Guilford Bond Issue Planned For Courts Building
Guilford County Commissioners advance a 9.5 million bond for a new Courts Building and related facilities plus 500 thousand for a Welfare building in Greensboro. The package aims for a spring 1968 voter vote with official notices and a coordinating joint effort with Greensboro.
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Guilford
Greensboro
Guilford County
Lindsay Cox
Cox
Department of Welfare
High Point
Government Center
Courts
Guilford Democrats Plan January Fund raising Dinner
Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee schedules a grand fund raising dinner on January 25, 1968 at Top of the Martin High Point. A pre dinner tour through Southern Furniture Exposition Building is planned. J H Froelich names Jim Spence and Bert Smith as co chairmen for the event. Many state and local candidates expected to attend.
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Guilford County
Democratic Executive Committee
The
Man
Jim Spence
High Point
Bert Smith
Greensboro
Doris Duke Named In Suit In Rhode Island Case
Doris Duke is named a defendant in a 1.25 million suit in Rhode Island Supreme Court filed by the sister of a man killed by a car. Duke was driving October 7, 1966. Avis Rent-A-Car System is named in an identical federal suit, as Avis rented the car involved.
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Providence
R.I
Doris Duke
Rhode Island Supreme Court
Miss Duke
Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc
U.S
Avis
Blast Destroys Munitions Plant in Scotland
An explosion at a Ministry of Defense munitions factory in Powfoot Scotland destroyed one building and shattered windows up to three miles away. The blast occurred in a building holding several tons of nitro cellulose powder followed by a fire. No injuries were reported.
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Powfoot
Scotland
Ministry of Defense
Evangelists Attend Seminary Evangelism Workshop
Evangelist and Mrs. Jimmy Hinson of High Point attend a war on evangelism at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Sessions run today through Thursday with full-time evangelists and professors joining from across the United States for study, discussions, and shared experiences in evangelism.
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Jimmy Hinson
High Point
New Orleans
N C Soldier Wins Silver Star for Gallantry
Sp4 Bennie Morrow of Waynesville North Carolina was among nine service members awarded Silver Stars for conspicuous gallantry in action in Vietnam during a battle in which U S troops killed 124 Communist soldiers.
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Saigon
Vietnam
Bennie Morrow
Waynesville
N. C
U. S
Y Men Selling Yule Trees Season Opens with Four Lots
The Y's Men Club starts its 14th annual Christmas Tree sale with four lots at Sears parking lot S Wrenn and Commerce, S Main Wachovia Bank, K Mart N Main and College Village. Open 9 am to 9 pm daily, 10 pm Saturdays. Proceeds fund YMCA youth projects including Camp Pioneer and Midget Basketball uniforms. tickets worth one dollar offer price reductions.
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Y’s Men’s Club
YMCA
Sears
S. Wrenn and Commerce
S. Main St. Wachovia Bank
K-Mart
N. Main
College Village
Y’s Men Club
Y’s
Y's
Camp Pioneer
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Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Guilford Democrats
Ryland
Zenith
Sunshine
Ena
Bankamericard
N.C
Comac
Paul Owen
Bob Hilliard
Camp Cheerio
Fisher, World Service, Memorial Recreation Center
Western Carolina
Young
Main
Guilford Technical Institute
Jamestown
Wachovia
North Carolina
Wachovia K & Trust Company
One Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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