Guilford County Plans New Jail At $2.5 to $3 Million
County officials outlined a three year timeline for a 360 bed jail to serve Greensboro with estimated costs of 2.5 to 3 million. Financing could be via bond issue or an 18.5 cent tax levy, with construction possibly starting after funds and a bond referendum.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Clifton M. Craig
John Witherspoon
Craig
Board of Commissioners
Witherspoon
Col
Old City Hall
Col. Craig
Robert Earnhart
Kivett Drive Road Project Developing in High Point
State highway officials plan January contract letting for the Kivett Drive segment to widen the road and build a new bridge over the railroad cut. English Road and Washington Street will form the opposite end of a proposed one way pair, with opposition from nearby property owners and a second bridge at Thissell Street.
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High Point
The
Highway Commission
R. V. Moss
Highway Department
Moss
Kivett Drive
Centennial Avenue
English Road
Washington
Broad Street
Thissell Street
Downing Street
Sentencing Expected In Death of James D. Martin
Guilford Superior Court heard a probation report on May 9 death of James D. Martin 39 from a head blow at Happy's Place English Road Hedgepeth owner charged with murder pled to involuntary manslaughter via nolo contendere witnesses said Martin provoked him and was asked to leave Hege to remain minority whip in North Carolina House after Saturday caucus in Hickory
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James D. Martin
Guilford Superior Court
Robert Martin
High Point
James C
Happy) Hedgepeth
Happy’s Place
English Road
Hedgepeth
Martin
Doug
600 Dead Fish In Abbotts Creek Floods Creek North Of Here
In the second fish kill north of Thomasville since August, about 600 dead fish including largemouth bass crappie catfish creek chubs bluegill robin and carp were removed from Abbotts Creek Willow Creek to Highway 109 before dark. Officials plan to test water samples with Air and Water Resources joining the search to determine the cause which may impact the Thom-A-Lex Reservoir supplying Thomasville and Lexington.
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Thomasville
Here
Dan Moore
Lexington
Moore
Abbotts Creek
Wayne Chatman
Albemarle
Willow Creek
State Air and Water Resources Commission
Willow Creek Golf Course
Thom-A-Lex
Public Utilities
Ed Tysinger
Tysinger
Cheer Fund Progress Hinges On Christmas Donations
The Christ mas Cheer Fund shows $1,830 collected with the goal of $7,000 at risk of unmet. General Chairman Benny Braica notes contributions lag behind last year’s pace and urges early gifts to fund food and toy certificates. Mail contributions to The Enterprise or P O Box 5467 with acknowledgments in The Enterprise.
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Benny Braica
Braica
Enterprise
P. O
J. C. Moore
Nancy
David
Jeremy
The
Eagle House
Air
Henderson Rogers
Elizabeth F. Marlowe
Scott Safrit
Barry
Suzanne Gs
S. H. Strickland
Kluttz
Dor & Oz
W. R. Jor Ee
Pong Preieran
Little Angels of Korea Set for Community Concert at High Point
The Korea National Folk Ballet will perform at High Point College Auditorium 8 p.m. Wednesday. The troupe of 32 youth dancers will present traditional ‘fun’ dances and more than 50 instruments from Seoul’s National Court Music Academy. Dancers aged eight to 15 wear changing exotic costumes as half perform per selection. This marks the group’s fifth U.S. tour in 1970 71. Board members elected to a three year term include George Clark and several others.
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High Point College
Little Angels of
Korea
Ask
Court Music
Korean National Court Music
Seoul
United States
Community Concert Assn
Metropolitan Opera
Jerome Hines
George Clark
William Sheloff
W. S. Creech
J. W. McGuinn
Arthur Cassell
Man Held Under Bond For Attempted Robbery
A 24 year old man is held on $5 000 bond for armed robbery at East Side Curb Market. David Willie Adams of Kent Street High Point and a Michigan address was arrested after the Monday incident. Police expect an early arrest of a second suspect. Police also report ongoing investigations into a Park Street Gulf Station break in and thefts from two cars at Green Street Baptist Church.
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East Side
David Willie Adams
Kent Street
High Point
Michigan
Adams
E. Green Drive
Brentwood Street
Mable Womack
Park Street Gulf Station
Green Street Baptist Church
Fred Bass
Meadowbrook
Model Cities program OK'd by Guilford County Commission
Guilford County commissioners approved a contract with the Model Cities unit in High Point to run an intensive social services program using 156 254 dollars in federal funds. The plan funds 18 new staffers to serve about 1 000 families with flexible hours and group approaches.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Guilford County
Model Cities
High Point
Thompson
S. Main Street
F. P. Bodenheimer
C. R. Brooks
UNC Debaters Loveland and McGuire Eye California Rematch
UNC Chapel Hill duo Joe Loveland and Joe McGuire, from High Point and Asheville, will travel to California for a busy three tournament swing at UCLA, USC, and Redlands after tying for third at Georgetown Invitational with 130 plus teams. They beat George Washington and Loyola in prelims and split with UCLA this season.
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UNC
UCLA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
West Coast
Georgetown
McGuire
Loveland
California
Southern California
Redlands University
Woman Shot Three Times In Johnson Street Home
Sally Jefferson Salley of Johnson Street is hospitalized in High Point Memorial after being shot three times with a .38 pistol at her home. Police found a gun but could not determine ownership as of noon. The assault occurred around 9:45 a.m. with her husband locating her in a northeast bedroom.
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Johnson Street
Sally Jefferson Salley
High Point Memorial Hospital
Andrews Chorus Slates Christmas Concert Evening Show
Andrews High School chorus and orchestra plan a Christmas concert Sunday at 8 p m in the Northeast Junior High School auditorium. The program will have two sections with Handel's The Messiah and sacred Yuletide songs featured.
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Andrews High School
Northeast Junior High
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Houses of Correction
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Kivett Drive Road
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Joe Hege Jr
State
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Hickory
L. G. Monroe
Everett Marsh
Emerywood Baptist Church
Men's Bible Lass Post
Travelers Protective Assn
G. J. Johnson
T.E.L
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MacLean B. Leath
Ee Ww. Perry
Hatteras Om
Eek
Mecklenburg County
Brooks
Robert Shaw
Wade Bunting
Percy Sears
James B. Davis
Skeet Club Road
R. T. Amos
Davis
George Washington
Loyola University
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