Barbecue Auction Draws Crowd At High Point Rotary Event
Braxton Younts reports the High Point Rotary Club hosted its 12th annual barbecue and auction at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building drawing over two thousand diners. about half stayed for the auction with items ranging from coffee makers to three automobiles a 1930 Model A Ford a 1934 Rolls Royce and a 1969 Mustang. proceeds benefit the High Point Historical Society with totals to be announced later.
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
Steif
High Point Rotary Club
Wrenn Street
Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point Historical Society
Soldiers disrupt antiwar leaflet distribution in Fayetteville
In Fayetteville North Carolina soldiers barred about 20 student leafleteers from a Sears sidewalk event. They collected leaflets handed by University of North Carolina and Duke students, ripped them, and scattered shreds as they warned “Move out I mean it.”
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Fayetteville, N.C
Sears, Roebuck
Fayetteville
University of North Carolina
Duke
Retirement Needs Set At $300
Raleigh AP reports couples retiring in North Carolina need about 800 a month for living expenses, according to the Governor's Coordinating Council on Aging newsletter. The study, based on Labor Department data, estimates food 27.7 percent, housing 33.6 percent, transportation 8.9 percent, medical 7.4 percent. The average couple must cover roughly 2,180 more annually than Social Security to meet a 304 monthly budget.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Atest
Governor’s Coordinating Council On Aging
Fayetteville
Ft. Bragg
Saca
Sacaman
Sind Airborne Division
Spelof
Tirad
Hickman
U.S. Department of Labor
Labor Department
Driver Tangles With Policeman At Brentwood Russell
Bobby Price 33 was charged after a Saturday night street fracas with Patrolman H G Smith at Brentwood Street and Russell Avenue. Price allegedly sped a car, refused to stop for blue light and siren, then struck the police car. Damage estimated at 200 dollars. Bond set at 450. Officer treated and released at High Point Hospital. Also under investigation a Craven TV Appliance Store break in with three TV sets and a stereo missing, total loss 520 dollars.
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Bobby Price
Clara Cox Apts
Brentwood Street
Russell Avenue
H. G. Smith
Price
Craven T.V. Appliance
Police Guard Opera House in Milan to Avert Student Disruption
Milan security police, about three thousand strong, cordon off streets around La Scala to shield the season opening of Verdi’s Don Carlos. Despite warnings, only about 200 youths attempted to breach the cordon, and most attendees wore formal dress, reflecting a subdued gala mood amid wider student protests for school reforms and worker pay.
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Milan
Italy
la Scala
la Scaly
Biafran Forces Gain Ground In Midfront Report
An AP despatch from Umuahia says a Biafran war communique on Saturday claimed striking progress in the Owe t ri area with a four mile advance in one huge stride. Heavy fighting raged Afikpo where ground was recaptured, while Awka sees Nigerian attempts thwarted. Okigwe and upper Tu sectors reported no changes as fighting continues.
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Umuahia
Biafra
Iforces
Owetri
Afikpo
Awka
Okigwe
Ttu
Weather Unsettled In North Carolina State
The Associated Press reports unsettled weather across North Carolina with clear conditions in the mountains and high winds sleet and snow on the east. Snow observed in Raleigh Durham Fayetteville Goldsboro and Rocky Mount at night as temperatures plummeted in Wilson from 47 to 32 degrees in an hour with sleet thunder and lightning. The Shrine Bowl game in Charlotte enjoyed pleasant afternoon weather. The Weather Bureau expects continued cold air from central Canada bringing chilly temperatures and brisk northerly winds into Sunday and likely Monday.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Durham
Fayetteville
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Weather Bureau
Central
Canada
Snow flurries possible then clearing cold day ahead
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and cold temperatures with a chance of snow flurries today. Skies should clear tonight with temperatures dropping, and Monday is expected to be generally fair but cold. Last night’s low was in the mid 20s, today’s high near 40, tonight’s low in the upper teens, with 30 percent precipitation today and zero tonight.
Six Are Injured In Five Car Pileup On Highway 1 85
Six people were injured in a five car wreck at 12 20 p m Saturday at the intersection of 1 85 and S Main Street. May Sturdivant of Park Street charged with failing to reduce speed to avoid an accident. Other injured include James Meredith Concetté Smith Beulah Parker John Hughes and passengers Joseph Smith Camilla Tate Jeri Lynn Parker. Damage estimated over 2000. Separate 5 p m wreck on Old Thomasville Road left two more injured. police released few details.
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S. Main Street
May Sturdivant
Park Street
James Meredith
Imperial Drive
Concetté Smith
Montlieu Avenue
Beulah Parker
Greensboro
John Hughes
Trinily
Meredith
Smith Pond Parker
Joseph Smith
Camilla Tate
Thomasville Road
Danny W. Carroll
Westwood Avenue
Carroll
N. Main Street
North Carolina Considers Major Constitutional Revisions
CHAPEL HILL AP A stronger Declaration of Rights would grant the governor veto power permit two consecutive terms and require elected officials for some posts under proposed amendments to the 1868 North Carolina Constitution. The package includes judges licensing jury service rules tax limits and state department consolidations among nine listed changes.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
General Assembly
Assembly
Council of State
Wold
Commissioners of Insurance, Labor and Agriculture
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Haieation
University of Nort Carolina
Union Chief Warns Of Cool Off
CHARLOTTE AP The head of the nations largest textile union warned workers to stay alert against Nixon administration forces who would cool off the economy by raising unemployment If unemployment rises the result will be low morale Pollock urged limiting prices and profits rather than harming workers He added cooperation with Nixon on pledges to regulate textile imports raise the minimum wage expand social security and improve Medicare Delegates from 10 states attended the hosiery conference.
