R T Amos Jr Selected Local Citizen of Year
R T Amos Jr is named High Point’s Citizen of the Year for 1975 by The Enterprise. He chaired and led multiple community boards, including the High Point Historical Society Memorial Hospital building fund, YMCA, Chamber of Commerce, and Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. He also presides over Amos Hosiery Mills, a city landmark.
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Memorial Hospital
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Chestnut Drive
Charlotte McMichael
Wentworth
Rockingham County
High Point Community Concert Assn
Junior League
Help lines and local guidance for youths and safety
Readers ask where to find help for runaways and teen pregnancy. Agencies listed include CONTACT 882 8124, Urban Ministry of High Point, police, Youth Services Bureau, Guilford County Social Services, Salvation Army, Family Service Bureau, and church ministers. Advice on snake fears and local trash dumping also provided by City officials and state experts.
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Family Planning Center
16 Young People Die In Cafe Fire
In La Louviere Belgium a cafe packed with youths celebrating New Year burned at about 4 am. Police said at least 16 youngsters died near the narrow exits and rear of the building. about 50 were dancing inside when the fire started. thirty others were hospitalized with five in severe condition.
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Three Cent Stamps End As Rates Rise In 1977
The Associated Press reports dwindling three cent stamps as the 10 cent first class rate ends and a new price hike nears. Post offices see long lines as customers rush to mail before the deadline and stock up on remaining stamps. Prime notes mention President Batlar, and the U.S. Court of Appeals clearance for a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday price boost.
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Desert Jet Crash Kills 80 Aboard
Beirut sources report a four engine Boeing 707 of Middle East Airlines crashed in a Saudi desert near Qaisoumna killing all 80 aboard. The accident occurred in the neutral zone area between Saudi territories during an early morning flight.
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Crash Kills 80 in Beirut to Dubai Flight
A Saudi airline spokesperson said the aircraft with 65 passengers and 15 crew on a Beirut to Dubai and Muscat route was found wrecked before dawn. Officials reported no survivors, while Beirut Damascus and Saudi control towers confirmed all on board dead.
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Winter Storm Moves Out Of West After Heavy Snow
A broad winter storm hammered the central Rockies and Plains with snow and gusty winds, prompting blizzard conditions in Wyoming and the Nebraska Panhandle. Temperatures near zero hinder travel from Montana to the Dakotas, while warnings stretch into Utah and Arizona.
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Forged Reynolds Will Alleged
Marianne O'Brien Reynolds of Miami claims tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds was feloniously killed in 1964 by his fourth wife Annemarie S. Reynolds and that a forged will gave the bulk of the estate to her. The suit seeks to block Georgia from acquiring 2,250 acres on Sapelo Island, part of Reynolds’ holdings, as the state already bought 13,750 acres there in 1989 for 835000.
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Fla
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New California Marijuana and Sex Law Reforms Take Effect
California marks the new year with one of the nation's most liberal marijuana laws and an adults sex bill of rights. The measures lessen penalties for possession and private acts, while retaining limits on public acts and coercion, amid debate over morality and policy.
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Liberty Bell Rolled To New Viewing Pavilion In Philadelphia
The Liberty Bell was rolled from Independence Hall into a new viewing center amid rain as 50,000 people expected to witness its midnight ride. Fireworks, drum corps, and Yankee Doodle accompanied the historic procession along a 100 arch flagstone path to the $800,000 Liberty Pavilion opened to visitors today.
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