Jail Break Not Funny To Court Magistrate
High Point police report a jail break attempt Monday night as Lawrence East forced Magistrate Wally Foutch to release Margaret Simmons. East, armed with a .38 pistol, threatened to kill if he was thwarted and led Simmons from the jail to a waiting green Pontiac. A warrant for assault with a deadly weapon was issued for East, while Simmons remained jailed on an arson-related charge.
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High Point
Wally Foutch
Foutch
Lawrence East
S. Hamilton Street
Margaret Simmons
East
Margaret
Miss Simmons
Hamilton Street
Three Suspects Apprehended In Lexington Murders Case
Davidson County Sheriff announces three suspects, two men and a 15 year old girl, were captured in Georgia in connection with the killings of Mrs. Myrtis Miller and her granddaughter Crystal. Investigators say the trio stole a Georgia gas station attendant’s car, then killed the victims with multiple stab wounds and a shotgun. The case hinged on a Georgia sighting of the stolen car and warrants for murder will be presented to a February grand jury.
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Lexington
Myrtis Miller
Crystal
Davidson County
Jaybird McCrary
McCrary
Georgia
Miller
Kenneth Darnell Dampier
Portland
Kenneth Albert Dickey
Fort Wentworth
Sheriff's Department
Michael Dwayne Hilton
Jack Everhart
State Bureau of Investigation
John Burns
H.W. Zimmerman
Savannah
Virginia
High Point area brief notes and community updates
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Shooting Probe Continues in High Point Death
Sheriff deputies and county medical examiner investigate the Monday shooting death of William Manning Black 20 of 116 Penny Rd High Point. Black born September 25 1956 in Greenville Mississippi had lived in High Point two years and attended Ragsdale High School.
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William Manning Black
Penny Rd
Black
C. Brooke Jennings
High Point Memorial Hospital
Carbon monoxide deaths under investigation in High Point
Officials withheld comment as investigation continues into carbon monoxide poisoning deaths of Clara Cox and her 18 year old daughter Sandra Richardson and two grandchildren in High Point. A 2 year old son Dwayne Richardson was in critical condition. Police traced the cause to a faulty exhaust from a natural gas heater and a possibly unsafe flue.
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Clara Cox
Sandra Delores Richardson
E. Grimes Street
Jerome Alfonzo
High Point Memorial Hospital
Dwayne Ervin Richardson
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
James Burns
Richardson
Mary Nelson
K. W. Hall
Hall
Housing Authority
Ken Martin
Ed Post
Martin
James Chestnut
Freeman Hill
County To Fight Disclosure Suits
Guilford County plans to contest two lawsuits seeking release of an internal Mental Health Dept report. The actions, by the Society of Professional Journalists chapter and by Greensboro Daily News and Greensboro Record, seek an injunction to inspect and copy the document in Guilford Superior Court.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Mental Health Dept
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Piedmont Professional Chapter
Society of Professional Journalists
Sigma Delta Chi
Greensboro Daily News
Greensboro Record
Guilford Superior Court
Board of County Commissioners
North Carolina
Deadline Nigh For Licenses At College Village Center
Long morning lines formed at College Village Shopping Center as residents rush to buy 1977 state license stickers. Carl Bond left the scene as Robert Reed, an employee, explained the boss arrived at 4 a.m. Henry Chavis waited about three hours before doors closed. Sherri Hall joked about her due date as others described last minute urgency.
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College Village
Carl Bond
C and B Tree Service
Robert Reed
Chavis
Sherri Hall
Route 6
Thomasville
Three Greensboro artists display works in High Point exhibit
Rebecca Fagg Sarah Hillmer and Rebecca Hilton show art at the High Point Theatre and Exhibition Center sponsored by the High Point Arts Council. The trio discuss balancing art with making a living and the student life as the ideal training ground.
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Carol Wilson
Utley Enterprise
Greensboro
Rebecca Fagg
Ms. Fagg
Boondocks
UNCG
Ms. Hilton
Tennessee
Ms. Hillmer
Europe
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Washington
New York
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