Kindergarten Program Success Says Director
High Point Kiwanis heard Dr. James Jenkins describe North Carolina’s kindergarten initiative funded by the 1969 General Assembly. The plan aims to place 85 percent of five year olds in kindergarten by fall with full access by 1978, aided by workshops and teacher supports.
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North Carolina
High Point Kiwanis Club
James Jenkins
Dept. of Public Instruction
General Assembly
Leo Jenkins
East Carolina University
United States
Canada
Great Britain
Jenkins
Democrats Begin Precinct Meetings for National Delegates
North Carolina Democrats plan precinct meetings on February 12 to select county district and state delegates who will pursue seats at the national convention in New York. Party leaders James Sugg Jane Patterson and Frank Wyatt announced the schedule with county convention preparations in Greensboro on March 6. Delegates chosen at district and state levels will cast ballots for national delegates.
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North Carolina
New York
James R. Sugg
Guilford County
Jane Patterson
High Point
Frank Wyatt
Michael K. Curtis
Greenaboro
North Carolin
Duke Power plans 525000 volt towers on 75 mile line
Duke Power official Dick Pierce notes 525000 volt transmission towers will run along a 75 mile corridor from McGuire Nuclear Station to Pleasant Gardens. Towers on Kennedy Road in Trinity are part of the line with an estimated cost of 160000 dollars per mile totaling about 12 million, with completion set for April 1.
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Dick Pierce
Duke Power
Kennedy Road
Trinity
McGuire Nuclear Station
Pleasant Gardens
Two Larcenies and Break-In Reported to Police Dept
Police logged two larcenies and one attempted breaking and entering in the last 24 hours. Richard Hartley reported a tools bag stolen from his garage on Jan 23 valued at $150. Margarette Dennis reported a citizen's band radio stolen from her car about 1 PM Thursday. Allen Garner reported a break-in at Emerywood Country Club with damage but nothing taken. Police also arrested multiple individuals on varied charges, including failure to appear, carrying concealed weapons, and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Richard D. Hartley
Greenway Dr
Hartley
Margarette Dennis
Young Pl
Dennis
Emerywood
Country Club
Allen Garner
Westchester Dr
James A. Jones
Cedar St
William Duggins
Ridgeway PL
David William Mitchell
W. Green
Henry Edward Rily
David Coe
Cable St
Pole
Arcested Veola
Jasmnson Ewings
Lindsay St
Travis Allen Dennis
Woodbury St
Tom Thomas Craddock
Chandler Ave
Herman Grice
Trinity
Weldon McBride
E. Commerce Ave
James Julius Lindsay
Franklin St
Bond Set in Slaying Case In Winston-Salem
A $100,000 bond was set for James Robert Stein 45 charged as accessory before the fact of murder in the Oct 24 fatal shooting of Avlanta furniture salesman John Charles Conaghan 30 at the Hilton Inn. Suzanne Marie Richards of Marietta Ga faces first degree murder charges. Wertheimer of Avlanta also charged. District Attorney asked for $500,000 bond after noting Stem’s admitted net worth over $5 million.
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Atlanta
Friday
William Z. Wood
Winston-Salem
James Robert Stein
Avlanta
John Charles Conaghan
Hilton Inn
Wood
Z. Hampton Howerton Jr
Percy Wall
Suzanne Marie Richards
Marietta
Ray Alexander
Stem
Raleigh Closed Projects and Local Changes Hit Capital City
The article notes ongoing construction and closures in Raleigh including the Museum of Natural History and the governor’s mansion, with a planned pedestrian mall on Fayetteville Street and traffic disruptions downtown. It also covers a new rural health clinic opening, a birth at Outer Banks Health Center, and a North Main Street fire station in Mount Airy designed to blend with a residential area while housing large engines.
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Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
Caer Erent Pena
Museum of Natural History
Holfhouser
He Issing
Outet Banks
Jennifer Lang
Elizabeth City
Mount Airy
Two Defendants Get Long Terms From Superior Court
Judge Thomas W. Seay handed lengthy sentences after guilty pleas to lesser offenses. John Lee Brooks, 29, of Shelbiana, Ky, received 316 years for common law robbery after originally facing armed robbery. Jerry Dean Little, 18, of Drew Street, drew 1520 years as a committed youthful offender for voluntary manslaughter tied to the July 3 1975 death of George Allen Ware. A 11 yearold boy and James Black each got 12 month suspended sentences with probation for various offenses. other charges were adjusted or dismissed.
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Superior Court
Thomas W. Seay
Spencer
John Lee Brooks
Rt. 3
Shelbiana
Jerry Dean Little
Drew Street
Zoning Requests Before Guilford County Planning Board
Five zoning change requests for business use advance to the Guilford County Planning Board meeting at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the courthouse. The Planning Dept seeks rezoning on U S 421 near the Forsyth County line north of High Point to general business. Carolyn Smith seeks change on Smithwood Church Road east of Greensboro to conditional use business. John Overman requests rezoning on U S 70A east of Greensboro to general business from residential. C E Hilliard amends conditional use business for Buchan Church Road land to include wholesale and jobbing establishments. Board will discuss the Guilford County Land Use Plat policy drafted by the Planning Dept.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Planning Board
Planning Dept
U.S. 421
Forsyth County
High Point
Carolyn Smith
Smithwood Church Road
John Overman
U.S. 70A
C. £. Hilliard
Buchan Church Road
Guilford County
Car Overturns Injuring Driver in College Drive Collision
Robert Edward Hoss Jr., 41, of E College Drive was injured in a vehicle wreck at E College and Davis Avenue. Ervin Franklin Leonard, 37, of Henley Street, faces a yield violation charge after swerving to avoid a truck and overturning on the road.
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Robert Edward Hoss Jr
E. College
Davis Avenue
Ervin Franklin Leonard
Henley Street
Ross
Leonard
By-Laws Adopted Group To Help Youth In Courts Move Toward Nonprofit Status
Thomasville reports the local Volunteers to the Courts group is adopting bylaws to become a nonprofit. Pamela Clodfelter leads a first offenders program for the District Courts and coordinates volunteer training. Ted Royster works on incorporation papers, aiming for signing within two weeks. The nonprofit status could boost private and state funding as federal support ends June 30.
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Thomasville
Pamela Clodfelter
Miss Clodfelter
Lexington
Ted Royster
Miss Crocfelter
Neal Rated High In Conservatism By Congress Quarterly
Congressman Steve Neal is ranked the 11th most conservative Democrat among 75 new House members. The Congressional Quarterly score cites 170 votes in 1975 with Neal backing the conservative coalition 54 percent, opposing 41, and showing 64 percent party unity. Neal says ratings are not a true measure of his performance and notes alignment with the North Carolina delegation.
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Washington
Congressional
Steve Neal
House
Neal
South
Congressional Quarterly
North Carolina
Thomasville Youth Wins Ask Andy Prize for Encyclopedia
Scott Murr an eighth grader at Westchester Academy and carrier for the Enterprise earns a Merit Students Encyclopedia after his Ask Andy question about the Wizard of Menlo Park is selected. He volunteers at Memorial United Methodist Church and enjoys soccer basketball chess and coin collecting.
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Thomasville
Scott Murr
G. Frank Murr Jr
Nance
Westchester Academy
Andy
Enterprise
Scott
Memorial United Methodist Church
Church Methodist Youth Fellowship
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