Walker Is Asheboro Winner
Ken Walker, Rampon Products Inc. personnel manager in Asheboro, was named Asheboro’s Young Man of the Year and Distinguished Service Award recipient at the Asheboro Jaycees Bosses Night. Fred Morrison urged community involvement in prison reform and praised Walker’s work with the Asheboro Randolph YMCA and local Jaycees.
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Asheboro
North Carolina
Fred Morrison
Asheboro Jaycees
Ken Walker
Rampon Products Inc
Walker
Asheboro- Randolph
Booe Denies Being a One Issue Senate Candidate
William Booe of Charlotte, a Republican hopeful for the U. S. Senate, rejects claims he centers solely on busing. He backs Nixon and a constitutional amendment as alternatives, and notes others within the party seek less outspoken rivals on the issue.
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Greensboro
William Booe
Charlotte
U. S. Senate
Republican Executive Committee
Booe
Nixon
Republican Party
Senate
City Budget Requests Near Three Million for 1972-73
High Point officials received department budget requests totaling 278 785 for the 1972-73 fiscal year. The city manager outlines a new process where council members select priority programs after a two week review, with final cuts to fit revenues. Major asks include 1.5 million for utilities water and sewer upgrades, 458 017 for parks and recreation, 284 000 for police, and 69 000 for a new fire pumper.
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High Point
Herald Cheek
Cheek
Parks and Recreation Department
Police Department
Fire Department
Measles Immunization Plan Outlined for Guilford County
Dr. Sarah Morrow announces a countywide measles immunization program for children ages 1 through 12. The effort, supported by the State Board of Health and local schools, runs March 10 through March 26 at school sites and large facilities with no charge.
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Sarah Morrow
Guilford County
North Carolina State Board of Health
Guilford County Medical Society
County March of Dimes
Guilford
Greensboro
High Point
Morrow
Clearing Away The Slums In High Point
Law enforcement and Black Panthers helped clear 57 dilapidated dwellings as initial steps to rehabilitate High Point’s worst slums. Hill Lassiter Wrecking Co. of High Point conducts the demolition work.
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High Point
Hill Lassiter Wrecking Co
Mark Austin
City Councilman Fears Civil Service Overstep by Commission
City Councilman Arthur Kirkman warned the High Point Civil Service Commission risks exceeding its authority by drafting new rules. He said the panel could meddle in city administration and set demerit levels, potentially auto dismissals, beyond what the General Assembly authorized. Kirkman noted divisions among commissioners and stressed the commission should recruit, examine, and handle appeals within statutory limits.
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High Point Civil Service Commission
General Assembly
Arthur Kirkman
Kirkman
Egislature
Commission
Senator Jordan to Address Jamestown PTA Meeting
U S Senator Everett Jordan will speak Thursday evening to the Jamestown Elementary School PTA on What a Politician Can Do for Education. Jim Foster, an officer, announced the 7 30 p m event in the school auditorium.
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Jamestown
U. S
Everett Jordan
Jim Foster
Foster
Jordan
Webb Seeks Senate Seat in Guilford County Race
Charles Webb, 35, local businessman and former Guilford Young Democratic Club chairman, announced a second bid for a state House seat from Guilford County. He seeks greater government credibility, environmental and education concerns, ethics reform, women’s equal rights and a local option on mixed drinks. He previously finished seventh for six seats in 1970.
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Greensboro
Charles Webb
State House of Representatives
Guilford County
Webb
Guilford
Clark Candidate In Judges' Race
Walter E. Clark Jr. of Greensboro launches a bid for one of seven state District Court judgeships subject to the May 6 Democratic primary. He is the sixth Democrat in the field along with Republican Vernon Hart. Clark, 37, assistant solicitor of Guilford Superior Court, has held the post five years and was an attorney with Pilot Title Insurance Co. since 1966 after moving to Greensboro in 1964. He holds a Wake Forest bachelor and law degree and serves in multiple local organizations.
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Walter E. Clark Jr
Greensboro
Clark
Vernon Hart
Guilford Superior Court
Buncombe County
Wake Forest University
Pilot Title Insurance Co
Municipal County Court
Superior Court
Byron Haworth
Kenneth Carrington
Ed Washington
Judge To Hear Motions In Cases Involving Marijuana Charges
Judge Byron Haworth was to hear motions in eight felony cases charging marijuana offenses. Police undercover agent Donald Horace Stewart testified about purchases from Cynthia Bartenfeld 24 and Tommy Hollingsworth 21 with details of dates and locations including Lum s on N Main Street Armstrong Park and Emerywood Country Club.
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Byron Haworth
Haworth
Donald Horace Stewart
Stewart
Cynthia Bartenfeld
Rt. 2
High Point
Miss Bartenfeld
Lum
N. Main Street
Tommy Hollingsworth
Rockford Road
Hollingsworth
Lum’s
Duanelle Freen
Miss Froen
Miss Freen
Montlieu Avenue
Emerywood Country Club
Sheraton Purchases Frontage On N Main Street
D S Hedgecock a major Sheraton stockholder acquired about 300 feet of N Main frontage from the Sheraton to the Arts Council Building in an exchange with the R T Amos estate. About 800 feet north of Peachtree Street also traded. The undeveloped tract has no current development plans. Reports say Hedgecock may add parking beside the Sheraton. The deal shows a $250 000 value in Guilford County records.
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N. Main Street
D. S. Hedgecock
Sheraton Hotel
N. Main
Sheraton
Arts Council
Main
Wrenn Streets
R. T. Amos
Amos
Peachtree Street
Hedgecock
Guilford County Register of Deeds Office
Short Will Run For Fifth Term In North Carolina House
Mark Short, a Democrat from Guilford, announces re election to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has served since 1965 and chaired the Courts and Judicial Districts committee in 1969 and 1971. He urges reform of judiciary selection and studies on mass transit and urban planning for the Piedmont crescent. Short is an attorney living in Greensboro.
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Mark Short
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Guilford County
Short
Missouri
Piedmont Crescent
Greensboro
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