Mid-Year Salary Increases Approved for City Workers
City Manager Harold Cheek announces mid year pay raises for hourly workers policemen and firemen to align with industry wages. Starting police pay rises to 420 monthly and firemen to 400 with next bracket up about 5 percent. most non minimum wage hourly workers gain 1.40 per hour. Week hours cut to 42 1/2 for public works, total raise amount and affected employees not yet determined. Raises effective February 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Harold Cheek
Cheek
Public Works
Parks and Recreation
Woman Charged With Assaults In Thomasville
Annie H. Liles 28 of Afton Street faced two assault charges on Saturday after allegedly throwing a knife at Lincoln Liles at 2 p.m. and then assaulting him by holding at 8:20 p.m. Carrie S. Humphries 58 of Barnwell Street also charged with hitting Liles with a pot.
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Thomasville
Afton Street
Annie H. Liles
Lincoln Liles
Liles
Carrie S. Humphries
Barnwell Street
Weather Forecast: Cold Rain Turning to Snow Likely
The area faces colder weather with rain that may change to snow late tonight. Clouds persist through Tuesday with rain late this afternoon. Tonight’s precipitation chance is 100 percent, 50 percent for Tuesday. Wednesday looks cloudy and cold as highs reach near 50 today and 35 to 40 on Tuesday. tonight’s low around 30.
NCNB Bank on Green Foiled Weekend Break-In Attempt
NCNB's W Green Drive branch withstood a weekend burglary attempt. Thieves used an acetylene torch on the night depository. a hole in the ceiling and a ladder were found, but the vault roof kept them from entry. Police and FBI continue to investigate. Five other break-ins were reported including a 50 cent theft at Villa Restaurant and $52 from Carolina Spring Co vending machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Follmer
North Carolina National Bank
W. Green Drive
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Johnny Rhymer
Villa
Interstate 85
Rhymer
Carolina Spring Co
English Road
Hiatt
Green Drive
William Kallam
Runyon Drive
Three Men Sought After Curb Market Robbery
At Robbins Curb Market on E Washington Drive a young white man robbed the store about 8 p.m. with a partner, taking 150 to 175 dollars. Clerk Franklin McCain was shot in the bathroom and warned to stay put during the heist. Separately Richmond County man Robert E. Gibson 39 died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot at 737 Elder Road. He attended Hamlet schools and was a funeral director. A three-year-old boy was struck by a car at 3 p.m. on Sunday. driver James Lee Hardin 23 faced no charges.
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Robert E. Gibson
Richmond County
High Point Memorial Hospital
Elder Rd
Eugene Terrell
Gibson
R. E
Julia Smith Gibson
Pittsburg College of
Yopp Funeral Home
Wilmington
First Methodist Church of
Hamlet
Prayer for T SDAY from Forward Movement Publications
A brief invocation seeking steadfast faith amid doubt. The prayer affirms God as Christlike and caring, acknowledging Christ’s indwelling and sustaining power. Written by James W. Kennedy of Cincinnati Ohio, director and editor at Forward Movement Publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
James W. Kennedy
Cincinnati
Forward Movement Publications
Docket Headed By Murder Case Opens Superior Court
The one week term of Superior Court opened with Judge Frank M. Armstrong presiding. Elijah Little is slated for trial on a murder charge and numerous defendants face varied counts including breaking and entering larceny embezzlement forgery and assault with deadly weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Frank M. Armstrong
Troy
Elijah Little
Nelson E. Hairston
Cecil Clayton Baxley
Nelson V. Murphy
Beauford Odell Ball
Herbert Odell Thompson
Gladys Cash
Norman Don Cecil
James Richard Holmes
Roland Hayes Ingram
Essie Womack
Annie Pearl Yoes
Worker's Death Is Probed In Thomasville
An investigation began in Thomasville to determine if the Sunday death of 47-year-old Howard Rubin will count as the city's third murder of the year. Rubin died at City Memorial Hospital after a fight earlier that morning. coroner Dr. Joel Leonard planned a ruling later today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Howard Rubin
Elwood Street
City Memorial Hospital
Rubin
Joel Leonard
Davidson County
Edgar Smith
Smith
Early Action Likely on High Point Renewal Proposal
City Planning and Zoning Commission to meet in special session to consider adding 15 acres in downtown High Point for urban renewal. Area includes the current post office site and several blocks in S Main to Hamilton Russell, with 43 of 54 structures substandard and two thirds needed to qualify as blighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
High Point
City Planning and Zoning Commission
S. Main-Hamilton-Russell Streets
Continental Furniture Co
Hendrix Batting Co
E. Green Baptist Church
City Planning Department
Redevelopment Commission
Guilford County Commission reviews construction plans and budget
At the Guilford County Commission meeting, County Manager Carl Johnson outlined bids for a new $300,000 agricultural center to be built on E Market Street and ready by year end. The project adds space for county agricultural services and federal agencies. Other updates include jail expansion at the farm, new fire stations, alarm system expansions, tax collections totaling over $12.7 million for 1966, and a 6000 per year assistant home economics agent appointment. Welfare Director L. M. Thompson noted 470 beneficiaries from increased boarding and nursing home rates, increasing costs by about $12,000 with a December budget surplus of $12,300 to cover the rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford
Carl Johnson
Farm Extension
Willard Kimrey
E. Market Street
Alfred Norwood
Gibsonville
Elwood Willey
C. R. Brooks
Karen James
L. M Thompson
Thompson
Welfare Department
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Hamilton Street
Chip Faircloth
Ncnb Unit
Mark Allen
Cliffside Street
James Lee Hardin
Willow Place
James Bailey
Ward Phillips
Bobby Ray Caddell
Mattie Johnson
Mack Barnes
Kenneth Edward Conner
Carroll Wayne Young
Jack Butler
James Leonard Chatham
Charlie W. McKinney
Ralph Odell Wright
Ronnie Cecil McQuaigue
Harry Lee Huffman
Jerry Wayne Valdez
Carl Parker
Joshua White
Douglas McArthur Johnson
Lillie Bessie Carlton Wall
Culbreth Avenue
Tom Taylor
Seagraves Co
Warren Jackson
Commission
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