Counties Enter Development Battle In Piedmont Area
Counties in Piedmont North Carolina move to fund utility extensions and land improvements to attract industry, giving cities a competitive disadvantage. Forsyth pays site costs for Adams-Millis near Kernersville totaling about 212000, while Guilford extends water and sewer to a Burlington Industries site near I 40, raising tax and cost dynamics for in city developers and residents.
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Forsyth County
Kernersville
Adams- Millis Corp
Guilford County
Greensboro
Burlington Industries Research Center
Adams - Millis
Forsyth Author
Forsyth
Guilford
Burlington Industries
Carl Johnson
Interstate 40
Burlington
Greensboro Public Works
Johnson
Lindsay Cox
Snowfall Signals Winter Ahead in High Point
Snowfall of 0.3 inch greeted High Point residents as winter loomed, with 15 degree low and 35 degree high. Many kept warm indoors while windshields were scraped and walks remained passable. The forecast calls for a slight warmup to 43 and possible rain tomorrow, with continued cold conditions.
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High Point
Mercury
Aerow
Vandals Damage Road Equipment and Windows in Local Incidents
Police investigated three vandalism incidents over the weekend. Rand Construction Co reported about 200 dollars in damages to road machinery off Country Club Drive, with damaged instrument panels oil drums and piping. Windows were broken at two buildings in the 1900 block of North Main Street and on F College Drive.
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Rand Construction Co
Country Club Drive
N. Main Street
F. College Drive
Sanford Notes Expansion of Industries in North Carolina
Gov. Terry Sanford predicts a future when out of state industry hunters seek North Carolina branch plants. He spoke at a Raleigh plant dedication, noting over four years more than 60 percent of new plants came from established industries and that construction spurred more than 100000 new jobs.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
North
Sanford
Theater Owners Elect Officers
Harry M. Pickett Jr. of Charlotte was re elected president of the Theater Owners Association of North and South Carolina. Other officers elected were Char Abercrombie of Charlotte and remaining officials.
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Charlotte, N.C
Harry M. Pickett Jr
Charlotte
Theater Owners Association
North and
South Carolina
Char Abercrombie
High Point Officials Sign 800 Bonds for City Projects
High Point completed signing 800 bonds totaling 4 million dollars for street, water sewer and fire station can and street light upgrades. Mayor Floyd Mehan City Manager Harold Cheek and City Clerk Catherine Harrington endured long signing hours with Mehan shortening his middle initial. Bonds move to Raleigh for Local Government Commission delivery to bonding attorneys and buyers.
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High Point
Floyd Mehan
Harold Cheek
Catherine Harrington
Harrington
New York
Mehan
Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Chadbourn Gotham Reports Higher First Quarter Earnings
Chadbourn Gotham Inc. said net earnings for the first 12 weeks of its fiscal year ending Oct 24 totaled 557,630, up from 311,369 a year earlier. Common stock earnings rose from 12 cents to 23 cents a share.
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Charlostf, N.C
Chadbourn Gotham Inc
Bollinger Establishes Bob Bollinger Memorial Scholarship
M. O. Bollinger Jr., president of Kiddie Tot Hosiery Mills, funds a $500 annual scholarship at High Point College in memory of his late son Bob Bollinger. Eligible students are children of employees of Kiddie Tot or Daisy Mills Inc. Bollinger was a High Point College graduate and Wesley Memorial Methodist member.
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M. O. Bollinger Jr
Kiddie Tot Hosiery Mills Inc
Bob Bollinger
Bollinger
High Point College
Emleye of Kiddie Tot
Daisy Mills Inc
Oung Bollinger
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
GOP Executive Committee Nominates Three for Council
The High Point GOP names three second ward Republicans to replace Councilman Paul Clapp who resigned for health reasons. The list will be publicly presented to the Council Friday ahead of a 9:30 am formal session where a replacement is expected.
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Paul Clapp
High Point Gop
Robert Davis
Clapp
All - Republican Council
New
Adminis
Tant Finance Committee
Jury Selection Contested in Rape Case Racial Bias Alleged
Four defense lawyers press motions in Greensboro court seeking inquiry into possible racial exclusion from juries and aiming to introduce arrest warrants as exhibits to show race identification. Judge Gambill allows limited evidence and consolidates trials while denying separate trials and certain hearings.
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Greensboro
Robert Gambill
Clayton Jones
Superior Court
J. P. Shore
William Percy Sears
Dale Montgomery
W. E. Davis
Ragsdale
Sears
Julian Odell Hairston
Charles Donald Yoes
Willie Hale Jr
Leroy Davis
Winston - Salem
Alexander
Gambill
Local Architect Eccles Everhart Dies of Heart Attack
High Point architect Eccles Dewey Everhart, 62, died Monday night after a heart attack in a parking lot beside his office. He was born August 10, 1902, and led Voorhees Everhart Connor, contributing to YMCA, library, and school buildings. He is survived by wife Doris, son Lee, parents, and two sisters. services set for Wednesday.
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Eccles Dewey Everhart
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Everhart
John H
Molly Aaron Everhart
University of Virginia
Voorhees, Everhart & Connor
U. S. Coast Guard
American Institute of Architects
Everhart
North Carolina
Guilford Council of Architects
N. C
High Point College
Central Friends Church
Jamestown
Doris Abels Everhart
Lee A. Everhart
Tallahassee
Fla
Sarah E. Cook
Sue E. Russell
Sechrest Funeral Home
Douglas Corricer
First Methodist Church
Floral Garden Park
Heart Association
Yule Fund Donations Slow as Concert Tickets Rise
The Point’s Christmas Cheer Fund gathers only four new donations today, bringing the total to 150.78. A Sunday benefit concert features pianist Dot Lewis, with $5 tickets and venue at High Point College Memorial Auditorium. Tickets available at multiple local outlets and donations sent to The Christmas Cheer P. O. Box 1842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Music & Art Center
Ring-Harris Pharmacy
Tobias, Frank A. Stith Co
Enterprise Newsroom
Furnitureland Kiwanis Club
New Carrier America Heads Seaward from Newport News
The USS America, the nation's newest aircraft carrier, heads seaward for acceptance trials after builder's trials praised for performance. Captain Lawrence Heyworth, prospective officer of the ship, calls her the best carrier built to date with precision similar to a small ship. She is slated for delivery December 31 and commissioning January 7.
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Newport News
America
Lawrence Heyworth
U S Gold Stocks Drop Amid Mixed Year Deltas
The report notes U S gold stock values fluctuated across the year, slipping by 70 million in June after a rise of 177 million in April, reflecting broad swings in bullion holdings and market sentiment.
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Washington
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Ferndale Drive
Piedmont
Elmer Horton
Joe Brown
Adams-Millis
Chadbourn
Gotham
Art Richardson
GOP
Tration
Vance Kester
Kester
Impor
Lonnie Herbin Jr
Elreta Alexander
Yoes
Eccles Everhart
D. Waring Smith
Tebecas
John R. Peace
Jay Peacock
Fry Jayne Peacock
New Carrier
U.S
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