City Planning Director Faces Census Confusion Over Population
City Planning Director Bill Colonna has dealt with a census mix up after a 1960s base population overcount. A special census showed Point had actually lost several hundred residents instead of gaining thousands. Colonna later jokingly displays a gag board from a Christmas party maintaining his stance.
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Bill Colonna
High Point
City Hall
Colonna
Harold Craven
Pat
Manuscript sent to Jackie in Kennedy dispute
The chief counsel for Mrs. John F Kennedy examined a revised Harper Row manuscript of The Death of a President to settle controversy out of court. Talks with Harper & Row and Look magazine continue as a U.S. court hearing looms and a Caribbean vacation for the Kennedy family is planned.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Arper & Row
Tye Ae
Simon H. Ifkind
Rifkind
Kennedy
Dren
Caroline
John Jr
Antigua
Harper & Row
Manhattan
Washington
United States
Taiwan
William Manchester
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Taipei
Formosa
Manchester
Joseph Wurzel
Look
Henri Nannen
Stern
Wurzel
Stanley Furniture announces 50 percent stock split
Stanley Furniture Co of Stanleytown Va reports record earnings and sales for the year ended Nov 30 1966 with earnings per share of 4.28 on 521000 shares and net sales of 40481694. A 50 percent stock split will be declared to stockholders of record Jan 3 increasing outstanding shares to 786.
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Stanley Furniture Co
Stanleytown
B. Stanley Jr
Stanley Furniture Company
Heritage Employees Toasted for Long Service at Christmas Event
Heritage party employees were honored for long service at the annual Christmas gathering yesterday before the holiday break. Roy Beck received recognition for 25 years of service with the company.
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Roy Beck
Carol Program Sunday at Fair Grove Oak Hill Church
The Carol of Christmas cantata will be performed Sunday at 7 p.m. at Oak Hill Memorial Baptist Church in Fair Grove. Directed by Emma Lou Messer the Youth Choir presents familiar carols with soloists Diana Beck Kathy Williams Michael Messer Robert Proctor and Steven York and a quartet including Jean Link Suzie Dennis Brenda Barber and Diana Beck. Rev James H Bolick narrates with Lavonne Bolick as pianist.
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Thomasville
Peterson
Oakhill Memorial Baptist Church
Fair Grove
Emma Lou Messer
Diana Beck
Kathy Williams
Michael Messer
Robert Proctor
Steven York
Jean Link
Suzie Dennis
Brenda Barber
Oakhill
James H. Bolick
Lavonne Bolick
Apartment Damaged After Vehicle Strikes Saunders Place
A Saunders Place apartment house was struck by a car at 5 30 am damaging it about 100 police report. Meek Byers 42 of Sherrod Street was charged with exceeding a safe speed after failing to stop at Graves Saunders intersection and driving into the building. Two youths in the other car were treated and released after overturning on Green Drive. Comer 17 and Wiseman 12 faced speeding charges.
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Ray Hubbard
Newsroom
Universal
Ray
Saunders Place
Meek Junior Byers
Sherrod Street
Graves Street
Graves - Saunders
Saunders
Byers
High Point Memorial Hospital
Green Drive
Ray Patterson Comer
Delk Drive
Dyer
Wes George J. °. Wiseman
Blain Ste. Qificers
Eurol
Contract Awarded For Valve Assemblies To United Brass Works
The Defense General Supply Center in Richmond Virginia awarded a contract for 71 640 valve assemblies totaling 88 736 dollars to United Brass Works Inc of Randleman.
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Defense General Supply Center
Richmond
United Brass Works, Inc
Randleman
High Pointers Help Family of Twelve For Christmas
Enterprise editor Holt McPherson reports High Pointers rally to aid a family of 12 children facing holiday hardship. The newborn asks for surgery within a year for a deformity while both parents work at local mills. Ten children are at home. the two eldest are married. Call 882 2844 for the family's name and address.
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Enterprise
Holt McPherson
Good Afternoon
Thomasville
High Point
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