High Point Wrecker Ordinance Faces Delayed Start
City Manager Cy Brooks plans a 30 day delay to study a newly passed wrecker ordinance and minimum standards after operators voiced concerns. The Wrecker Association, now nearly defunct, says members were not consulted. The dispute centers on fees, storage charges, insurance, and wrecker capacity rules.
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High Point
Brooks
Laurie Pritchett
Wrecker Association
Police Dept
Donald Roseman
Roseman
The
Wrecker Assn
Dallas Pendry
Buck Caviness
Caviness
Pendry
Wrecker
Tal TV Lad By Forrest Dates
A humorous ramble on rising living costs and social change. The speaker laments high electricity bills gas prices and theater costs while joking about gender roles and proposing a mock Equal Rights Amendment for men. He recalls past cheaper pleasures and critiques modern conveniences.
Agency Beset By Second Funding Crisis Legal Services Fighting For Survival
High Point Legal Services fights for ongoing operation after a new funding squeeze. With 115 clients at risk, the agency warns that cuts to Title XX funding could endanger about 60 to 70 active cases and leave 115 people without representation. Officials seek county authorization to rearrange funds and hope for further federal support via Legal Services Corporation and a United Way request.
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Lee Mortimer
High Point Legal Services
Krueger
Federal Legal Service Corporation
United Way
US Congress
Preent Ford
No Carolina
Reservices Corporation
Legal Services
Expens Legal Services
Intel
Federal Legal Services
Diane Ryan
Janice Randle
Kendall Graduates Cum Laude From Grambling State University
Owain B Kendall, son of Mrs W B Kendall and the late Lacy C Kendall Jr, graduated cum laude from Grambling State University in Grambling Louisiana with a B A in education He is a 1972 graduate of High Point Central High.
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Owain B. Kendall
W. B. Kendall
Lacy C. Kendall Jr
Grambling State University
Grambling
Kendall
High Point Central High
Weather outlook: partly cloudy with possible showers
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies today with a 50 percent chance of showers or thundershowers, clearing tonight. Highs in the low to mid 80s, lows around 60s. Monday turns sunny with 20 percent precipitation tonight and mild temperatures.
Mrs. Scott Rejects Public Debates in Labor Runoff
In Raleigh Jessie Rae Scott declined a call for three campaign debates with opponent John Brooks for the Democratic nomination for labor commissioner. Scott cited a completed two week plan and no time to accommodate Brooks, who urged debates to compare programs, qualifications, and objectives. Brooks, a Raleigh attorney, said the Department of Labor should recruit better paying industry and urged use of industrial revenue bonds.
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Raleigh
Jessie Rae Scott
John Brooks
Brooks
Scott
Bob Scott
Piedmont
West
Department of Labor
Department
North Carolina Young Democrats ‘Executive Committee
Sanford
Scott Backs Lee in North Carolina Lt Governor Runoff
Sen Ralph Scott of Alamance endorses Howard Lee for lieutenant governor in the May 14 runoff. He cites Lee's mayoral record and concern for the poor, preferring Lee over Jimmy Green to align with Gov Hunt’s agenda. Scott, 72, uncle of Gov Bob Scott, previously backed Rep John Jordan for lieutenant governor in the first primary.
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Raleigh
Ste
Ralph Scott
I Alamance
Howard Lee
Scott
Lee
Chag Hill
Peor
Hou
Jimmy Gre
Jim Hunt
Hunt
Gener Assembly
Bob Scott
John Jordan
Alamance
Lieutena
Jordan
Green
Fulu
Gree
Scot
Mixed Feelings as School Year Nears in High Point
In High Point and Guilford County, students and teachers anticipate the new school year with a mix of excitement and anxiety. The writer, moving to Florence School after a decade at Union Hill, notes the thrill of a new classroom, meeting colleagues, and teaching second and third graders. The piece reflects on past students, teaching fulfillment, and the hopeful energy before school starts.
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High Point
Guilford County
Florence School
Penny Road
Union Hill School
Florence
Navy
Associated Pras
Focal Met
AP News
Olice
I No
Thes
Carter Landon
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Fighting For Survival
Roland Kreuger
Randle
Alonzo
Legal Counsel
Cris Petree
Enterprise
Gospel
Heavenly Voices
Mission Bible Way
Taylor Avenue
North Carolina
Smithfield
Sen. Scott
Howard le
Union Hill
Sore
Jamestown- Sedgefield
High Point Enterpris
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High Pere Enterprise
Church Avenue
Payanie
Wely
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