Gaposis Told To Block Progress In High Point
Howard Pancoast, president of the High Point Chamber of Commerce, warns that gaposis divides the city in economic and social realms. He cites cooperation among doctors and calls for unified action, improved housing, education, industry and codes, plus a shared effort to attract and sustain growth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Howard Pancoast
Pancoast
High Point
Elwood
Guilford County
Frank Wood
Leo Heer
Slip Under Tractor Trailer Fatality Shocks Community
A 58 year old man, Paul Samuel Harmon, died after being struck by a tractor trailer near Wayside Street and Beaumont Avenue. The truck driver J P Vestal, 33, attempted to free the stuck vehicle, and Harmon, in a blind spot, was run over twice as the truck moved. Funeral services set for Fairmont Park Baptist Church with burial at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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Wayside Street
Beaumont Avenue
Paul Samuel
Bob) Harmon
Beaumont St
J. P. Vestal
Park Street
Vestal
Harmon
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Alexander David
Lonadell Rowe Harmon
High Point
Cordelia Cooper
Pickett Cotton Mill
Fairmont Park
Hoyt Rutledge
Tommy Worrell
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Unseasonably warm February day forecast near sixty
The forecast calls for near 60 degree high with a 40 degree low. The weatherman expects fair to mild conditions tonight and Monday with minimal rain chances. In the Piedmont, Saturday's high was 48 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Central High Wins Wake Forest Debate Tourney
Central High School of High Point won the Third Annual Wake Forest High School Invitational Debate Tournament at Wake Forest University. The champions, Elmore Alexander and Sheryl Robinson, defeated Dentsville High School of Columbia South Carolina in the finals after earlier defeats of Bluefield High School and Thomasville High School.
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Winston-Salem
Central High School
High Point
Wake Forest
Riding Heart Campaign of the Heart Association
The Scouts participate in the Riding Heart campaign of the Heart Association. Left to right: Charles Taylor, Scott Crowder, Hal Hicks, and John Nettles are shown as part of the effort.
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the Heart Assn
Charles Taylor
Scott Crowder
Hal Hicks
John Nettles
Flaming Auto Crash Kills 9 On U S 1 Henderson
Nine people died in a head on collision on U S 1 near Henderson. A Raleigh family perished when their car plunged down a 50 foot embankment after a fire. Washington D C visitors also died en route to a funeral in Wadesboro. One survivor, Pauline Rorie, escaped from the burning car. Bodies were taken to Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill for examination.
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Henderson
N. C
State Highway Patrol
U.S. 1
Vance
T. C. Cook
Washington, D.C
Raleigh
Cook
Washington
Wadesboro
Lewis Lester Gillett
Marguerite Dana Gillett
William Lewis Gillett
Gillett
Gilletts
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Vance County
M. W. Wester Jr
Rorie
Maris Parham Hospital
That Winter Blues: A Lighthearted Rant About the Season
A humorous monologue complains that winter disrupts life, slows carts, chills forecasters, and makes people indoors and frumpy while joking that heat could make winter like endless summer. It covers weather, sports, fashion, food, and daily annoyances with a playful tone.
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Hoppen
Parishes Miss Quotas Hit North Carolina Diocese Budget
The Diocese of North Carolina approves a 1970 budget detailing a $70,000 cut to the national church and the elimination of support for world missions and several councils after 50 of 138 parishes failed to meet quotas. Bishop Fraser cites national grants to Malcolm X University as a cause of declining contributions. The budget totals $617,160 with a 162,869 maintenance program and 454,291 program budget.
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Salisbury
N. C
Diocese of
North Carolina
National Church
Thomas A. Fraser
Malcolm X Liberation University
Durham
World Missions
Houston
Fraser
Malcolm X University
Episcopal
Howard Fuller
Civil
St. Mary’s Junior College
St. Augustine's College
Raleigh
Convention
C. C. Eller
Statesville
Eller
Britain orders subdued appearance for police ident parades
London sources say the Home Office instructed police that suspects should not stand out during identification parades. The order stresses a neutral look and cautions against recognizability to ensure fair procedures.
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London
Britain
Home Office
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Pancoas
Earth
Big Bear Grocery
Westchester Mall
The
Human Relations Commission
Central
Troop 2
Boy Scouts of America
Emerywood Baptist Church
Art Richardson
Edward Rorie
Major Rorie
Lloyd Cash Jr
Harry Lisenby
Josephine Hardy
Bobby Hardy
Pauline Elizabeth Rorie
Winter
Leon Modeste
National Episcopal Committee
Congress
Adverting Council
International Ewespaper Advertising Executives
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