Local TV Effort Is Upheld In High Point Channel 8 Case
Mrs Doris Terry a North Carolina newspaper executive testified in favor of High Point Television Co seeking a Channel 8 station in the Piedmont area. She owns 17 percent of High Point Television Co and offers programming input and advisory support. Holt McPherson editor of the High Point Enterprise plans to devote half his time to station operations if licensed.
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Washington (Ap
Dorothy Pyle Terry
North Carolina
High Point
N.C
Terry
High Point Television Co
Communications Commission
Piedmont
Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co
Tri - Cities Television Co
Southern Broadcasters, Inc
Commission
Burlington Times News Co
High Point Enterprise Co
High Point Enterprise
Thomasville
Times
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
Phillip J. Hennessey Jr
Paul Ingle
David A. Rowley
Nancy C. Lyles
Holt McPherson
Randall B. Terry
Randall B. Terry Jr
Hennessey
Insurance Company
McPherson
High Point Company
Rain Ends Fair Weather Forecast At Friendship
Light rain is forecast for late tonight at Friendship with warmer conditions today and this evening. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and breezy with showers and possible thunder showers, high near 66. Today’s high reaches 62, nine degrees above yesterday, with tonight’s low around 50 compared with last night’s 37.
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Friendship
Art Meet Greens boro Artists League Speaker Ola Mae Foushee
The Greens boro Artists League meets Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the Greensboro YWCA on N. Davie Street. Guest speaker Ola Mae Foushee of Chapel Hill will discuss Art The Key to Awareness.
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ART
Greensboro
Greensboro Artists League
Greensboro Ywca
N. Davie Street
Ola Mae
John N.) Foushee
Chapel Hill
Reverend Fidler to speak at Hasty PTA meeting
The Rev. George Fidler pastor of Zion United Church of Christ will address the Hasty PTA Thursday night at 7 30 p m The sermon topic is Meeting the Challenge and is expected to draw attendees from the community
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Thomasville
George Fidler
Zion United Church of Christ
Fidler
High Point Democrats Push Precinct Reorganization
High Point Democrats move to restructure precincts following annexation. W F Mauldin reports 20 precincts now. organizers will oversee districts lacking chairmen. Elections planned in March as party seeks revived local political engagement and broader turnout. Guilford Republicans tout renewed two party activity with a statewide push.
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High Point Democrats
W. F. Mauldin
Elections Board
High Point
Mauldin
Democratic
Crime Prevention Talk Highlights Home as Key to Delinquency
Greensboro district solicitor Horace Kornegay told Exchange Club ladies night that home training greatly affects delinquency. He cited poor home environment and lack of parental guidance as factors and urged firm punishment for crimes. High Point police Capt. W. C. Johnson received a merit certificate, with guests including police chief C. C. Stoker and Sheriff Herman Burris.
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Ing
W. C. Johnson
Lester Morgan
C. C. Stoker
Horace Kornegay
Johnson
D. P. Whitley Jr
Greensboro
Ladies Night Exchange Club
Rainbow Supper Club
Kornegay
High Point Police Department
High Point Exchange Club
Byron Haworth
Herman Burris
Woman Found Dead In Home
A 65-year-old Guilford County woman Edith Holt Gordon was found dead in her locked home yesterday, with a razor and rubbing alcohol found nearby. Police ruled out foul play but toxicology results were pending to confirm cause of death. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday at Sechrest Chapel with burial in Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Edith Holt Gordon
T. Eugene Terrel
Guilford County
R. B. Davis Jr
Sechrest Funeral Home
Gordon
William H
Anna Wilkerson Holt
High Point
First Baptist Church
Leo Smith
Portsmouth
Willie Lewis
Greensboro
Gladys Dillon
Burlington
Thomas Holt
Colfax
Claude Dillon
Sechrest Chapel
J. E. Rawlinson
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Beauty Contest Set Here for Miss Sun Fun USA
Plans announced to hold a North Carolina beauty contest to select the state's entry for Miss Sun Fun USA. The Furniture City American Business Club holds the franchise and the event is set for March 18 19 with the winner advancing to Myrtle Beach SC for the national finals in June. Hilton states the Miss Sun Fun pageant replaces Miss Universe and local eliminations will be held via other cities. The 1960 state franchise runs with a 1961 renewal option. An awards committee is arranging prizes for the winner.
