Fire damages Perkinson's Jewelers in High Point
Firefighters answered a 3 3 a.m. call to Perkinson's Jewelers at 110 N Main St to extinguish a furnace malfunction. The burner unit blew off the front of the furnace causing a fire mainly on the floor around the furnace in the stockroom. Moderate smoke damage occurred as flames spilled oil. containment took about three hours.
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Perkinson’s Jewelers
N. Main St
T.G. Shelton
High Point
Shelton
Guilford Exempts $885 Million in Property From Taxes
A Tax Director report shows Guilford County owners of 885 million dollars in exempt real estate and personal property pay no county city or school taxes. Governmental educational religious and civic groups hold most exemptions. elderly and personal property exemptions also rise modestly.
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Jim Hawking
Greensboro
Guilford County
C.R. Brooks
Board of Commissioners
Brooks
Ymcas
Salisbury Boy Drowns In Hunting Accident
A Salisbury youth, Christopher Thomas Beck, 14, died after a duck hunting boating accident on the Linwood area river. His friend Nathan Lynn Varner, 22, of Lexington survived and was treated after exposure and shock. Deputies say the boat sank partially around 6:20 pm and motor trouble preceded the incident. Beck was found frozen. Warner was hospitalized with unknown condition.
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Linwood
Salisbury
Dear Monday
Robert Moser
Davidson County Ambulance Service
Christopher Thomas Beck
Beck
Nathan Lynn Warner
Lexington
Davidson
Varner
Warner
From Hyperventilation to Ear Noises and Angina Tips
Dear Dr Thosteson answers reader questions on hyperventilation causes and tranquilizers when emotional factors are involved, plus how infarction affects the heart, ear ringing and potential deafness, sugar of lead use, and angina pectoris. The column notes readers mail and offers booklets for 25 cents or 35 cents with SASE.
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Thosteson
ILE
Dr. Thosteson
EPA urged filters over sand for High Point water
Meyers says activated carbon filters are recommended by the EPA instead of sand filters. He notes High Point’s water is not drawn from upstream uses and argues carcinogen levels are potentially overstated. He details point by point treatment steps from coagulation to disinfection and pH adjustment before distribution.
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Meyers
EPA
Mississippi
High Point
Shooting Victim Improves From Critical to Serious
SILVER HILL The Christmas Eve shotgun attack left 11 year old Richard Clay Wise in intensive care at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem after eye removal surgery. His condition has improved from critical to serious though still in the ICU. Four people were hurt. Wise was the most seriously injured. Deputies tie the incident to a Thanksgiving dispute with the same suspects. A .12 gauge shotgun was fired into a residence with nine people present. Wise's mother, a 12 year old sister, and a neighbor were also injured but less seriously.
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Silver Hill
Richard Clay Wise
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Wise
Davidson County
Jackson Urges Federal Probe of U S Prisons
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson of Operation PUSH calls for a federal investigation into prison human rights. In a Sunday telephone interview he said he sent a telegram to President Carter requesting such an inquiry and proposing better vocational training for inmates. He notes that about three quarters of prisoners are Black or Brown and cites lack of job opportunities upon release.
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Chicago
Jesse L. Jackson
Jackson
Carter
Burglary Reported Near Hillsville At Hughes Residence
Randolph deputies report a break in on Tom Snider Road near Hillsville at Jack Gregg Hughes home. Thieves took two color televisions a pistol and two shotguns valued at 1585 dollars. Sheriff notes the loss exceeds 1500 dollars.
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Asheboro
Randolph
Jack Gregg Hughes
Tom Snider
Hillsville
Survey of Oysters Looks Good in Tangier Sound
An Atlantic News survey reports spat on shells in Tangier Sound and Mayland’s annual count suggests 1977’s survival rate for baby oysters may be the best in a decade. If maintained, the high survival could yield a large oyster harvest in three or four years.
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Tangier Sound
Mayland
Public utilities officials weigh EPA water rule costs
Lee S. Dukes Jr. of Charlotte backs a charcoal treatment plan but doubts the price. Durham's Thomas K. Bruce questions the EPA evidence on cancer-forming elements in water. Raleigh officials seek cost estimates while EPA hints at applying to cities with 75,000-plus population.
