Blockade Ends As Court Orders Break Truck Stop Siege
Lexington truckers disperse after court orders released 14 trucks ending a five day blockade at Roadranger and Bill's Truck Stop. Sheriff Sink met strike leaders and confirmed no injunctions served today while Holly Farms announces plant closures over delivery issues.
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Vencarver Enterprise
Lexington
Roadranger
Davidson County
Fred C. Sink
Sink
State Bureau of Investigation
Link
Floyd Johnson
High Point
Bill
Hoerner-Waldorf
Yellow Freight Co
Indiana
Dixie Freight
Arlotte
Dow-Badische Co
Superior Court
Robert Collier
Statesville
Johnson
North Carolina
Holly Farms Industries Inc
Wilkesboro
Virginia
Texas
High Point considers innovative planning for bond issues
City Council members debated borrowing limits as they weigh a May 7 bond referendum. Mayor Clapp and City Manager Cheek cautioned that per capita debt is high, with total debt around 44 million after last bond sale. Proposals include an indoor pool, library expansion, and Oak Hollow paths. council aims to inform voters of tax implications and proceed cautiously.
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High Point
Arnold Koonce
Koonce
Arthur Kirkman
Jim Pearce
Paul Clapp
Roy Culler
Frank Wood
Harold Cheek
N.C
Local Government Commission
Cheek
Wood
Clapp
Culler
Pomary
Oak Hollow
Hartman Seeks Third Term on Davidson County Board
Hartman, a Republican and former commission chair, confirms plans to run for a third term on the Davidson County Board of Commissioners. He has served since 1966 and is president of Shutt Hartman Construction Co. Yokely and Serrier also seek seats in this election.
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Thomasville
Davidson County Board of Commissioners
Shott Hartman
Commission
Joe Serrier
Richard C. Yokely
Wallburg
Arcadia
Hartman
Shutt Hartman Construction Co
Elizabeth Penland
Enterprise
Moravian Church
Davidson Electric Membership Corp
Arcadia Grange
Arcadia Lions Club
The
Elks, Moose and Masonic
Salem Masonic Loage
Hawkins Files For Commission In Guilford County Primary
John C. Hawkins of Greensboro filed to run in the Republican primary for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. He advocates fresh leadership, improved intergovernmental liaison with High Point and Greensboro, and harmonious county-wide cooperation. Hawkins is president of Greensboro Insurance Agency, former Guilford GOP chairman, Army veteran, Civitan awardee, and trustee of A T State University, with a wife Coleen and three children.
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Greensboro
John C. Hawkins
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Greensboro Insurance Agency, Inc
Guilford County Republican Party
Hawkins
High Point
Orange County
High Point College
U.S. Army
Gen. McArthur
Tokyo
High Point Civitan Club
Civitan
Insurance Women of
Guilford County
Irving Park Methodist Church
A & T State University
Coleen Overton
Candor
High Point Enterprise brief page item
February 5 1974 High Point Enterprise page 104 runs a short item from the afternoon edition. Readers see a compact notice or sports brief centered on a local topic with names and places implied by the page header.
Sugar Mountain Ski Conditions Improve After Cold Snap
Sugar Mountain reports fair to good skiing with over two inches of natural snow on the ground and a busy snowmaking system increasing depths. The scene also features local events from Asheboro and Lexington including film showings to raise funds and a new Parent Effectiveness Training course at Davidson County Community College.
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Banner Elk
Sugar Mountain
Lexington
Davidson County Community College
William F. Faver
High Point
First Presbyterian Church
Faver
Car Pool Clinic Addresses Tensions In Fairfax
Washington reports car pool clinics offer counseling for conflicts arising among four riders. A Fairfax session features Mr. Sims guiding four men through complaints about singing, reading, driving habits, and forgotten birthdays, urging members to work through tensions and avoid breaking up their car pool.
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Washington
Fairfax
Mr. Sims
Pregnant Students Allowed to Continue Classes in Randolph County
The Randolph County Board of Education and Randolph Technical Institute approved policies letting pregnant students remain in school for up to six months before birth and then transfer to RTI for continued education. Students may graduate with their high school class regardless of path. Also new appointments included Mrs. Rossland Walker as Summer Headstart director and a request to overlook a class size violation at Franklinville School.
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Don Wrenn
Asheboro
Randolph Technical Institute
Randolph County Board of Education
RTI
Board of Trustees
RTL
Board of Education
Rossland Walker
Randolph County
State Department of Public Instruction
Franklinville School
Daylight Saving Time Affects Mobile Meals Deliveries
Volunteers are sought as Daylight Saving Time shifts delay start times for Mobile Meals for the Elderly and Handicapped in High Point. With cafeteria delays at Tomlinson Elementary, deliveries now begin around 11 45 am, reducing volunteer availability. Mrs James Morris urges volunteers to help, even one day a month, contact 869 4796.
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Congress
High Point
Tomlinson Elemetary School
James Morris
Mrs. Morris
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Holly Farms
H. M. Parker Jr
Seguin
Tex
Center
Hiddenite
Monroe
Richmond
Temperanceville
Parker
McLean Trucking Co
Winston-Salem
John Hawkins
High Point Enterprise
Zoo Program
William Hoff
Randolph County Zoological Society
Africa
Randolph County Zoo Society
PTA Meeting
Library Classics
Ingrid Bergman
High Point Public Library
Leslie Howard
Howard
Miss Bergman
Central Davidson Senior High School
PTA
Central Junior High School
Arthur
Sims
Harold
Sidney
Alistair
Alistar
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