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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1968
Page
11
Downtown High Point developers said land next to the Law Building on E Green Drive has been bought for a multi story expansion. City officials eyeing the block as a potential post office site re explored the block after J N Wright’s property on N Main Street was withdrawn due to lease issues.
Elections board member Perry Keziah said he will not certify a joint primary and bond referendum for May 4 if both machine and paper ballots are used. He urged separate elections and questioned the Guilford County push for the bond referendum.
The 4th U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled five of nine Negro teachers who lost jobs during Asheboro North Carolina desegregation in 1965 66 must be rehired. The court found rights violated and awarded back pay to three instructors and monetary damages to Gaines W H Price Louis H Newberry and Charles Holly. Some teachers receive rehiring without back pay, within teaching certificate scope, and without comparing qualifications. The nine plaintiffs as a class gain injunction against the Asheboro School board.
Developer David Royster advances a 30 acre site for a mall type West Gate Shopping Center with J C Penney and Thalhimers planning to operate stores. County election tensions surface over using paper and machine ballots for a May 4 primary and a $10 million courthouse bond vote.
The weatherman at Friendship reports a cold weekend for the High Point region. Forecasts call for fair to partly cloudy skies with highs near 50 today, a low around 20 tonight, and Saturday's high in the 35 to 40 range. Last night's low was 30.
Page fragment from High Point newspaper dated Friday afternoon February 9 1968 shows a local section with brief items. Readable notes include community notices and small reports from the High Point area.
The family of Rev. Samuel R. Hope, former Forest Hills Presbyterian pastor, describes life in Saigon during the Tet offensive. Mrs. Hope writes of mortar fire, embassy breaches, and streets closed to Americans, while noting uncertainty over a Dalat conference and travel disruptions as the city endures near-constant danger.
Rep. Dan P. Whitley Jr. announced he will not seek re election to the state House. A two term veteran he cites business and personal reasons and says the growing complexity of government demands full time and energy. He has lived in High Point most of his life and served on multiple committees.
A civic group called Northeast Davidson Civic Assn gathers west of High Point to stop industrial growth in the residential edge of Davidson County. Led by Charles Stephenson, the non profit aims to protect health welfare and beautification and to keep the area from becoming an extension of the industrial belt. The association covers residents between W Lexington Ave Chestnut Drive and High Point city limits.
In Lexington Davidson County officials ordered the release of Carroll Eugene Strader 29 by court clerk Elmer Everhart sparking a manhunt. Strader faces first degree burglary armed robbery and involvement in a home invasion in which Mrs. R Bruce Smith and her son were bound and gagged. Sheriff Fred C. Sink learned of the release Thursday and a search ensued to return him to jail.
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