Greensboro denies heliport on county land
Guilford County Commissioners refused the North Carolina National Guard request to use eastern Greensboro land for a heliport citing nearby resident opposition and a stalled 1969 land swap with the Greensboro Board of Education. The panel urged keeping the old prison farm land for public use if not for a school site and approved James P. Davis as director of the juvenile detention home at a $10,000 salary.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
North Carolina National Guard
Greensboro Board of Education
James P. Davis
Wade Bunting
Davis
Marine Corps
A & T State University
City School
Percy Sears
National Guard
Gibsonville
Barry Davis
30Th Div. Artillery
Washington
Raleigh
City Lake Nature Trails Plan Gains Council Backing
City officials favor developing nature trails at High Point City Lake Park and possibly an environmental education center. A citizen group of bird lovers will work with the planning parks and recreation public works departments to draft trail plans and an education center proposal for interpretation teacher training school visits and environmental awareness.
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High Point City Lake Park
City Planning Department
Parks and Recreation Department
Public Works Department
City Lake Park
Bus Hijacker’s 80MPH Escape Ends in Salisbury Crash
15 year old Shirley Clookey helped keep a hijacker's gun safe during a 80 mile per hour chase across central North Carolina. The hijacker Donald Ray Henderson, an Atlanta inmate, faced 17 felonies including kidnapping. The bus crashed after a roadblock. neither she nor Henderson were seriously hurt. Henderson had escaped from a Florida mental hospital and was later transferred for evaluation.
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Davidson County
Lexington
Dorothea Dix State Mental Hospital
Raleigh
Salisbury
Henderson
North Carolina
Miss Clookey
Brooks Phillips
Broward Medical Center
Ft Lauderdale
Fla
South Florida Mental Hospital
Florida
Army
Smith seeks Guilford County Senate seat in Democratic bid
Lynwood Smith former High Point highway commissioner and Adams-Millis executive announced his bid for a Guilford County delegation seat in the State Senate. He would resign the highway post if elected and says he aims to tackle unemployment, growth, highways, pollution and poverty while leveraging local business and legal experience. He noted no conflict of interest per state AG guidance.
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Lynwood Smith
State Highway Commission
Guilford County
Senate
Smith
Guilford
High Pointer
Highway Commission
Bob Scott
State Attorney General's Office
High Point
Adams-Millis Corp
Morgan, Byerly, Post and Herring
Maxton
Asheboro
Wake Forest College
Intercoms Proposed For Randolph County Schools
Randolph County Schools may install intercom systems in all non equipped schools if the board accepts Superintendent John Lawrence's recommendation. The Ramseur system is already in place with PTA funding, and the board will consider emergency funds to repair damages from a recent freeze at Eastern Randolph and Southwestern High Schools.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
John Lawrence
Randolph County Board of Education
Lawrence
Ramseur
Randolph
Southwestern
Chavis YMCA Launches Annual Membership Drive
The Carl Chavis Memorial YMCA starts its yearly campaign led by Robert Cartwright and William T. Hatch. The goal is 1,000 members and 8000 dollars in cash, with a 7 p.m. Tuesday coffee and doughnut hour for board members Y Men's Club and team workers to maintain momentum.
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Carl Chavis Memorial Ymca
Robert Cartwright
William T. Hatch
Y’men’s Club
Theft Ring Reportedly Broken Up in High Point
High Point police say they broke up a multi state theft ring, with over 21 indictments against 14 plus suspects. Seized items include tools, guns, jewelry, televisions and appliances, as the probe links 25 break ins, one burglary and several larcenies over two years. Suspects named include Morgan, Lanier, Oakley, Kersey, Smith, Haas, Helmstetter, Curtis, Darrell Kersey and Mast.
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High Point
Bobby Lee Morgan
Locust Place
Dale Scott Lanier
Lindale Drive
James C. Oakley
Spencer Street
Sam Eugene Kersey
Kivett Drive
Michael Gene Smith
Wimbleton Court
Robert Otto Haas
Willow Creek
Harold Helmstetter
Lexington Avenue
Ronald J. Curtis
Runyon Drive
Darrell Kersey
Junior Mast
Dogwood Circle
Suharto Seeks Indonesian Investment in Australia
President Suharto travels to Canberra to urge Australian businessmen to increase investment in Indonesia. He intends to present opportunities in mining, infrastructure, and energy sectors amid growing regional ties.
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Canberra
Australia
Suharto
Indonesia
Bus hijacker terrorizes Florida teen on Interstate 85
Shirley Clookey, 15, recounts a dramatic Sunday night on a Trailways bus when a man announced two bombs and led passengers off the vehicle. He forced money, watches and jewelry from travelers and briefly calmed at times, while Shirley located the suspect's gun and feared for her safety as police pursued the hijacker.
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Shirley
Largo
Fla
Continental Trailways
High Point
N.C
Shirley Jane Clookey
Trailways
Pat Taylor defends cautious governance at breakfast event
North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Pat Taylor told about 35 supporters at a Holiday Inn breakfast that he would not promise utopia if elected. He stressed practical solutions, noted no single leader can fix all, and discussed education funding and state mental health support. He campaigns in High Point and Guilford County.
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Pat Taylor
Utopia
Taylor
North Carolina
Wadesboro
Holiday Inn
Henry Dowdy
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford County
Dowdy
N. Main St
State Board of Mental Health
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Council
Marvin Keith
Catesby Bird Club
Keith
Ray Kisiah
Lindsay Royals
Wayne Pike
High Point Enterprise
Fred Sink
State District Court
Hubert E. Olive Jr. Sink
Dix
Donald Ray Henderson
Atlanta
T. Lynwood Smith
Chavis
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