High Point Stadium Costs Exceed Funds By $200000
City Council heard that stadium construction for High Point schools will cost at least 200000 more than the available 850000 bond. The project may cut costs by removing a track or reducing seating to 7500, with ownership to the city and a city lease to the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H‘gh Point
Jim Pearce
High Point
Shadybrook
Pearce
Leon Schute
Harold Cheek
Dean B. Pruette
Schute
Concensus of Council
Council
New Day Care Center Opens in Mary McCloud Bethune YWCA
Workers at the Mary McCloud Bethune YWCA Developmental Day Care Center plan for a facility intended to serve 3 through 6 year olds in the Mode Cities neighborhood and children of working parents. The program expands High Point's system to six centers caring for 175 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McCloud Bethune YWCA_ Developmental Day Care Center
Mode Cities
Iola Grant
Eunice Harris
Georgia LeGrand
High Point
North Carolina Rep Seeks Panda Offspring for Asheboro Zoo
U.S. Representative Nick Galifianakis says he cannot obtain a grown giant panda for North Carolina's proposed Asheboro Zoo and would accept a cub instead. He noted two pandas gifted to the U.S. from China are a mating pair kept at Washington National Zoo and plans to request an offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Galifianakis
D-N.c
North Carolina
WGHP
United States
Washington Zoo
Galifianakis
Asheboro
White House
National Zoo
Washington
High Point Enterprise Section B Highlights
Local recap from Monday afternoon edition notes featured items in Section B including community notices, brief updates, and short feature blurbs. The page emphasizes regional happenings and ongoing stories within the High Point area.
Nixon denies 1973 budget forgery claims in sensational disclosure
The Los Angeles Times reports President Nixon and aides dispute the George Shultz authored 1973 budget book claiming forgery. McGraw-Hill and Life Magazine push printing amid denials, with voice tests and Swiss bank checks fueling controversy. Three sensational theories loom over the affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard Nixon
Congress
George Shultz
Office of Management and Budget
Shultz
Nixon
McGraw-Hill
Life Magazine
McGraw-Hill and
Life
Key Biscayne
United States
R.M. Nixon
George Schultz
Henry Kissinger
Geneva
Weekend Blotter Reports Multiple Local Larcenies
Weekend police blotter notes several break ins with items stolen valued at 250 dollars from John Terrell Driggers. Other losses include 95 dollar merchandise from Jake Harris Furniture and a .22 pistol from Jimmy Smith. Additional thefts involve a tire and wheel 150 dollars and a 65 dollar camera set. Multiple arrests listed for forgery DUI assault and other charges.
Chair City Man Injured Treated And Charged
Willie Harrison was arrested after reportedly admitting a break in at Russell Monument Co. He was treated at Community General Hospital for arm injuries and charged with felonious breaking and entering. Bond was set at 500 dollars and he was jailed in Davidson County. Unrelated break ins were also reported including stolen power tools and a battery from a sawmill.
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Thomasville
Willie Harrison
W. Holly Hill Road
Russell Monument Co
Here
Harrison
Community General Hospital
Davidson County
Clifford Summers
Airport Road
Lee Kindley
Lake Road
Pot Found On Teens At School
Guilford County deputies await State Bureau of Investigation results on a suspected marijuana substance found at Jamestown Junior High School after an assistant principal's report. Three 14 year old boys are to be acted on pending lab confirmation. Several car thefts and cash losses were noted from local residents' vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
State Bureau of Investigation Laboratories
Sheriff's Department
Jamestown Junior High School
David Kemp
American Textured Yarn Co
Jimmy R. Chase
Mill Road
Shirley Garris
Winston- Salem
Mary Ann Mabe
Rt. 1
Belews Creek
71 Year Old Man Charged In Shooting In Thomasville
A Saturday afternoon shooting in Thomasville left Johnny Lee Fleming with a gunshot wound to the right arm and heavy blood loss. Modell Bay, 71, of Doak Street, was charged with the shooting and released on a $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Community General Hospital
Johnny Lee Fleming
High Street
Modell Bay
Doak Street
James Wilson
Pineywood Road
John B. Richardson
Rt. 1
Roy Warren Leonard
Rt. 2
Jerry L. Welborn
Smith Street
Councilmen Name Watchdogs for Renewal Project Oversight
City councilmen selected two members to monitor High Point urban renewal plans, with Mayor Bill Bencini pressed to accelerate the Southside project and urged to avoid delays as a federal grant nears. They considered but did not abolish the Redevelopment Commission and left water service talks with Archdale for later action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Bill Bencini
Roy Culler
Bencini
Southside
Knox Walker
Redevelopment Commission
Archdale
More Executions Unlikely In N.C. Aides Say
North Carolina may have seen the last execution according to two top deputy AGs Carroll Leggett and Harry McGalliard who cite national trends and possible gubernatorial interventions. There are 11 inmates on death row at Central Prison and recent court rulings fuel uncertainty about capital punishment’s future. The state constitution permits the death penalty for certain crimes while prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment, complicating arguments for abolition amid political opposition.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Carroll Leggett
Harry McGalliard
Central Prison
California Supreme Court
U S. Supreme Court
Florida
Reuben Askew
Leggett
Theodore Boykin
Public Speaking for Everyday Living course announced
Guilford Technical Institute will offer an 11 week adult course starting March 8 to improve speaking and everyday communication skills. Nido Qubein will teach Wednesdays at 6 30 p m with no charge and is titled Public Speaking for Everyday Living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Guilford Technical Institute
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Art Richardson
Tar Heel Zoo
High Point Enterprise
Art Buchwald
Rhoda Mildred Nixon
Los Angeles Times
John Terrell Driggers
N. Centennial Avenue
Jake Harris
E. Washington Drive
Jimmy Smith
Kivett Drive
Clinton Barton
Decks and Company
Blandwood Circle
Troy Parrish
S. Main Street
E. Commerce Street
Bobby Tyson
S. Elm Street
Ronnie Harper
Winslow Street
Walter
Lewis Stevens Jr
Carr Street
Annie Louise Brown
Amos Street
Luther Phillip Baker
Trinity
Dennis James Lothridge
Samuel Whitley
William Cezar Martin
Gordon Street
Daniel Edwin Rife
Irvin Jesse Craven
Greensboro
James Ross Lockamy
Eden
Larry Edward Maness
Theodore Howard Harrington
Clara Cox Apts
Shelton Williams Fielder
Moffitt Street
Bernice Lord Deberry
Redding Street
Archie Roy Pegues
Meredith Street
Dorothy E. Allen
Marvin Cecil Young
Pershing Street
Young
Paul Henry Ingram
Howard Fowler
S. Hamilton Street
Jerry Stephen Stroud
Hedgecock Road
Chair City
East Central
Nido Qubein
Nido Qubein Associates
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