FCC Clears Cable TV Path in High Point With New Rules
FCC issues broad rules enabling cable TV expansion in High Point and other markets. Carolina's Cable and Time-Life Burnup & Sims await March 31 start, with head end tower and franchise payments in place. Rules permit imports in top markets while limiting duplicate network content to protect broadcasters.
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Federal Communications Commission
High Point
Carolina
Cable, Inc
FCC
Cable
Time-Life Broadcast, Inc
Burnup & Sims, Inc
Florida
Wghp-Tv
Piedmont Triad
Edgar Smith
Time Life Inc
Waliburg Road
Nicholas Johnson
Johnson
White House
Dean Burch
Chicago
Detroit
DeWitt Acquitted as Three Convicted in Officer Assault Case
A jury acquitted George DeWitt Larry Medley Bradford Lilley and Randolph Jennings of some counts and convicted three of them on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and on two counts of assault on an officer for the shooting of Police Lt Shaw Cooke. The three convicted face 7 to 10 years in prison.
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George DeWitt
Larry Medley
Bradford Lilley
Randolph Jennings
Shaw Cooke
Copeland
G. E. McDowell
T. S. Bryant
Haworth Seeks Reappointment to Eighteenth Judicial District
Byron Haworth of High Point announced Friday his candidacy to retain his seat as District Court Judge in the Eighteenth Judicial District of North Carolina. He joins three fellow incumbents pursuing four year terms under a new law, with May primaries and the November general election looming. Haworth’s background includes Guilford College and Duke Law School, a career in English and journalism teaching, and prior service as judge and solicitor in High Point courts.
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Byron Haworth
High Point
State District Court
Eighteenth Judicial District
North Carolina
Haworth
District Court
Guilford College
Greensboro
Duke Law School
House of Representatives
Sarah C. Clapp
Ann
Allen
Guilford
David
High Point Central High
Schoo
Barnett Seeks Guilford County House Seat in 2nd Run
W H Bill Barnett 66 retired railroad claims agent and former state legislator announces as a Democrat his bid for a second Guilford County delegation seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He previously served in 1953 and 1955 and ran for the House in 1970 but lost to a Republican.
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W. H
Bill) Barnett
Guilford County
House of Representatives
Barnett
North Carolina
Rowan County
Greensboro
Southern Railway
Corridor Hearing Scheduled for Westchester Drive Widening
A corridor hearing on widening Westchester Drive is set for March 15 at 2 p.m. in the City-County Building. Councilman Roy Culler said state highway officials will conduct the session to gather resident input before bids.
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Westchester Drive
Roy Culler
Council Public Works Committee
Culler
Westchester
Retailers push manufacturers to catch up with market shift
Ralph Levitz and four top retailers urged furniture makers to adopt one major market yearly launches, simpler designs, and closer retailer contact amid a warehouse showroom boom. Industry leaders emphasized continuity, faster deliveries, and design investment to sustain growth as Levitz plans up to 200 stores coast to coast.
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Greensboro
Ralph Levitz
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Richard R. Gurian
Lazarus Department Store
Columbus
Ohio
SFMA
Levitz
Levitz Furniture Corp
Washington, D. C
One Major Market Year Idea Weighs On SFMA Plans
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn board in High Point will consider a proposal for one major style introduction at one market per year on February 16 but indications point to tabling or rejection. Opposition from large South Case Goods makers and scheduling tensions with FFMAS show dates fuel backing away from the plan. Retailers meanwhile express growing support for a single annual market.
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Levy
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Dallas
San Francisco
Gurian
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
High Point
Greensboro
South
North Carolina
The
SFMA
Fur
Niture Factories Marketing Assn
FFMAS
William Stevens Jr
Broyhill Furniture Industries
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Catawba College
University of North Carolina
West Market Street United Methodist Church
Greensboro Kiwanis Club
Greensboro Human Relations Commission
Polly Womack
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Melvin Ingram
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Kivett Drive
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Locust Place
James Clay Oakley
Spencer Avenue
Jamestown
Guilford Technical Institute
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High Point Enterprise
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