Cabinet members avoid White House after Hickel firing
In a vivid anecdote from 1970, a Nixon aide recalls Cabinet members skipping White House visits after Walter Hickel was fired. A cabinet officer and his wife evade a church invitation as Billy Graham sermons unfold, while a task force seizes offices and changes locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
White House
Walter Hickel
John Ehrlichman
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma
Billy Graham
Secretary of the Treasury
Romney
Rtt
John Mitchell
Los Angeles Times
Motorcycle Rider Injured In Green Drive Accident
John Edward Kasey 26 of Chestnut Drive listed in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle overturned on Cabe Street at Green Drive. He reportedly suffered a fracture of the kneecap with other injuries noted.
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John Edward Kasey
Chestnut Drive
Todey Et High Point Memorial Hospital
Kasey
Cabe Street
Green Drive
Totey
Nellie Hough Smith
Daniel Lee Persey
Rt. 1
James
Montheu Avenue
Williams Street
Kersey
Thomas Howard Marshal
Greensboro
Botth
Joseph Lyde Underwood
Lane Street
Elber
Caution Urged For City Drivers In Christmas Season
High Point traffic officers urge fulltime defensive driving as 19 fatalities already mark the year. They warn distractions from radios and anger can trigger crashes while winter darkness and shopping crowds raise danger on N Main Lincoln and Eastchester areas. Speakers note 95 percent of accidents stem from driver carelessness and list recent local wrecks with charges for speeding, hit and run, and failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Staley
High Point
J. T. Rich
Staley
Rich
Break-In Probed at Dewitt Holton Furniture Store
Police investigate a shopbreak at Dewitt Holton Furniture on S Main St with no items reported missing. Separate thefts include a color TV from a Holiday Inn room and 50 gallons of gasoline from the National Guard Armory.
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Dewitt Holton Furniture
S. Main Street
Holiday Inn
W. Green Drive
National Guard Armory
Ward Street
Horace G. Ilderton
E. H. Highfield
Player Drive
Stanley Blue
Sharon Street
Dennis James Dean
Greensboro
Dale Roger Hill
Rt. 2
Lexington
Lewis Scott
Local Bankers Lead Guilford County Economic Literacy Lectures
A Guilford County program brings five High Point bankers into classrooms to share real world banking insights. R. D. Meisky of Central Savings Bank, John W Stallings III of First Citizens Bank and Trust, James R. Spence of High Point Bank and Trust Co., James L. Pierce of North Carolina National Bank, and Irving A. Hamilton of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. provide expert lectures to teach economic subjects.
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High Point
Guilford County
R. D. Meisky
Central Savings Bank
John W Stallings III
First Citizens Bank and Trust
James R. Spence
High Point Bank and Trust Co
James L. Pierce
North Carolina National Bank
Irving A. Hamilton
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Two High Point Students Initiated Into Fraternity
Two High Point students, Clarence Ilderton Jr. and Robert A. Rivers, were initiated into the Pfeiffer College chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi a national business fraternity. The group aims to recognize potential future business leaders, uphold ethics, and support leadership development programs.
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High Point
Pfeiffer College
Alpha Kappa Psi National Business Fraternity
Clarence Ilderton Jr
Clarence Ilderton
W. College Dr
Robert A. Rivers
W. C. Bivens
English Rd
Counterfeit Twenty Detected Triggers Local Alerts
In Thomasville a bogus $20 bill found Friday prompts banks and the Chamber of Commerce to warn residents. James Haliburton of the Chamber said the note was spotted by a bank staffer at North Carolina National Bank and the bank notified other banks merchants and police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Chamber of Commerce
James Haliburton
Chamber
North Carolina National Bank
Anks
Bald Head Island preservation plan moves forward despite sale doubts
Gov. Scott administration backs a state funded effort to acquire Bald Head Island and preserve it. A study by the Research Triangle Institute outlines four use options including continued institutional use recreation education and research. The plan weighs assembly funding federal aid private funds or a mix while the current owner has not indicated a sale.
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Scott
Sowers
William Hen
High Point
Cape Fear Corp
Bald Head Island
Research Triangle Institute
Gov. Scott
General Assembly
North Carolina
Court reverses guilty verdict in bomb case
A superior court panel reversed a lower court ruling, freeing 17 year old Irvin Calvin Crawford in a false bomb call case. Other teen defendants saw sentences reduced or suspended, with stipulations and new conditions. An unrelated case involved Kenneth Shutt receiving 12 to 15 years for assault and Robert Ross getting a five to seven year suspended term for shooting into an occupied dwelling.
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Irvin Calvin Crawford
Rive‘t Drive
Crawford
Byron Haworth
Robert M. Martin
High Point
Michale Eugene Carter
Hodgin Street
Philip
Alexis
Beddington
Rt. 5
Thomasville
Kenneth Shutt
Martin
Shutt
Sandy Ridge
Robert Ross
Fundy
Ross
Benjamin C. McCaskill
Calvary Baptist Church
McCaskill
Wreck damages three cars north of Thomasville on Highway 109
Three cars including a Davidson County Sheriff’s Dept. vehicle were wrecked on Highway 109 near Thomasville after a high speed skid by Everett Brinkley 18 of Thomasville. Brinkley, charged with no operator’s license and reckless driving, was treated and released. Grady Mendenhall and Steve Sink were also treated. Cable’s vehicle had run out of fuel.
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Clif'sive
Lincoln Drive
Ward Street
Johnny Allen Davis
Winston- Salen
Davis
Salvatore Anthony Cama
Northgate Court
Charles Scott
Winston- Salem
Scott
M’ssenger
Lucy Mattie Scot
Winston-Salem
Cama
N. Main Street
Hedgecock Road
Levion Smith
Ogha Street
Whiterek Street
Commerce Street
Hester McMoenus
George Street
Larry Junior Meris
Greensboro
Meris
Eastchester Drive
N. Centennial Avenue
Thomasville
Davidson County Sheriff's Dept
Highway 109
Here
Sheriff's
Grady Mendenhall
Steve Sink
Everett Stephen Brinkley
Rt. 4
Brinkley
Sink
City Memorial Hospital
Richardson Wins Award For Photo Humor
The Enterprise chief photographer Richardson received the J. P. Brady Humor Award from Carolina Press Photographers for a humorous North and South Carolina photo. The winning image showed a High Point liquor raid officer beside a car trunk of plastic containers labeled white lightning with Plymouth marked on the trunk lid.
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Art Richardson
The
Enterprise
J. P. Brady
Carolina Press Photographers
North Carolina
South Carolina
High Point Police
Plymouth Makes Ite
Economic lull centers in manufacturing in High Point area
The Employment Security Commission reports November shows a slow-up mainly in manufacturing. Openings favor trained personnel, with 169 placements and 250 openings, while active job seekers total about 1,700. Unemployment claims rose from October and last year, and short work time persists in plants.
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Employment Security Commission
High Point
William Hollar
Hollar
High Point Area
ESC
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Art Buchwald
John Kasey
Levis Day
Trinity
Walter Billy Goins
Jamestown
Rufus J. Flowers
Vall Street
Flowers
State
J. K. Scruggs
Scruggs
Jessie Cable
Chapel Street
Richardson
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