Planning Board Backs Zoning Authority Extension
The Planning Board supports extending zoning authority within one mile of the city limits and expanding the board’s membership to represent portions of neighboring counties. The action may be delayed as officials work to overcome county opposition, with City Planning Director William Colonna reporting talks in Randolph County and Thomasville.
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Planning Board
William Colonna
Randolph County
Thomasville
Boys escape from plane at City Lake Park
Two 12 year old boys wedged inside a jet at City Lake Park. High Point firefighters say the cockpit canopy locked when closed, trapping them until a wrecking bar freed them before rescuers arrived. Dewey Rey and Billy McCarter were the other youths involved.
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City Lake Park
High Point
Dewey Rey
Sedgefield Trailer Park
Greens
Rain Tonight and Wednesdays Cooler Outlook
The forecast calls for a cooler night with decreasing cloudiness. A weatherman at Friendship notes variable cloudiness and warmer with showers likely. Today's high was 55, with a 43 low tonight. Wednesday's high is forecast at 50 and last night's low was 46.
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Friendship
County Hopes For Archite ct Proposal On Guilford Project
Johnson says the county committee selecting an architect for the Guilford County project is at work. The next step is to present the proposal to the county commissioners and Greensboro City Council. A February 21 meeting is expected to review the job classification and salary grade document before study by Johnson and county accountant Hugh Ross.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
Johnson
Sioners
Hugh Ross
Possi
Hartley Named Officer of Year
Lt Stewart B Hartley of the High Point Police Department received the Point Exchange 8 Certificate of Merit for outstanding service to law enforcement. The award was presented at the Exchange Club dinner at the Sheraton Hotel Gold Room. Hartley has served since Aug 1 1967 with a promotion history through patrol sergeant and detective to his current rank.
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Stewart B. Hartley
High Point Police Department
High Point Exchange Club
Hartley
A. E. Sherron
Exchange Club
High Point Police
Point Exchange 8
Sheraton Hotel
Geeyerotty
Art B. Hartley
Manslaughter Charges Set For Trial
John Willie Mitchell and Irene Mitchell bound over to Superior Court on three counts of manslaughter each. They were charged with exposing minor children to fire the day after the blaze. Earlier related charges were not pressed. Martin bound over for robbing a shoe store at gunpoint. William Cox bound over to Superior Court. Queen Ester Whitworth cited for drunkenness. Brookshire given nine months on work release for drunkenness.
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John Willie Mitchell
Irene
Commerce Street
Superior Court
Mitchells
Lee Roy Martin
Martin
Queen Ester Whitworth
Hoover Street
Brookshire
Friends Avenue
Decoration Honors Captain Sower at Ramey AFB
Capt. Sower, a North Carolina UNC dental school graduate and married to Martha Walser of Le Their two children live in Newton, earned a Decoration for leading a dental assistants course while on duty at Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico.
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Sower
Ramey Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
University of North Carolina
Sowers
Martha Walser
Newton
Council appoints Heer to lead bond committee for High Point
High Point voters face a March 15 vote on 9.8 million in bonds to fund a new reservoir, streets, lighting, water sewer expansion, and a new city office building. A special committee led by Leo Heer will present the case for bond financing and city progress.
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Council
Heer
High Point
Furniture Market
Leo Heer
Ment
City to study building code and zoning enforcement
Mayor Carson Stout names two special committees to push for stricter enforcement of the city building code and related zoning oversight. Council approves the committees and discusses expanding zoning one mile beyond city limits into Davidson, Randolph, and Guilford counties while aiming to quell local opposition.
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Carson Stout
Subhime Dode
Davidson
Randolph
Guilford
Knox Walker
Stout
Harold Craven
Robert Davis
Roy Culler
American Furniture Aims at European Market
Industry leaders at a SFMA show discuss expanding into Europe. William Stevens Jr and John T. Roughton of Thomasville Furniture stress challenges for American makers but see potential for select traditional dining and living room goods. They note European buyers expect different styles and that success hinges on time and investment.
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John T. Roughton
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Thomasville
Boughton
Roughton
Europe
Illness Fatal to Frank Jones Real Estate Ad Chief
Franklin Penn Jones, 57, longtime classified advertising manager for The High Point Enterprise, died at High Point Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. A testimonial dinner praised his influence on the area's realty boom. Survived by his wife at 1201 Guyer Street, a brother Reed Jones of Miami, and a sister Elva Ballard of Asheville.
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Franklin Penn Jones
High Point
South
High Point Memorial Hospital
Guyer Sr
Reed Jones
Miami, Fla
Elva Ballard
Asheville
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Oxford Place
Greenwood Drive
J. N. Callicott
E. Russell Avenue
Chargc
Quality Court Motel
Furniture City Motel
James Kirkwood
Wood Street
Eastchester Drive
Rainbow Weavers, Inc
Randall Johnson
George Monk
Gordon Street
Oehingegan
Hendrix Batting Co
Bobby
Clodfelter
Carolina & Northwestern
High Point Municipal Shade Tree Committee
High Point Enterprise
BOND
Leo J. Heer
Southern Furniture Exposition
Bob Davis
J. F. Millis
Sche
Duled Maron
Art Richardson
Boro
Billy McCarter
Crestwood Circle
William McDade
William Palmer Cox
List
Air Force
Colecies
Jim Hawkins
Facturers
William FE. Stevens Jr
Stevens
Frank Jones
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