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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1975
Page
2
Mrs J L Darr first customer as Archdale taps water from new municipal system. The $2 million project will deliver clean water citywide with all fines expected in service within weeks. a $5 million sewer project is planned next. Bob Gray building inspector and Mayor Henry R York assist at the Darr home.
Greensboro residents pressed for broader High Point representation on the Piedmont Triad Health Systems Agency board at a public hearing. Critics argued Guilford County’s eight seats skew Greensboro, urging inclusion for High Point with 65,000 residents and local medical facilities. The HEW review next month stands as the likely path for any change, while officials defended the current structure.
State Medical Examiner lists crib death as the cause of a two month old girl found dead Friday about 6 am in her bed. Neighbors and police recount a crowded home with wet bedding and urine stains as officers investigated Merida C. Gaines at 518 Ames St. The grandmother said heating oil funds were sought after running out. Funeral at 3 pm Sunday in Asheboro with burial at Mount Calvary Cemetery. survivor include the mother Miss Joleatha Gaines and multiple siblings and the grandmother.
Electrical power in the Oakview area was off for about 20 minutes today. A Utilities Dept spokesman said the exact cause was not determined but power was restored by 8:6am. He noted that client breakers in individual homes may have tripped when power returned.
High Point firefighters responded to two alarms on Friday after frozen sprinkler heads at Swarm Originals on Feature Place and Tomlinson of High Point on W High Avenue and Dalton Street burst, triggering auto fire alarms. No fire occurred at either location. other Friday calls included a car fire on S Main Street and a leaf pile fire on Rockford Road.
Raleigh report shows James E Harrington defending a merged Department of Natural and Economic Resources where industry promotion and pollution regulation share a single jurisdiction. He argues for balance against EPA bias, notes economic growth hinges on workable policy, and cites a lunch table metaphor to urge practical discussion over jargon.
The High Point Enterprise lists its carrier and delivery terms with Associated Press notes. It outlines routes, payments, and distributor responsibilities, naming carriers and pay rates in a dated format.
Two men were arrested after an attempted armed robbery in High Point. Reserve officer Handy Smuth was treated in hospital for a head injury from a scuffle with a suspect. Hubert Goode 18 Cable Street faces charges of attempted armed robbery and assault on an officer, while Shannon Leon Austin 20 Dunbar Place and Gurney W Pendry Jr 19 Cedraw Avenue gave statements about the holdup. A separate shooting left John Jefferson Ingram 22 Route 4 with a stomach wound. he underwent surgery and was listed as in satisfactory condition. Residents reported thefts including a $500 television and cash from several homes on nearby streets.
A craggy tree silhouette by an Enterprise photographer Mark Austin frames a self referential profile inviting readers to identify the subject by the tree roots and pose. The piece blends artful imagery with a prompt for reader engagement and self drifting identity.
Three people were injured in multiple two car crashes Friday. In Westey Place at Worth Avenue Cavalier Elizabeth Idol and passenger Susan Smith sustained injuries, with Idol charged for failing to yield. At English Road and Ward Avenue Vickie Kennedy, passenger in Thomas Brown Kennedy’s car, and Robert James Livingston were injured. Beverly Sue Jackson and Steve Plowman were injured when their cars collided on Westchester Drive near West Edgewood Drive.
Reginald Byers, 18, Penn Street, received a 12 month suspended sentence and $50 fine for breaking and entering a coin machine. Barbara Penello, 44, E Kearns Avenue, was found guilty on seven counts of issuing worthless checks and given two six month suspended terms plus costs. a firearm discharge charge against her was dismissed. Jeffery Barker, 21, Rt 6 Thomasville, got four months suspended and $125 for drunken driving, with speeding dismissed. Clyde Todd and Robert Thomas, both 20s, were found guilty of reckless driving. Thomas got 90 days suspended and $50 plus costs, Todd $50 plus costs. James Thompson, Greensboro, bound over for trial on felony escape. David Wilson, Trinity, forgery charge dismissed. Concealed weapon charge against Arley Lane Jones and two others dismissed. Barnes and Venable received six month suspensions for drunken driving, Venable $125 and Barnes $100 plus costs. Walburn Sheffield, 59, Greenview Terrace, and Ralph Hoover, 40, Rt. 1 Sophia, each convicted of drunken driving with fines and costs. Steve Mull, 18, Spring Garden Circle, nine month active for youthful offender with license charge fined $25 plus costs. License charge dismissed. Ralph Dilldine, Tate Street, charged with assault counts. See DEFENDANT on 3a.
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