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Charlotte
Nixon
William Pollock
Afl-Cio Textile Workers Union of America
TWUA
Pollock
Priest and Nun Warned Off Marriage in Church Conflict
In Tempe Arizona AP report says Catholic priest Daniel F McCarthy 38 left priesthood September and married nun Joanne King 36 in Nevada November Then they sought church permission to marry within Catholic rites The couple, living in Tempe while McCarthy pursues a sociology masters at Arizona State University, discuss earnings and family support Joanne works in a Phoenix hospital recovery room and previously served as a nurse The bishop of Tucson Francis Green reportedly asked McCarthy to leave over a dispute about vows and church rules.
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Tempe
Ariz
McCarthy
Joanne King
Nevada
Church of Catholics
Tempest
Arizona State University
Sun City Rural Fire Co
Bremen
Boston
Phoenix
Tucson
Francis Green
Joanne
Good Samaritan Hospital
McGarthy
Notre. Jame
Ohio
Cow Falls In Sheriff's Well
Jackson Michigan deputy finds cow in a well at Grasslake Township home after boards and straw failed to keep animal out. The cow likely climbed in overnight, breaking the boards as it moved about the straw bedding. Rescue efforts followed the discovery.
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Jackson
Mich
Danny Fleming
Grasslake Township
Fleming
Welborn David 81 dies after five-year decline
Wisden David Welborn 81 of 1217 Baker Rd died Saturday at 10 39 a m after a period of declining health. Born in High Point February 26 1887 he was a foreman at R B Gantt Co 30 years. Surviving a son a stepson and a sister. Funeral 2 p m Monday Sechrest Chapel Rev Troy E Jones. Burial Spring Hill UMC cemetery. Body remains at Sechrest Funeral Home Sunday 7 00 to 8 30 p m.
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Wisden
David Welborn
Baker Rd
Mr. Welborn
High Point
Nathaniel Welborn
Carrie Moser
Flint Fill
R. B. Gantt & Co
William W. Welborn
Walter L. Moser
Will McFarland
Sechrest Chapel
Troy E. Jones
Spring Hill United Methodist Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mrs Lambeth Dies Saturday at 74 in Thomasville
Mrs. Billie Black Lambeth 74 of Rt 2 Thomasville widow of J B Lambeth died at 2 pm Saturday at City Memorial Hospital after 18 years of declining health. Born May 5 1894 in Davidson County she was lifelong resident and member of Mt Zion Wesleyan Church. Surviving are three daughters two sons a sister two brothers nine grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at 3 5 pm Monday Mt Zion Wesleyan Church with burial in church cemetery. body at J Green and Sons Funeral Home until 30 minutes before service. family at the funeral home Sunday 7 9 pm.
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Thomasville
Bllie Black Lambeth
Rt. 2
J. B. Lambeth
City Memorial, Hospital
Davidson County
Andrew and
Mary Jane Clodfelter Black
Mr. Zion Wesleyan Church
J. B
Elsie
Rogers
J. E
Shellie) Bodenheimer
Dayton
Carrie) Jones
J. Hupert Lambeth
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Ida Clodfelter
Harvey Grubb
Rt 2
Hattie Imbler
Lexington
Mt. Zion
Caesar Newsom 67 Dies In Denton At Home
Caesar Newsom 67 of Rt J Denton died unexpectedly at home Saturday. A native of Davidson County he was a former Albemarle Fire Department firefighter and member of Clear Springs United Methodist Church. Survived by five brothers and one sister. funeral Monday at Clear Springs UMC with burial in Fairview Cemetery Albemarle. viewing Sunday evening at Hoover Funeral Home.
Heart Surgeon Christiaan Barnard Visits New York
New York AP report notes Christiaan Barnard, famed for performing the world’s first human heart transplant, arriving from Cape Town to be guest of honor at the 32nd annual winter event of the New York Cardiac Center. He plans talks with NASA scientists in Philadelphia on Tuesday about space medicine.
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New York
Christiaan Barnard
Cape Town
South Africa
New York Cardiac Center
Barnard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Philadelphia
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High Point Central High Stage
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Mr. Jiggs
Mendenhalls
Robert and
Forrest
Bobby Mendenhall
Rotary
Michael Phillips
High Point Hospital
Opera
the Associated Press
Janet Jordan
Sharon Needham
Beddington Street Mission
Janet
Ledford High School
Beddington Street
Art Richardson
Trinity
Jeri Lynn Parker
W. D. Welborn
Mrs. Lambeth
Ceasar Newsom
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