Long Lines Grow Longer As Drivers Grow Frustrated
Drivers in Greensboro and surrounding towns faced long gasoline lines as Gov. James Holshouser urged voluntary odd even tag distribution. Odd numbered vehicles could buy on Monday Wednesday and Friday, even numbers on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday, with a 10 gallon minimum requested and tanks below half full. Stations varied in enforcement and some warned rationing may be needed if demand did not ease.
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Ray Hubbard
James Holfhouser
Donald Vanderhall
Exxon
N. Main
Montilieu
Vanderhall
Holfhouser
J. E. Gill
High Point
Frances Given
Roberta Finly
Kernersville
Social Security Office
College Village
Phillips 66
Lexington
Centennial
Wood
Maas Seeks Guilford County State House Seat
David E. Maas of High Point a former Virgin Islands lieutenant governor announced as a Republican candidate for the State House from Guilford County. Maas longtime attorney with civic ties vows to defend effective government. filing deadline Feb 25.
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David E. Maas
High Point
The
Virgin Islands
House of Representatives
Guilford County
Cincinnati
Maas
Islands
Republican Party
William F. Freeman
State House
Kenneth Farr
Jamestown
Lucile Schwartz
Greensboro
House
Margaret Keesee
Odell Payne
McLeansville
Gasoline Siphoning Hits Buses Across City
Siphoning of fuel from school buses rises with a shortage. At least five buses were drained of gasoline, with tanks emptied on Randolph Wise Street and High Point Central High. A Home Credit Co employee was robbed of $3 in a strong-armed robbery as two men entered, one brandishing a knife. A Brockman’s Grocery raid saw burglars take cakes and cookies using a novel tool. Police noted a 1-by-4 inch piece of wood connected to the incident.
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Samuel Pickett
N. Main Street
Lexington Avenue
Pickett
Montlieu Avenue
Randolph Wise Street
High Point Central High
Home Credit Co
Bobby W. York
Loan Company
York
Brockman
Vall Street
Demolition plan in Thomasville vetoed by city lawyer
Thomasville council rejected a March clean up month to remove condemned structures at city expense after City Attorney George Saint sing advised it would not be a proper public expenditure. He noted removal costs if court action is used fall to property owners and warned the Aug. 1 deadline may require multiple council sessions. The panel also tasked staff with drafting a certificate of occupancy ordinance while keeping eyesores in view.
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Ven
Carver Enterprise
Thomasville
Planning Board
George
Jim Johnson
Samntsing
Johnson
Council Vetoes Midway Airport Purchase Plan
Thomasville will not operate Midway Airport as a public air facility. At a city council meeting John Causby pressed for a $482,000 75 acre purchase off Blair Street Extension but critics warned runway limits and railway proximity reduce value. Mayor Jim Johnson and officials said the land offers little benefit to major employers like Thomasville Furniture Industries and joint city purchases with High Point or Archdale appear unlikely.
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VEN Carver Enterprise
Thomasville Midway Airport
Thomasville
John Causby
Conrad Realty
Blair Street
Jim Johnson
Causby
Southern Railway
Johnson
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Bob Holladay
TFI
Midway
Friendship
Centrals
High Point
Archdale
Salvation Army Receives 123 Suits From Belk’s Trade-In
Capt B G Johnson of the Salvation Army accepts trade-in suits from Wayne Baldwin and Belk’s store manager Glenn Ward at Westchester Mall. The charity received 123 suits from the sale, with $20 off purchases of suits or sportcoats already on sale.
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B.G. Johnson
Salvation Army
Wayne Baldwin
Glenn Ward
Westchester Mall
Belk
Sonny Hedgecock
Belk-Beck
Preyer Seeks Fourth Term Amid Gas Crisis and GOP Challenge
Greensboro North Carolina. U S Representative L Richardson Preyer announces he will seek a fourth term in the 6th District as gasoline shortages and a general distrust of incumbents loom. Maj Steve Ritchie of Reidsville is expected to run against him with a news conference planned. Preyer cites a 95 percent voting attendance and nearly 2,000 votes recorded over five years.
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Greensboro
L. Richardson Preyer
U.S. House of Representatives
Preyer
Maj
Steve Ritchie
Reidsville
Washington
Ritchie
Air Ace
North Carolina
William Simon
Arco
Guilford
Alamance
Caswell
Rockingham
Judge Hedrick Expects Campaign For North Carolina Supreme Court
State Court of Appeals Judge R A Hedrick 51 a blind Democrat from Raleigh filed for the NC Supreme Court seat held by Carlisle Higgins. Greensboro Superior Court Judge James Exum earlier announced for the race, with Hedrick noting a statewide bid will be costly but worth it to bring appeals court experience to the high court.
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North Carolina Supreme Court
Carlisle Higgins
State Court of Appeals
R. A. Hedrick
Raleigh
Superior Court
James Exum
Greensboro
Higgins
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Hedrick
Supreme Court
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Service Distributing
Mateer
David Maas
Council
Midway Airport
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