Station Robbed By Pair Near Thomasville
Two white men armed with guns robbed Grady's Sumpco Service Station on Interstate 85 west of Thomasville this morning, taking about 600 dollars. Detectives said the pair, in their early 20s and unmasked but wearing sunglasses, fled on foot possibly toward a parked car, as deputies hunted for leads and checked all possibilities.
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Thomasville
Grady
Sumpco
Here
Merk Stabler
Davidson County Sheriff’s Dept
Stabler
Grady Cole
Bobby Carter
Herman Thayer
Ates
Four Hurt In Vehicle Accidents Friday Reports
Four people were injured in traffic accidents Friday none seriously. A 4 p.m. pile up on West Wood Avenue at Locke Street involved Leon Wilkes 20 Gordy Street and Sally West Spruce Street. damages pegged at 1000. A car driven by David Wadd 2 backed into a 10 year old girl Cindy Syn dall Bands Street in Ennis Street lot injuring the child slightly. A truck overturned on East Shester near Hilton Court at 6 20 p.m. injuring the driver James Bowers 47 Greensboro.
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Westwood Avene
Locke Street
Leon Wilkes
Gordy Street
Sally
Spruce Street
David Wadd
Horneytown
State Year End Report Slated
A brief AP item notes the state will publish its annual year end report. Details on release timing and contents are expected from state officials and contribute to an overview of the year's affairs and statistics.
Winds Knock Out Power In City
High winds caused a one hour blackout in northeast High Point. Power lines fell on Weavil Street and at Earl Street and Westchester, briefly knocking out Hammer Street substation. City crew restored service by 10 a.m. with only isolated outages remaining. area from N Main through Oakview and Gordon Road affected.
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High Point
Weavil Street
Earl Street
Westchester
Hammer Street
One
N. Main Street
Oakview
Gordon Road
City Hall
Weinstein Appointed To Board In North Carolina Paroles
RALEIGH AP The state Board of Paroles gains quorum with Robert Weinstein 61 of Jamberton named by Gov Moore on Gov elect Bob Scott suggestion. Weinstein sworn in by Judge Henry McKirman and fills Brown’s unexpired term. term ends July 1 1970. Weinstein is a Wake Forest law graduate and former solicitor of the Lumberton District Recorder's Court and president of Robeson County Bar Association.
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Raleigh
State Board of Paroles
Robert Weinstein
Jamberton
Marvin ‘R. Wooten
Wake Forest College
Lumberton
Bible Class Speaker Named for First United Methodist
Virgil Yow of North Myrtle Beach D C will guest speak at the W P Pickett Memorial Bible class at First United Methodist Church Sunday. Yow formerly taught the class years ago while on the High Point College staff and was a key figure among local Christian Athletes.
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W. P. Pickett
First United Methodist, Church
Virgil Yow
North Myrtle Beach
D. C
Yow
High Point College
Clearing Cooler Area Prediction
Weather forecast notes cooler air and clearing skies tonight with Sunday to be generally fair and cold. Monday brings partly cloudy skies and continued cold with highs in the mid 60s today and mid 50s tomorrow. tonight's low around 30s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation tonight diminishing to zero. The forecast mentions possible thundershower activity in the vicinity.
State Mails 88 Tons Of Forms In North Carolina
Raleigh AP The Revenue Department began mailing more than 8 tons of state income tax forms to two million North Carolinians. The 1968 tax bite will be smaller due to higher exemptions and relief measures. Refunds went to 1.2 million in 1967, averaging $26 to $27. Total savings estimated at $18 million with $600 dependent exemptions, college dependent relief, elderly exemptions, and combat pay exemptions for service members.
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Raleigh
Revenue Department
Atate Revenue
L. Clayton
Clayton’s
General Assembly
14-Year-Old Boy Held In Slaying Of 8-Year-Old
A 14-year-old boy is jailed on a 35,000 bond in Recorder's Court for the killing of 8-year-old Leonard Wade Leonrd. Police say the shotgun death weapon was found. authorities listed no motive. Leonard, an eighth grader at Main Street Junior High, died after a shot to the chest at the Leonar residence. The incident occurred Friday evening. funeral arrangements are pending with J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home and Holly Hill Cemetery.
