Go Ahead Given To Major Renewal Projects In High Point
The Redevelopment Commission approved conveyance of the Elwood Hotel site to L Ray McMahan for an eight story bank retail center with bids to be invited within three weeks and construction under two years. McMahan plans a Five million dollar One Plaza Center at E High and Main Streets with First Citizens Bank and S W Cafeteria as major tenants. Loflin of Trinity won a bid for a five story furniture exposition building at Wrenn and Commerce, with completion aimed for October furniture market. Allen N Campbell of Tyler builds it. Loflin expects 60 percent pre leased and faces a $700000 cost.
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High Point
Redevelopment Commission
Elwood
L. Ray McMahan
Worth Loflin
Trinity
Wrenn
Commerce Streets
Loflir
McMahan
One Plaza Center
E. High
Main Streets
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Loflin
Bulding
Allen N. Campbell
Tyler, Tex
Davidson County Funds Health Study In 10-County Plan
Davidson County commissions approve 1652 for the 10 county comprehensive health study funded mainly by federal money. The action includes a final hearing on a disorderly conduct proposal with a 50 dollar maximum fine if enacted.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Davidson
Fred C. Sink
Dispatch
Davidson County Community Action, Inc
Local Man Faces Pair of Charges
Lawrence Allen McCall 28 of High Point was charged here Monday afternoon with indecent exposure and carrying a concealed weapon after police found a pistol in his possession. Two others, Martha Jean Hill 22 and Leroy Marshall 30, were arrested on assault with deadly weapons charges for incidents involving an automobile and a butcher knife.
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Thomasville
Lawrence Allen McCall
High Point
McCall
Martha Jean Hill
Carolina Avenue
Debbie Hill
Center Street
Leroy Marshall
Douglas Drive
Nancy Marshall
Council Battles Model Cities Cultural Program
High Point councilmen and Model Cities staff failed to reach agreement on a first year cultural arts project. The $80 000 plan would involve about 150 residents under A T and T Greensboro and the High Point Arts Council with long term self sufficiency claimed. Critics call the cost high for limited participation while supporters say broader impact and ongoing benefits justify the spend.
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High Point
Model City
A&t University In
Greensboro
High Point Arts Council
Yoder
John Stevenson
A&t Drama and
Stevenson
Model Cities
Richard Chapman
Public Hearings Set On Five Property Zonings
Five property zoning hearings are scheduled for March 5 with no opposition noted. High Point Church Assn seeks housing on a 42.7 acre tract now zoned Residential A-1 after council kept minimum lot sizes at 12 000 square feet. Other cases include Humble Oil Co rezoning for a new service station, two annexed tracts to Industrial 6, Meredith Street redevelopment from Neighborhood Retail 5 to Residential C-4, and Pendleton Street rezoning to support Westminster Turnkey III housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Church Assn
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Humble Oil Co
S. Main Street
Randolph County
Shore-Surrett Streets
the Redevelopment Commission
Meredith Street
Leonard and
Hoover Avenues
East Central
The
Leonard Development Corp
Pendleton Street
Westminster Co
Sheriff cites manpower and salary shortages in Guilford County
Guilford County Sheriff Paul Gibson told the Board of Commissioners his department is 16 officers short of budget authorization and needs more money to upgrade. He urged higher starting salaries, a new captain to aid administration, and a professionalized force amid rising crime locally and nationwide. He cited recent armed robberies in McLeansville and discussed space constraints in the courthouse.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Paul Gibson
Board of Commissioners
Gibson
Sheriff's Department
North Carolina
McLeansville
William Ashworth
Clifton Pearson
F. P. Bodenheimer Jr
Robert Shaw
Dale Montgomery
John Witherspoon
Mecklenburg County
Forsyth County
High Point
Groundhog Drops Ball On Forecast
Weather watchers were disappointed as sun appeared after a cloudy morning. Forecasters adjusted snow warnings with a cold outlook ahead. Tonight will be cold with a chance of precipitation, and temperatures range from the teens to 40s across the period.
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Mr. Groundhog
Friendship
DENTON ADVISORY GROUP HOLDS DENTON SCHOOL QUERY
Denton School Advisory Committee will not recommend dismissal of principal M Thomas Honeycutt. Chair Robert Johnson says the group has not decided retention or dismissal and will seek student parent teacher input and consider petitions. Recommendations to the Davidson County School Board follow a district meeting at North Davidson High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Davidson County School Board
M. Thomas Honeycutt
Robert Johnson
Honeycutt
Johnson
North Davidson High School
Welcome
Denton School
Parents Press Denton School Board Over Locker Rule
About 300 parents and Denton School students met the Denton School Advisory Council to demand answers on the two day suspension of 13 students over a locker access rule. Principal M Thomas Honeycutt declined to comment citing instructions from County Superintendent E Lawson Brown. The advisory group plans to report recommendations to the county school board as heated questions persist about communication and school conditions.
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Denton
Denton School
Denton School Advisory Council
M. Thomas Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Davidson County
E. Lawson Brown
Brown
Robert Johnson
Clinard Nance
Herbert Surriat
Tom Johnson
Ridgecrest Annexation Hearing Delayed In High Point
In High Point a hearing on the Ridgecrest area annexation was postponed for at least a week. Residents seek relief from the order contending legal errors and the city cannot provide mandated services. They allege American Land Co benefits from the move to bring its adjacent holdings into the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Ridgecrest
Robert Collier Jr
Michael Lee
Knox Walker
American Land Co
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Jim Stratford
High Point Enterprise
Fred Yoder
Youth Unlimited, Inc
Bethel-Belmont Streets
Sheriff Gibson
County School Board
Supt. Brown
Herbert Baker
Ridgecrest Fuss
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