Last-Minute Candidates Fill Guilford Races
Friday announcements added women to Guilford County slates for state house seats. McNeill Smith, moving from the House to the Senate, heads the Democratic ticket while Lynwood Bullock seeks Sixth District, and Brooks Hays aims at the Fifth District. New GOP and Democratic hopefuls include Mrs. Alfreda Webb, Margaret Keesee, and Mrs. Jeanne Fones.
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Guilford County
House of Representatives
Guilford
McNeill Smith
House
Senate
Lynwood Bullock
L. Richardson Preyer
Brooks Hays
Wilmer Mizell
Alfreda Webb
Margaret Keesee
Jeanne Fones
Greensboro
Webb
Smith
Fones
Keesee Smith
General Assembly
Assembly
Jamestown Street Projects Advance with State Help
State Highway Commissioner Lynwood Smith announced widening of Penny Road and Scientific Street in Jamestown, with High Point City Council cooperation, aiming toward completion of the long range plan. Upgrades to N C 68 north toward Stokesdale are planned, including a 500000 program with widening and shoulders, and a future Penny Road extension to U S 29 70A and a new bridge across High Point City Lake.
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Jamestown
Scientific Street
Lynwood Smith
Charles Turner
Penny Road
Turner
High Point
Smith
N.C
Friendship Airport
Stokesdale
Bel-Aire
N. C
High Point City Lake
Galifianakis urges foreign aid cut to curb drug traffic
Rep. Nick Galifianakis, seeking the Democratic Senate nomination, urged cutting foreign aid to countries that fail to combat illicit drug trafficking. He named Turkey, France, Bolivia, Thailand, and Vietnam as targets and said legislation already exists. Speaking at a High Point Kiwanis Club event, he called crime and drug abuse among the nation’s top problems and argued for stronger sanctions on producers and traffickers.
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Nick Galifianakis
U.S. Senate
Everett Jordan
Turkey
France
Bolivia
Thailand
Vietnam
Durham
House
Galifianakis
High Point
Kiwanis Club
United States
Petition by Hamilton residents to halt street widening plan
Thirteen families on N Hamilton Street petition city council to spare their homes as Hamilton Street widening from Westwood to E Lexington Avenue proceeds. City engineers note only a concept has been approved and a public hearing will frame a traffic friendly plan with minimal property damage. Two injuries from Thursday wrecks on South Road near English Road and Washington Drive near Hamilton Street prompted charges of failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
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N. Hamilton Street
Cornice Grady Page
South Road
Chalmers Roberts
Chestnut Drive
English Road
Arthur Alexander
Franklin Street
Washington Drive
Hamilton Street
N. Hamilton, Johnson, Louise and Parkway
Hamilton
Westwood
E. Lexington Avenue
R. V. Moss
Moss
Man's Dismissal Upheld By Group
LEXINGTON The dismis sal of Charles Lawson as an official of Davidson County Community Action was upheld by the DCCA personnel committee which met Tuesday in a closed session. Lawson had been youth development director and equal employment officer until Jan. 12. The committee recommended payment for Jan. 12 to Feb. 15 and the case to be taken up at the agency board meeting on Friday.
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Lexington
Charles Lawson
Davidson County Community Action
DCCA
Lawson
Helen Caple
Two Area Scouts Earn Eagle Honors in Ceremonies
Tom Armstrong 14 of Troop 1 and Ferndale Junior High. Richard Wells 15 of Troop 104 and East Davidson High School were awarded Eagle badges this week. Armstrong is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Armstrong of 1502 W Lexington Ave. Wells is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wells Jr. of 40 Cedar Lodge Road in Thomasville.
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Tom Armstrong
Ferndale Junior High School
Pete Armstrong
Lexington Ave
Richard Wells
Fairgrove Methodist Church
East Davidson High School
Thomas Wells Jr
Cedar Lodge Road
Thomasville
Two Davidson Lowder Seek 30th District House Seat
Thomasville former mayor Tom Johnson and Lexington businessman Richard D. Lowder entered the May 6 Democratic primary for the 30th House District seat. Three seats are open. two Republicans have filed. Johnson, a longtime Thomasville leader, now consultants at Ragan Knitting Mills. Lowder, Lexington insurance agent, active in civic groups, seeks elective office for the first time. An additional Democratic candidate, William Sjames of Mocksville, announced earlier.
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Thomasville
General Assembly
Davidson
Davie
Tom Johnson
Richard D. Lowder
Lexington
Fred Poetzinger
William Sjames
Mocksville
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Enterprise
North Carolina General Assembly
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Piedmont
Rowland
Columbia Law School
A & T State
Keesee
Jones Elementary
Guilford College
Bullock
L. Richard Preyer
Preyer
George Wallace
Willow Creek
Davidson County
David Williams
Druid Street
Sonny Hedgecock
Joe Brown
Eugene V. Grace
Jordan
High Point Enterprise
Man
Eagle Scouts
Gilbert Lee Boger
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
AP News
Weard-Griffith Company
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