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Jaamy) Wright
Wright
City Memorial Hospital
Soit
Leonar
Young Wright
Leonard
Main Street
Senda
Recorder's Court
Phevideen County
Joel Leonard
Young Leonard
Wade Leonard
Wade Leonrd
Ann Marke Wright
Holly Hill
J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Carolina
Chapel Hill
Holt McPherson
Ie Wine
Holt
High Point Enterprise
Ewever
NCPA
Europe
Rhine
Methodist Church Hit By Blaze on Ward Street
A fire gutted the ground floor of the Ward Street Methodist Church Friday around 10 a.m. flames spread from a piano to the acoustical ceiling, with smoke and heat damage. The piano was a total loss, Sunday school was cancelled though the 11 a.m. service would proceed. Firefighters reported no determined cause. Other Friday fires included a woods fire on Jackson Lake Road and a truck fire on Mint Street. Two false alarms at the Presbyterian Home and Harrison Street diner were checked.
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Ward Street
Jackson Lake Road
Flu Epidemic Labelled in North Carolina Outbreak
In Raleigh AP reports the current flu surge in North Carolina was officially labeled an epidemic Friday. Dr J N McCormack head of the state Board of Health said the illness may spread to pneumonia in some cases while noting several deaths in the state. Powell assistant director of the Communicable Disease Section attributed deaths to flu and cited deaths linked to influenza across state agencies.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. N. McCormack
Raleigh (Ap
Lonniel
State Board of Health
Powell
North Carolina Recreation Com
McCormack
Mississippi
Guilford County Subsoil Map Project Underway
A Guilford County team led by Edward Karnowski is preparing a county wide sub soil map to guide development. The study will detail soil types and percolation to locate septic viability and sewer needs, influence rural subdivisions, and identify potential reservoir sites and rock occurrences. Cost is about 150000 with one third county funding over three to five years.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Lindsay Cox
Cox
Soil Conservation Service
Piedmont Triad Park
Deep River
Cox Fous
Sena Sta Os
Gremsboro
I-85
Western Electric Company
Pleasant Garden
Edward Karnowski
North
Carolina
Em County
Four Given Museum Jobs Four Given Museum Jobs
Gov. Dan Moore appoints four to the North Carolina Museum of Art board and three to the Employment Security Commission Advisory Council. Kim terms run until July 1, 1973. Named include Edwin Gill, Egbert L. Davis Jr., L. Y. Ballentine, Thomas Kenan III, and others replacing several prior members in Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Kin gston, Fayetteville, Durham, Asheboro, Lincolnton, and Henderson counties.
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Raleigh
Dan Moore
North Carolina Museum of Art
Employment Security Commission
Edwin Gill
Egbert L. Davis Jr
Winston - Salem
L. Y.ballentine
Charles B. Aycock
Kin ‘Ston
Thomas Kenan III
Durham
Charles Kistler
Fayetteville
Employment Security Commission Council
M. Edmund Prea
W. Seabrook
Fayette Wes
Joseph D. Rossroe
Asheboro
A. L Tait
Lincolnton
Singleton
Hender‘Carroll
Horton
Yanceyville
Two Tar Heels Back McCormack
Raleigh AP reports Rep. John McCormack the House speaker race gains backing from North Carolina congressmen Nick Galifianakis and L H Fountain. McCormack faces challenger Morris Udall as he seeks a new term. Galifianakis expects most of the NC delegation to support McCormack.
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Raleigh
John McCormack
D-Mass
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Nick Galifianakis
L. H. Fountain
McCormack
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
Galifianakis
Flu Epidemic and Year in North Carolina Reflections
A Raleigh column recalls a Hong Kong flu wave with estimates of up to 500000 cases in the state, notes uncertain immunity, and cites 1968 memories from a North Carolina reporter. It covers political campaigns, openings, travel, and sports as the year winds to 1969.
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Hong Kong
Beiieve
Central N C Chapter MS Society meeting announced
The Central North Carolina Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society schedules its annual meeting Sunday January 5 at Pilot Life Country Club. Chairman L K Mann says the program begins at 2 30 pm with Memphis Tennessee leader L Palmer Brown keynote. The event includes 198% annual reports and a social, and is open to the public.
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N. C
National
Store Owner Shot and Killed in Morganton Robbery
Morganton North Carolina AP report says a 51 year old store owner was shot five times in the driveway of his home on Route 5. Sheriff Alvin Wise notes the victim Julius A Moore was robbed of an unknown amount of money in a late night attack.
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Morganton
N.C
Rt. 5
Alvin Wise
Julius
A Moore
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