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North Carolina
Furniture City American Business Club
Melvin Hilton
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Hilton
California
David Mitchell's New York Trip Preview to Europe
David Mitchell recounts a school trip from High Point to New York City with companions including Jimmy Ziglar and Sammy Mendoza. He tours landmarks such as the Empire State Building Times Square and the United Nations Building, meets editors at Family Weekly, and prepares to fly to Amsterdam on a KLM flight.
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David
New York
Europe
High Point
New York City
Charles Loflin
The
Enterprise
Greensboro High Point Airport
Eastern Airlines
la Guardia
Family Weekly
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Symphony
Jimmy Ziglar
Mississippi
Sammy Mendoza
New Mexico
Williams Meadows
Gene Short
Kentucky
Empire State Building
Times Square
Rockefeller Center
the Bowery
Brooklyn Bridge
Chinatown
United Nations
U.N
KLM
Amsterdam
Holland
David Mitchell
Bowling alley plan clears zoning hurdle at College Village
The city planning and zoning commission moved to clear the way for a Bowlarama bowling alley at College Village Shopping Center, approving the addition of bowling alleys to the site’s allowed businesses and amending zoning ordinances pending City Council approval. The panel also acted on street-name changes, rejected two residential rezoning proposals to industrial, deferred one property use case, granted a business use permit for Jack Werstlein, and authorized an economic survey of High Point with state funding and future surveys in Winston-Salem and Greensboro to guide regional development.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
College Village
Centennial
Lexington Avenues
Fairlanes Inc
Baker Avenue
Bakertown Road
Baker Road
Cashatt Street
Lazy Lane Drive
Lynwood Drive
Pinecrest Drive
Saint Mary Avenue
Cassell Streets
John Carlson
Wilbur Scales
Jack Werstlein
Chestnut Street
Westchester Drive
Stanley Shavitz
Greensboro Road
St. John's Street
High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Similarity Of People Stressed At Executives Club
George Alexander Bowie told the High Point Executives Club last night that human nature is universal despite individual diversity. The naval veteran and author cited WWII service and academic lecturing as examples and noted his George Washington Medal for achievement. Howard Pancoast presided at the Sheraton Hotel dinner.
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George Alexander Bowie
High Point Executives Club
Bowie
Freedom Foundation
Sheraton Hotel
Howard Pancoast
Executives Club
Holstein Breeders Meet in Davidson County
Lexington report notes the Davidson County Holstein Breeders Association will hold its annual meeting on Thursday February 18 at Central School cafeteria starting at 7 p.m. National Holstein official Jack Krause and dairy industry leaders will attend the dinner meeting. Local agents said members will receive invitations and others may reserve via the County Agent’s office.
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Lexington
Davidson County Holstein Breeders Association
Central School
Jack Krause
Holstein-Friesian Association
Davidson County Agricultural Agent's Office
Blinding Sun Blamed for Two Local Traffic Accidents
Police report two accidents yesterday blamed on bright sun. Howard Lee Marshall and Donald Bundy collided on Smith Road as Bundy tried to pass, both vehicles left the road and overturned with $900 damage and no injuries. Earlier, Treva Bencina rear ended James McPherson on Ferndale Drive as sun blinded Bencina. McPherson sustained $15 damage, Bencina about $125.
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Howard Lee Marshall
Route 4
Donald Henry Bundy
Route 5
Smith Road
Bundy
Marshall Auto
Ferndale Drive
James McPherson
E. Washington St
Treva T. Bencina
Country Club Rd
McPherson
Ferndale
Rotary
Bencina
Increase In Jobless Expected In January in Thomasville
Thomasville officials report 1 079 unemployment claims filed in January with a large share from women. Office manager John L. Taylor calls the figure normal for the season and notes higher than 1959 and December, citing cold weather slowing construction. He urges employers to check with the office for available skilled and unskilled workers.
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Thomasville
Chair City
Employment Security Commission
Ofice
John L. Taylor
Taylor
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Enterprise City
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Guilford
GOP
J. E. Hoover
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D. W. Royster
Shelby
Davet Teague
Oak View Drive
Tanglewood Avenue
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Hilton Place
Johnson Road
Bethel Drive
East Avenue
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