Will It Be Completed On Time
May completion target for the building faces delays as High Point city projects, including other municipal structures, lag behind schedule across the construction program.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1974
Page
9
May completion target for the building faces delays as High Point city projects, including other municipal structures, lag behind schedule across the construction program.
A husband, 46, was arrested after allegedly stabbing his wife Margaret Dailey in the throat and chest in their backyard. Her injuries were not believed critical. Police also detained Bryan Bennett and Raymond Johnson, both charged with burglary at the Mack Lynn Hoffman residence on Newell Street. Hoffman reported four shotguns and a rifle missing, later said to be located by police. additional arrests followed for forged checks, drunkenness, shop thefts, car break-ins, and rail-car theft incidents across multiple locations, with vehicles and businesses damaged or stolen goods tallied.
A publisher rejects a stream of sensational book ideas from a man claiming to be a former Vice President. He pitches fiction ranging from brainwashing to exorcism, diet fads, and a godfather-like vice president, before proposing a nonfiction expose of a VP resigning after kickbacks.
State Sen. Murrow will seek another term after the GOP announces the decision. Local GOP chair Mrs. Kay Patseavouras says Murrow authorized the announcement and will file by February 25. He previously complained about the drain of annual General Assembly sessions.
Archdale City Hall construction contracts Archdale Council awarded the well drilling job to Bainbridge and Dance Well Drilling Contractors Inc. with a bid of five dollars per foot. The article notes state legislative sessions switching to annual, drawing political context ahead of Murrow’s possible fourth term and Guilford County senators Lynwood Smith and McNeill Smith likely seeking reelection with a Republican primary on May 7 and general election in November.
The Shadybrook PTA schedules a 7 p.m. board meeting and 7:30 p.m. membership session with a work night to follow for classroom projects. Jamestown GTI offers an artificial flower arranging class starting Feb 18, limited to 20 adults. A University of Georgia professor speaks on Spaces of Subsets at High Point College. Lloyd Gordon to speak at Guilford Technical Institute on Education and the News Media. Davidson County CC offers two certificate renewal courses for teachers Great Decisions and an audio visual workshop. The High Point Post Office partners Love stamp sales for Valentine's Day, one of four eight-cent issues.
High Point volunteers within city government report fuel use has stayed at pre crisis levels over three months. Officials credit voluntary measures by public works and police, plus telephones and car pooling to reduce driving. Department heads will review actions for city wide adoption and employee cooperation.
Richard Pugh of Asheboro criticizes the federal priority fuel program effective Jan 15. He says 100 percent base-period use is hard to adminster and invites abuse while forcing oil jobbers to top priority allocations for farmers police fire and transit before service stations. Violations may bring fines up to 5000.
A High Point man 65 died Sunday at High Point Memorial Hospital from a two car crash on West Chester Drive. John Hubble Marsh was the second victim, joining 28 year old Ethel Rhodes Smith of Thomasville who died in the same wreck. Marsh was vice president of Marsh Furniture Co. and a lifelong High Point resident.
Winston-Salem Mizell announced he will not run for the U S Senate and instead will seek reelection to Congress this year. The Republican three term incumbent represents Alleghany Ashe Forsyth Stokes Surry Wilkes and Davidson counties and said family considerations and past service justify remaining in the House. He noted his opposition to forced busing and his record on education taxation inflation environment and national defense as part of his tenure while acknowledging past Senate speculation. The story indicates more on Mizell’s background and potential future paths.
Ronnie Gene Jackson, 20, faces murder charges in the November killings of William Eugene Thayer, 43, and Edrie Ann Jackson, 20. Trial postponed due to ill court reporter and only 20 jurors reporting. more jurors sought for a Tuesday start if availability improves. Bodies were found in an abandoned well off Kivett Drive.
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