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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1974
Page
1
A Los Angeles Times 1974 cartoon dialogue spoof portrays a terrorist client pressing for UN membership. The UN official weighs crimes against peace with sardonic tolerance, ultimately granting observer status while the gun remains aimed.
A Guilford County Superior Court jury acquitted Melvin Smith, 29, of Travis Place, on charges of rape and first degree burglary. He was accused of breaking into a Gordy Street home Aug. 3 and raping a resident there. Also in sessions, Matthew Johnson, 58, draw six months active in two liquor counts. Scott Grubb, 23, got three years for drug possession. Burton Cornett, 22, got 12 months suspended for assault with a firearm on a police officer.
Seven year road program under former priorities shrinks from 900 to 235 projects amid gas tax declines. Transportation Secretary Doby endorses across the board cuts, shelfing many projects. Officials weigh higher license fees and possible federal gas tax hikes to restore funding.
Davidson County Democratic commissioners appointed B. Bruce Cope Sr. as county tax collector succeeding interim appointee Jim Phillips and former tax collector Dick Myers. Cope, a Lexington resident, serves at Winston-Salem Journal and has prior teaching and college training. A separate incident reports a 1970 model car owned by Dennis Nick listed as a total loss after a Thursday night fire on Kivett Drive near E College.
Greensboro report says the old Guilford County Board ordered conference room furniture but the new board moved it to individual offices. Furniture included an 8 by 10 rug, a three seat sofa and other items from Erwin Lambeth. The conference room will have a door once finalized and the area now serves as offices for chairman J. Robert Landreth and others.
High Point recorded its third traffic death in a week with Nelson Ashburn 41 of 719 Chestnut Drive dying after a car he rode in was struck by a Southern Railway train at 11 15 p m at the Taylor Street crossing near Kivett Drive. Driver David Allen Davis 18 and passenger Michael Ashburn 19 were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Police cited Davis for not seeing a southbound train after stopping for a northbound one. no charges were filed.
A fire heavily damaged the upstairs of a King Street residence in Thomasville. Firefighters arrived after a 3 15 p.m. alarm and two units battled the blaze. Downstairs damage was slight and the cause was not determined.
Community General Hospital will add full time daytime ER physicians Monday through Friday starting Jan 6 to relieve crowding. Weekend coverage remains Fri 6 p.m. to Sun midnight with on call doctors. Possible 24 hour weekday care if successful. ER will provide episodic care and not ongoing treatment.
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