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Public Utilities
Lee S$. Dukes Jr
Charlotte
Durham Water
Thomas K. Bruce
EPA
Raleigh
Obituaries and Death Notices From High Point Area
Multiple notices report deaths and funeral plans across High Point and Lexington. Ida Kellam of High Point dies at 82. Andrew Ward Gibson dies at 14 months in Lexington. Lillian Mathis of Boonville mourned aged 80. Emory Peace of Trinity dies after a fall. Mattie Hughes and Vera Legrand noted with associated services. Lanell Legrand charged with murder in wife’s stabbing. Edna Hodges, 80, dies in Kernersville with services in Cumby Chapel. Burial plans include Hebrew Cemetery and church services across several towns. Memorials directed to North Carolina Jewish Home.
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Ida Kessell Kellam
William and Mary Apts
Kellam
Baltimore
Morris and
Etta Kraft Kessell
High Point
Hyman Paul Kellam
B'nai Israel Synagogue
Council of Jewish Women
Lewis
Miriam) Kress
Edgedale Dr
William J. Kessell
Sechrest Chapel
Hebrew Cemetery
Hebrew Cemetery. the Family Will Be At the Home of the Daughter, 222 Edgedale Dr
N.C
Clemmons
A.W. Gibson
Lexington
Andrew Ward Gibson
Alan
Jane Causey Gibson
Lylburn Rd
Middletown
Ohio
Alan Scott Gibson
Rowland Gibson
Frank Causey
Greensboro
Forest Hill Memorial Park
Billy Sosebee
Sanders Mathis
Jonesville
Jean Mathis
Norman Mathis
Route 2
Mettie Elder
Rt. 3
Hamptonville
Georgie Patton
Statesville
Everette
Roosevelt Norman
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Kenneth Jordan
Carl Parks
Mackie-Gentry
Emory Joseph Peace
Rt. 2
Trinity
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Peace
Randolph County
Earl Lee
Nannie Spencer Peace
Burlington Industries
Mount Vernon
Nannie Crofts
Joseph Darrell Peace
Gurney Peace
Mount Vernon United
Cumby Mortuary
Archdale
Mattie Hughes
Mattie Estelle Hugh Hughes
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
W. W. Robbins
Floral Garden Park
Chestnut Drive
Amos Hughes
Guyer St
Hughes
Forrest St
Wesleyan Arms Nursing Center
Lanell Legrand
Vera Ingram Legrand
Cedar St
Legrand
Weldon
Cassie Bell Ingram
Kings Chapel
Teneka
Talphane Legrand
Johnny Jerome Quick
Weldon Ingram
High Paint
Garetha Lindsay
Philadelphia
Geraldine Bullard
Wilda Stewart
Annie Ingram
Brenda Johnson
Donette Ingram
Faye Ingram
Boston
Mass
James Ingram
Edna Hodges
Edna Fannie Hodges
High Point Rd
Kernersville
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Winston- Salem
Hodges
Milam
Tex
Edgar Noah
Innce Hansford Hale Walker
Civil Service
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Fort Worth
Somerville High School
Somerville
B.E. Snuggs
College Station
Ethel ¥. Tarble
Cumby Chestnut Drive
John Woodson
Strickland Funeral Home
Oaklawn
Gregory Charges Dropped in DC Embassy Protest
Washington AP A DC Superior Court dropped charges against comedian Dick Gregory his wife Lillian Allan Jackson Michael Matthews and Eric Burnt after federal prosecutors chose not to press charges. The arrests stemmed from a Christmas Day protest within 500 feet of the South African embassy. Similar charges against Gregorys and Massachusetts State Sen William Owens were dropped last week. Gregory said he demonstrated against apartheid and corporate involvement with Pretoria.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Lillian
Allan Jackson
Salisbury
N.C
Michael
Matthews
Eric J. Burnt
Gregorys
Massachusetts
William Owens
South Africa
U.S
Pretoria
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Civic
Guilford
A.V
Dr. Thystesan
Dr. Thesteson
S.F.H
Richard Wise
Lexington Memorial Hospital
E. J
Peace of Trinity
North Main
Parriss Avenue
Harold C.davis
Preferred Funeral Directors International
Sechrest
Lexington Ave
Kate Morrow Lentz Tillson
First Presbyterian Church
Lizzie Williams Brady
Mitchell's Grove United Methodist Church
Siser-Sechrest
Randolph ST
Thomasville
Memes Tevete
Chestnut DR
Sn Saat
Tringale RD
Cumby
James Hilliard
Mattie E. Hughes
Emory J
Peace
Vernon
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
English Rd
High Point, N.C
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