League backs police hearings change in High Point probe
Civilian and sworn members of the High Point Police Department support the League of Professional Police in seeking a say in the four month investigation hearings. A Friday poll of 59 replies shows broad backing for procedures allowing witness cross examination and public insight into departmental standards and professionalism.
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High Point
Department
League of Professional Police
League
W. B. Byerly Jr
The
Jeague
Byerly
J. R. Robbins
H. G. Smith
Carolyn Rippey
High Point splits utilities department into two units
City Manager Harold Cheek announces the High Point Utilities Department will divide into Electrical Utilities and Water and Sewer Utilities. L. C. Bill Williams becomes director of Electrical, Ralph Meyers acts as director of Water and Sewer, with changes effective Sept. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
Harold Cheek
L. C
Bill) Williams
Electrical Utilities Dept
Ralph Meyers
Utilities Department
Water and Sewer Utilities Dept
Cheek
Utilities
Williams
Meyers
Clarence Grubb
North Carolina State University
Meyer
Warranties and consumer shafting in free enterprise
A humorous critique of warranties and consumer rights lampoons how a Christmas gift electric can opener fails to work and how corporate mergers and warranty logistics thwart replacements. The dated piece mocks convoluted after sales processes and the gap between promises and reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Furness
Washington
McCarthy, Swaine and Klutzknowlton
Leavenworth
Kan
HPC Gets Federal Grants for Library and Science Programs
High Point College received two federal grants totaling over 8000 dollars. One grant worth 4235 dollars funds a library program for audio visual and reading development, including books records tapes and filmstrips, plus a student tutor program for community children. The second 4004 dollar grant requires a college match and funds chemistry instructional equipment and classroom materials for student teachers in elementary science as well as certificate renewal courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Ritchie Highlights Conservative Stance At Kiwanis Meeting
Republican Congressional candidate Steve Ritchie told the High Point Kiwanis Club that rising crime stems from liberal policies and court rulings, urged defense budget cuts and spending restraint, and described inflation as a crisis. he supported no amnesty for Vietnam era draftees but suggested a form of service to repay the country, aligning with President Ford on debt repayment for returnees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Steve Ritchie
High Point Kiwanis Club
Ritchie
Congress
Kiwanis Club
Ford
Million Dollar Rest Stops Stir North Carolina Lawmakers
North Carolina legislators question the cost of interstate rest stops with the Davie County project listed at 1.23 million dollars total. They note 185000 for rest room buildings and 20000 per seat, while maintenance adds 50000 annually per site. Plans call for 17 more rest stops and total spending could reach 50 million dollars funded largely by federal highway money.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
John E
Davenport
Nash County
JA. Saunders
Department of Transportation
Saunders
I-40
Davie County
Winston- Salem
Statesville
ILC
Crawford
D-Buncombe County
Federal Highway Fund
Woman injured in High Point parking lot crash
Cindy Gayle Bennett of Hedgecock Street was discharged from High Point Memorial Hospital after injuries from being pinned between two cars in the High Point Central High School parking lot. Police say Mary Knox Cisco backed out, did not see Bennett, who was pinned between the Cisco vehicle and an adjacent car. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cindy Gayle Bennett
Hedgecock Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point Central High School
Mary Knox Cisco
Otteray Drive
Miss Cisco
Miss Bennett
Cisco
Greensoboro sewer grant under legal challenge
Greensboro group Environmental Action Coalition says it will sue in federal court over the EPA decision to offer Guilford County 75 percent financing for a $2.7 million outfall sewer along Horsepen Creek without a formal environmental impact statement. The issue goes to the County Board of Commissioners Tuesday amid suit plans.
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Greensboro
Board of County Commissioners
The
Environmental Action Coalition
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Guilford County
Horsepen Creek
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Last Menth
Moon Orbiting Platforms, Inc
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HPC
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