High Point Enterprise Section B item tease
February 26, 1968 section B pages highlight local news briefs and notices from High Point readers with brief updates and community items.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1968
Page
9
City Manager Probes Civil Service Exam Access Charge
City Manager Harold Cheek confirmed an investigation into claims a police officer had access to a civil service exam before his promotional test. Capt. James L. Fagan, named training director, allegedly benefited from exam access while two lieutenants also took the test. Councilman Frank Smith and the public safety committee oversee police and fire matters.
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Harold Cheek
James L. Fagan
Lauri Pritchett
Fagan
Civil Service Commission
Police Dceae
Rges
Frank Smith
Public Safety Committee
Fire Departments
Cheek
Police Department
Smith
Manly
Law and Public Safety Committee
Partly Cloudy Forecast for High Point Area
The Friendship weatherman reports fair to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday with near zero precipitation. Highs near 50 today and Tuesday, a slightly warmer Wednesday, and tonight's lows around 20 to 25 degrees. Last night's low was 20.
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High Point
Friendship Weatherman
Negro businessmen protest one way street plan in Washington area
A delegation of Negro businessmen urged City Council to reject plans to convert Washington English and Kivett streets into a one way system. They say the move would isolate the main Negro business district and lower property values. A 45 signature petition was presented. Property owners along English Road extend petition to the State Highway Commission seeking plan changes, noting loss of valuable business property. The commission has not ruled.
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Washington, English and Kivett Streets
Washington Street
English Road
State Highway Commission
R. V. Moss
R. E. Mitchell
Eastchester Drive
New City
Central Debaters Awarded Honors at Wake Forest Invitational
Debaters from High Point Central High School earned speaker awards at the Wake Forest University Invitational. Joe Loveland and Tommy Wright were named top finishers and advanced to the final, losing to West Springfield High School. Loveland and Wright took second in the two person division with a 3-0 semi final win over Bluefield, West Virginia. Other participants included Alice Price, Debbie Bennett, Ann Haworth, Roger Carrick, Barbara Wright and Scott Gayle with varied records. Coaches were Mrs. Bruce Roberts and Michael Pierce.
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High Point Central High School
Wake Forest University
Joe Loveland
Tommy Wright
Alice Price
Bluefield
W. Va
West Springfield High School
Fairfax County
Loveland
Wright
Debbie Bennett
Ann Haworth
Roger Carrick
Barbara Wright
Scott Gayle
Congress
Bruce Roberts
Michael Pierce
High Point Council Votes To Buy Adapters For Voting Machines
High Point city council approves adapters for 36 voting machines at a total of 7398 dollars to place May 4 issues and candidate names on machines. Four year payments at 1849 dollars per year. State and county elections aim to modernize ballots and support Guilford County bond plan.
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High Point
Perry County
Guilford County
Board of Elections
Board of County Commissioners
Greensboro
Hampton Howerton Jr
Elections Board
High Point City County
Coliseum
Weekend City Accidents Hurt Several In Traffic
Multiple weekend crashes left several hurt though none seriously. Robert Turner 21 of Rt 4 faced charges for speeding and license issues after a 2 am English Road wreck with $150 damage. Dayton Coffey 29 of Dorothy Street crashed into a utility pole and was charged with speeding. Maxie Creel 15 injured as passenger. Roland Thompson 28 injured after throttle stuck on motorcycle. Dean Zimmerman 32 collided with a parked car. James Jackson 40 injured. Audrey Bethea with Elsie Street charged for failing to yield right of way. Total damage about $1000.
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English Road
Robert Turner
Rt. 4
Turner
Dorothy
Burton Streets
Dayton Coffey
Dorothy Street
Maxie Creel
Asheboro Street
Roland Thompson
Zimmerman
James Jackson
Amos Street
Locke Street
Quaker Lane
Johnsie McDonald
Elsie Street
Joyce Kaney
Edgewood Drive
McDonald
Audrey Bethea
Demo Rally and Dinner Rescheduled by Democrats
The Furnitures and Democratic Dinner Rally have been rescheduled to Wednesday at the Top of the Mart at 7 p.m. Co chairmen James R. Spence and Bert Smith announced. Invited guests include gubernatorial candidates Robert W. Scott and J. Melville Broughton and other contenders such as Pat Taylor Robert Morgan and L Richardson Preyer.
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James R. Spence
Bert Smith
Cochairmen
Mart
Democratc
Robert W. Scott
J. Melville Broughton
Pat Taylor
Robert Morgan
L. Richardson Preyer
Council
Ambulance Bills Under Review by Guilford County Officials
Guilford County officials study 139 ambulance calls billed by Ambulance Service of Guilford last fall after a county payment request. Bills total 2585.75 and are checked by acting county manager Annie Parman. County plans to limit payments to calls with definite obligation and to route payment requests via magistrate processing.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Board of County Commissioners
Dale Montgomery
Annie Parham
High Point City
Guilford County
Ambulance Service of
Montgomery
Austria ranks high in female share among European nations
Vienna based AP report notes Austria averages 53 females to 47 males per hundred people, ranking third in Europe after Poland and Germany for female percentage in population.
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Vienna
Austria
Poland
Germany
Europe
Thomasville Man Charged After Prohibition Violation Arrest
Thomasville resident William Paige Wardlaw, 27, held on 5200 bond after a 1 am incident at Joyce Package Store. He allegedly dumped a item into a car, fled, and faced charges of violating prohibition laws burglary tools carrying concealed weapons and contributing to a minor's delinquency. A juvenile was in the car. Police also sought Joseph McBrayer for embezzlement from Dog House and investigated break ins at American Legion Post Moore's Supermarket and a residence on Longview Drive.
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William Paige Wardlaw
Thomasville
Wardlaw
Joyce Package Store
W. Green Drive
Joseph McBrayer
Sedgefield
N. Main Street
McBrayer
American Legion
I-85
Moore
Kivett Drive
Charles Sheen
Longview Drive
Two Die In U S 64 Collision Near Asheboro
Early today a car and a tractor trailer collided on U S 64 four miles west of Asheboro killing Roy Steven Beane 21 of Asheboro and Peter John Maskaluk 27 of Sanford. Both were pronounced dead at Randolph Hospital after arrival at about 2 30 a m.ambulance crews transported them from the wreck.
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Asheboro
U. S. 64
Randolph Hospital
Roy Steven Beane
Rt. 7
Peter John Maskaluk
Sanford
Ridge-McDowell
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Tom Wright
Jerry
Parrish
Washington, Kivett
By Forrest Cates
Enterprise
Ane
Federal Housing and Urban Development Agency
Keziah
Thompson
Dean Zimmerman
Hulda Street
Don Wrenn
Legion
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