Drug Cases Draw A Variety Of Decisions By HOWARD HAYES
Defendants arrested in 1971 on drug charges have seen varied outcomes in High Point courts with only five active sentences. Of 45 cited cases, nineteen remain pending in District Court, eighteen not yet called, and one defendant called out. Several defendants received suspended terms or nonprosecution, with one acquittal, one dismissal, and one nonsuit. notable sentences include Carl Stewart and Donald Cress each at 25 years, plus additional lesser-term outcomes across multiple defendants in High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hayes
High Point
Carl Bryant Stewart
New York
N. Y
Donald James Cress
Adams
Local Drug Cases Include Acquittal and Suspended Sentence
An Enterprise man was acquitted of selling LSD after a possession ruling. Roger Martin pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana, received 12 months suspended, and had his car confiscated. Others faced fines, nol pros, and trial delays as investigators noted improprieties in some dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Dale Martin
Chestnut Drive
David Beeson
Rt. 2
Trinity
Mack Barnes
Bethel Drive
Charles Edward Dickerson Jr
Avery Street
Colon Kenneth Holt
Gatewood Avenue
Harry Mishoe
Dane Street
Steven Baskerville Watkins
Travis Ian Hill
Thomas Rufus Cheves Jr
Charles Robert Efird
Hill
Cheves
Efird
Gerald Wayne Coble
Mill Street
Clarence Clark Jr
Ellerbe
Clark
Harold D. Henderson
Manor Drive
Lobbyists defend political fund raising schemes in dinner chat
In an LA Times interview Terence Bloodstone of the Washington Loyal Lobbyists defends campaigns by linking donor money to political influence. He cites $500 dinners and table sponsors as essential to supporting politicians. The piece questions how reform would end these fundraising channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Terence L. Bloodstone
Washington Order of Loyal
Bloodstone
Martha Mitchell
Christmas Parties Bring Santa to Model Cities Neighbors
Several thousand children visited Santa Claus Thursday and Friday as the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee sponsored four Christmas parties in Model Cities neighborhoods. The committee includes civic and government agency reps, with gifts and treats donated by local businesses. This is the second year the groups have sponsored these events.
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Santa Claus
Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee
Outlook Brighter Employment In High Point Area
The Area Manpower Newsletter reports High Point Guilford County employment rose about 470 year over year to late November with a projected rise of 900 in six months. Unemployment fell from 3.8 to 2.8 percent, with 1,330 jobless in November 1971 down from 1,860 in 1970, while manufacturing and furniture gains offset textile losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
Guilford County
William Hollar
Employment Security Commission
Hollar
ESC
Equipment Theft and Local Break-Ins Reported in Greensboro
Greensboro police recovered several items of office equipment reported stolen Friday. A back window break at Jim Wilder’s Marlow Van Loan on Joshua Street led to the loss of three typewriters and an adding machine. No charges filed yet as investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Jim Wilder
Marlow van Loan
Joshua Street
David Cruthis
W. Green Drive
Elva Dixon
E. Farris Avenue
Westhester Drive
E. Grimes Avenue
T. E. White
Rt. 1
Sophia
High Point Enterprise Saturday Afternoon 1971
Local edition date line notes Saturday December 18 1971 for the High Point Enterprise. The page presents the standard newspaper layout with city news, advertisements, and briefs typical of a mid century North Carolina paper.
Six Defendants Get Active Sentences in District Court
District Court Judge Fen tress Homer Friday handed six defendants active sentences including four six month terms. Harriett L. Pickens 19 Greensboro charged with shoplifting shampoo from Food World. John H. Senet 8 received six months for taking socks valued at 1.52. William Lee Myers 20 Thomasville drew six months on DUI larceny and related counts. James David King 39 Oakwood Street got six months for drunken driving. Fred Crutchfield 39 Bluefield West Virginia 30 days for no license. A T Lomax 67 Wilmington 20 days for drunkenness. Herbert L Haas 32 Greensboro fined 125 dollars and costs for DUI. Austin Sellers 25 Thissell taxed costs for resisting an officer. Elmer E 21 Richland Avenue taxed two bills of costs for public drunkenness and resisting an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauford Junior Carter
Lexington
Charles Ray Sheen
Rt. 3
Willie Richard Spears
Willow Place
James Connell Tindell
Ronnie Lee Flemming
Asheboro
Richard Charles
Dickie) Johnston Jr
W. Lexington Avenue
Neil James Blair Jr
Concord
Bobby Ray Cecil
Cable Street
Earl Davis
Amos Street
Carl Morris Henley
Landis Avenue
Gary Alan Howell
Salem Ind
Stanley Clayton James
English Road
Albert King
Fairview Street
Tonny Ray Marlow
Kannapolis
Jerry McCrease Mack
Fern Street
John Tracy Owen
Wilmington
Del
Allan M. Papadines
Whippany
N. J
Curtis L. Preston
Redding Street
Bobby Darrell Stalvey
Guilford Avenue
Donald T. Vanderhall
Martin Street
Douglas Ray Williams
George Lawton Wiswall
Charles Rufus Worthy
Thomasville
Fentress Homer Friday
Harriett L. Pickens
Greensboro
S. Main Street
John H
Senet
Sky City
William Lee Myers
James David King
Oakwood Street
Fred Crutchfield
Bluefield
W. Va
A. T. Lomax
Herbert L. Haas
Rt. 7
Austin Sellers
Thissell Street
Elmer E
Richland Avenue
Adams-Millis Subsidiary To Be Sold
J H Millis president of Adams-Millis Corp and Thierr Dautricourt of Belgium announced in High Point that Callebaut de Blicquy will buy all assets of Macon Machinery Company Inc a subsidiary of Adams-Millis The deal awaits final contract negotiations and no charge to AdamsMillis earnings was indicated Dautricourt notes the buyer aims to expand in European textile machinery with new dyeing systems and yarn production plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Millis
Adams-Millis Corp
Thierr Dautricourt
Callebaut de Blicquy
Belgium
CDB America
High Point
Macon Machinery Company, Inc
Adams-Millis
Lad Exact
Millis
Dautricourt
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Robert Stephen Vanhoy
London Drive
Joe Bud Williamson
N. Elm Street
Williamson
Randolph McNeil Lytle
Montheu Avenue
James Richard Branham
Lexington Avenue
Vance Patterson
Westover Drive
James Oliver Sutton II
Sutton
Patterson
High Point College
Sale Big Business
Pat
Conrad Hilton
Los Angeles Times
Christmas
Jim Stratford
Francis Lynn
E. Lexington Avenue
Friendly Drive In
Bruce Wayne Koch
Clifton Harding McMahon
Crestwood Circle
Floyd
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