
Woman’s Club of
High Point
Vicki Baker
Sanford
Jayne Young
Winston-Salem
Richard A. Montgomery Jr
Greensboro
Prokofiev
Three Sentenced In District Court
Three persons received active sentences Friday in District Court. Thomas McArthur Brown, 28, of Rt. 1 was sentenced to 60 days to 12 months for driving under the influence. Robert K. Webb, 23, of Marin Street got 20 days for public drunkenness. Francis Morgan, 23, of Harrison Street received 39 days for a sentence he is serving, charged with escape. Brady F. Aycoth Jr. received a ndl pros and Barbara Blackburn was acquitted. Assault charges against Jesse Hall and Fred Little were disposed of with dismissal and nol pros with leave. Frank R. Marsh was ordered to pay costs for affray. Rufus Leach Jr. had hit and run reduced to failure to report an accident and taxes costs. Billy Jay Smith had nol pros with leave on discharging a firearm into an occupied car.
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Thomas McArthur Brown
Rt. 1
Robert K. Webb
Marin Street
Francis Morgan
Harrison Street
Brady F. Aycoth Jr
Countryside Drive
Barbara Blackburn
Fisher Ferry Street
Thomasville
Jesse
Billy Jay Smith
Aldridge Road
Trinity
Japan Plans Pollution Study Network in 1971
Tokyo AP reports Japan's Maritime Safety Agency will seek an $82 million budget to establish four water pollution surveillance centers in 1971.
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Tokyo
Japan
Maritime Safety Agency
Paper Drive For Florence Community Sep 5
The Mens Progressive Club will hold a paper drive in the Florence community on September 5 to raise funds for a community playground program.
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Mens Progressive Club
Florence
Guilford County Considers New Jail At About 3 Million
County Manager John Witherspoon says a new jail is needed as space is lost with the Greensboro city hall sale. He cites a site at Sycamore and Eugene Streets with a possible under street passage for transfers. Cost estimated at 2.5 to 3 million, with funding via sales tax income and a bond issue. Mecklenburg’s jail cost referenced.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Robert Earnhart
Sycamore
Eugene Streets
Eugene Street
Courts
Mecklenburg County
Dale Montgomery
Board of Commissioners
Paul Gibson
Court House
City permits show spike in residential building value
A surge in home construction lifted city building permits to 269 941 with 90 permits in the past week Chief Housing Inspector Freeman Hill issued 13 new dwellings valued at 177 900 and three business improvements at 34 000 Roofing permits led with 44 items totaling 16 801.
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Innection
Freeman Hill
Hill
Earl Phillips
S. Main Street
Charles Jarro
Barclay Manufacturing Co
Lang Construction
Three Adult Classes Set At DCCC
Davidson County Community College adult education will offer three classes this fall starting Aug 31. Transportation and traffic management taught by Ernest O Dea n of High Point meets Mondays and Thursdays 7 to 10 p.m. The aviator's ground school taught by Philip Jones meets Tuesdays 7 to 10 p.m. Horseshoeing, taught by Bill Fox, meets Tuesdays 7 to 10 p.m. Each course aims to boost employment prospects or professional skills in its field.
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Davidson County Community College
L. H. Ballard
Ernest O’dean
High Point
Philip Jones
Bill Fox
Man Shot in Chest and Back Hospitalized After Home Shoot-Out
Thurman Burton is in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital with two gunshot wounds from a .22 rifle. Sammie Lee Anderson, 35, of Murry Street, faces assault with intent to kill and a $1000 bond after 5 am arrest. He claims Burton fired first after a party at the Anderson home. Anderson was treated and released. further charges expected. Additional arrests include Sarah Ann Idol for shoplifting and local thefts noted around the hospital.
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Thurman Burton
High Point Memorial Hospital
Burton
Anderson
Sarah Ann Idol
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Roy D. Leonard
David Howell
Manor Drive
William Alderman
E. Russell Street
County Permits Top $1 Million
Guilford County issued permits totaling over 1 million dollars in July per the county inspections department. The report shows 33 new dwellings valued at 683,050 and 25 nonresidential structures valued at 515,290 including a reactor building at 101,800 and a sewer treatment plant at 376,900.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Guilford Textiles Training Empowers Unemployed Women
A Guilford county program run with Guilford Technical Institute uses three week classes at the Manpower Development Training Act center to move women with zero income into textile jobs in High Point and Greensboro. Most graduates are hired before finishing and receive support services from Social Services.
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Grlensboro
Department of Social Services
Guilford Technical Institute
High Point
Greensboro
Ernest K. White
Social Services
White
Manpower Development Training Act Center
Sylvia Snyder
Social Services Department
Social Service Department
N C State Publishes Sex Book for Students
North Carolina State University offers a 31 page sex information booklet to students as part of fall orientation. The booklet, available through dormitory counselors, aims to help students solve problems rather than encourage loose practices, says information director Hardy Berry.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State University
Hardy Berry
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls review sparks scathing backlash
Film critic bluntly derides Russ Meyer spectacle Beyond the Valley of the Dolls as nihilistic and obscene. He calls the Hollywood production a shallow morality tale, noting a heavyhanded ending and lack of sympathy for characters. The piece targets the film’s degradation and sensationalism.
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Russ Meyer
Center Theatre
Meyer
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High Point Enterprise
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Clarence J. and
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Church of God of Prophecy
Patsy Gothard
California
Debbie Lyn
Janice Sue Holmes
A. M. Holmes
Siler Funeral Home
Joe Bill
Rachel Hill Ashburn
Hasty Elementary
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Langdale Road
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Bolinbroke Road
J. E. Helton
Nance Street
Harold Morgan
Hendrix State
R. A. Phipps
Kelton Street
Westminister Company
Hoover Street
John Foy
Eunice Azarigian
Oakview Road
F. M. Stansell
Edgeview Road
DCCC
Sammie Lee Anderson
Murry Street
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Albert Pick Motel
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