Winter Snow Brings Hazards Across High Point Area
Four inches of snow at Friendship Airport and nearly four inches at the Kivett Drive filter plant left icy streets in High Point. More than 30 accidents injured four people lightly as vehicles abandoned on slick roads. Schools released students early to ensure safe travel home.
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Jim Hawkins
High Point
Friendship Airport
Kivett Drive
Guilford County
Charlotte
Asheville
U.S. 70
Old Fort
U.S. 176
Saluda Mountain
Lexington
Guilford County Board set to elect officers and hear water projects
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners will choose a chairman and vice chairman at its Monday meeting. Dale C. Montgomery of High Point is current chairman and Robert Shaw of Greensboro is vice chairman. Also on the agenda is the appointment of a clerk to the board. The board will hold the first assessment hearing on water and sewer improvements in Greensboro area. hearings cover Joyner Road north of Greensboro and Sampson Road west of Greensboro. If approved, affected property along the routes will face front foot assessments and taps incur an acreage fee.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Annie Parham
Dale C. Montgomery
High Point
Robert Shaw
Board of Cars
Miss Parham
Joyner Road
Sampson Road
Board of Commissioners
Policemen Rescue During Snowfall Shuts Businesses Early
Snow began around 10 30 a m in High Point and lasted over 12 hours. Police credited with rescues as street crews opened routes by 2 p m Friday and continue clearing as needed. Weather outlook includes clouds cold Saturday with upper 30s then upper 20s tonight and Sunday partly cloudy with highs near 50.
Occupants Escape Unhurt As Flames Ravage House
Two High Point police officers discovered a fire at a rear Oakwood Court apartment house on English Road and woke nine occupants. Fire damage was maximal on the second floor and in the attic. Firemen faced access issues due to snow and ice. two firefighters suffered minor injuries.
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Howard Hayes
Ruby Ann Hubert
Robert
Patricia
Linda Faye
Ruby Jean
Becky Hunt
Linwood Dumas
William Martin
Gloria Gill
T. G. Shelton
Shelton
Tryig
Johnny
NoFault Laws and Phase II Stirring Legal Eager
A columnist argues no fault insurance shifts fees to lawyers, while Nixon Phase II promises new profits for the legal profession. A lawyer friend humorously laments the lack of government guidance and the endless wait for officials, illustrating bureaucratic delays and rising costs for clients.
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Nixon
District Court Hands Out Multiple Prison Terms
In district court two people received active sentences on Friday. Grant Maske 45 of Thomasville got 30 days for disturbing the peace malicious damage and trespassing with concurrent terms to a Davidson County sentence. Raymond A Johnson 46 of Lindsay Street got 15 days on each of two public drunkenness counts. Several others faced fines or suspended terms for DUI reckless driving and related offenses with minor adjustments and dismissals noted.
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Grant Maske
Thomasville
Maske
Davidson County
Raymond A. Johnson
Lindsay Street
Ross H. Lloyd
Beddington Road
Fred Vinson Hensley
Lexington
Ellious Frank ‘Tyson
Furlough Street
Early Bruce Jr
Greensboro
Hensley
Frances Penny Poston
Vietnam War Expands Says Ex-War Worker Don Luce
Former Vietnam resident Don Luce asserts the Southeast Asia conflict will widen despite Nixon's withdrawal policy. He cites bomb tonnage rises from 59 000 to 95 000 per month across Vietnam Cambodia Laos and North Vietnam and predicts a residual US force up to 100 000 troops in South Vietnam at bases like Cam Ranh and Chu Lai.
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South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Vietnam
Don Luce
Johnson
Luce
Camranh
Chu Lai
Long
High Point
Thieu
Con Son Island
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
First Black Superior Court Judge Sworn in North Carolina
Sammy Chess repeats the oath of office to become North Carolina's first black Superior Court judge. Greensboro attorney Kenneth Lee administers the oath before Judge Walter Crissman at the courthouse. Chess was appointed as a special judge by Gov. Bob Scott.
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High Point
Sammy Chess
North Carolina
Kenneth Lee
Greensboro
Superior Court
Walter Crissman
Chess
Bob Scott
Art Richardson
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High Point Enterprise
Welch
Jackie Baker
Oakland Ct
Oakwood
Nancy Evans
Milton Griffin
Thomas A. Edison
Columbia
Encyclopedia Britannica
Washington
Branch Brewmaker
Brewmaker
U. S
Saladash
Saladash Corkscrews, Inc
Council
Gerald Herman Neifer
Oberlin Drive
Homer Cicero Kinley
Rt. 7
Clifton Andrew Ballard
Gordy Street
Joyce Ann Miller
Cedron Avenue
John Newman Montgomery Jr
Luther Covington
Edmondson Street
Henry Manning
Brooks Street
Ronnie Odell Douglas
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Patrick Lee Gebaver
Steve Clay Gilbert
Route 4
James Thomas Henard
Asia
Robert Marks
Enterprise
North Vietnam
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Ward-Griffith Compa
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