Westchester Mall Expansion Adds Beck-Beck and Rose's
Plans show Beck-Beck and Rose's joining Penney Co and Thalheimer’s as major tenants in the Westchester Plaza shopping center in High Point. The 30 acre project fronts Westchester Drive and will center around an enclosed mall with a theater a cafeteria drug store and small shops. Construction requires rezoning design approval and staged development over five years with Penney’s largest at 137000 square feet and a 7000 square foot auto service center.
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Belk-Beck
Rose’s
Sieping Center
High Point
Aut
David Lone
de Beck
Penney Co
Pratheimer’ S
Royster
Penney’s
Thalheimer’s
Beck-Beck and
Penny’s Belk-Beck
Rose's
A&p
Kroger’s
Planning and Zoning Commission
Mem
City Planning Department
Plaint
Menia
and Zoning Commission
Bothwell and Associates
Decatur
Marietta
Penney’s Automobile Service Center
Striker Accused in Assault Case at Archdale
Paul Evans of 4027 Knollwood Archdale was charged with assault for kicking John Herring. A $25 cash bond was posted for his Munich Court appearance on Friday. Herring works for The High Point Enterprise and Evans is an ITU Local member on strike at The Enterprise.
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Paul Evans
Knollwood
Archdale
Evans
John Herring
Munich
Herring
High Point Enterprise
International Typographical Union
Enterprise
Watchman Reports Auto Tampering Incident at Oakwood Court
Police report two men opened the hood and trunk of an automobile owned by Dora Sears in the Oakwood Court Apartments parking lot. Custodian James Morton fired two shots as they fled in another car.
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Oakwood Court Apartments
Dora Sears
High Point Enterprise
James Morton
Morton
Forty Area Students Named to Appalachian Dean's List
Forty students from North Carolina towns including High Point Denton Lexington Thomasville Asheboro Franklinville Liberty Rancour Sophia and more were named to the Appalachian State University fall quarter dean's list. Recipients include Janice Hynes Cain Susan L. Clark Linda Kay Deaton and Brenda Louise Dix among others.
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Appalachian State University
Janice Hynes Cain
Susan L. Clark
Linda Kay Deaton
Brenda Louise Dix
Larry Wayne Garner
Leslie Shaw Grant
Vickie J. Holland
Rick Stephen Hunt
Phyllis Ann Johnson
Nancy Dianne Kennedy
Sandra Gaye Kiger
Elaine Kilby
A. Leviner
Martin
Bleeka J. Mendenhall
Kay Reese Newton
Hubert Lee Putman
Debbie Lauryn Swaim
High Point
John Newton Kearns
Susan Lanier
William D. Scott
Denton
Glenda Macree Beck
Thomas E. Bridges Jr
Sharon J. Carrickhoff
Patricia Lee Craver
Shirley Jean Essick
Myra Lee Evans
Wanda Kaye James
Tex Allen Leonard
Martha B. Martin
Charles B. Murdock
Martha _ Lee Pininger
Kenneth Lee Walker
Lindsey Grady Walser
Lexington
Julian M. Alexander
Johnathan M. Conrad
Derree Ann Curry
Kathryn
Cedarwood subdivision may join Pinecroft-Sedgefield fire district
Cedarwood near Jamestown seeks inclusion in Pinecroft Sedgefield fire district with 90 percent petition support. Board to set a public hearing. approval could add Cedarwood in July. District to build a new Mackay Road fire station to serve Cedarwood area. Also reported tax collections for 1967 totaling 9.85 million across Guilford County with High Point at 52.39 percent.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Cedarwod
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
Board of County Commissioners
David Lee
Jamestown
Howard Coble
Lee
Cedarwood
Guilford College Road
Pinecroft- Sedgefield
Mackay Road
C. R. Brooks
High Point
Brooks
Guilford County
Outlook for High Point Area Turned Cold and Wet
The forecast for the High Point area calls for mostly cloudy skies and cold through Wednesday with a chance of rain or sleet mixed with freezing rain tonight and Wednesday. Precipitation probability is 30 percent. Thursday should be variably cloudy and cold with highs around 40.
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High Point
Firemen Answer First 68 Call On Russell Street
High Point firemen answered their first call of the year when air leaked from a sprinkler system in a vacant East Russell Street building, tripping the alarm. There was no fire at the property owned by Stanley Taylor.
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High Point
East Russell Street
Stanley Taylor
Randleman Aldermen Face Protest Over Housing Site
An Asheboro attorney filed a late protest against using the Percy L. Bostic property for an 80 unit public housing project in Randleman. The protest by Glenn Oliver of Rt. 1 delays a joint Aldermen and Planning Board session to rezone the Bostic land from Industrial to Resident 3.
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Randleman
Percy L. Bostic
Asheboro
T. Worth Coltrane
Glenn Oliver
Rt. 1
Oliver
Bostic
Housing Authority
City Planning Board
Man
Randleman Aldermen
City Lanning Board
Scooter Overturned. Cop Hurt In Main Street Incident
Patrolman James M. Powell of Homewood Street suffered bruises and abrasions when his police scooter overturned during a northbound turn near a parked car. Damage to the scooter estimated at 150 dollars.
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James M. Powell
Homewood Street
Powell
Main Street
Fairfield Plaza
Mattie H. Holyfield
Steele Street
Parma L. Jones
Rt. 5
High Point
Jones
Holyfield
Henry B
Parker
E. Washington Drive
Andrew Nilen
Furlough Street
Otis Coble
S. Elm Street
Albert Ware
Kivett Drive
H. T. Hicks
Hickory Chapel Broad
Jack Griffith
Billy R. Kelly
Beddington Road
James R. Gotsch
Clover Drive
John W. Edy
Wade Street
Youth Is Killed In Accident In Lexington
Stephen Rothwell 17 of Baltimore died on arrival at Lexington Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on I-85 west of Lexington. His siblings Tony 16 and Martha 25 were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Miss Rothwell drove the 1962 car in fog on icy pavement, the vehicle veering off the road, striking a tree after 270 feet along the shoulder and 60 more feet to the tree. Body taken to Davidson Funeral Home pending Baltimore arrangements.
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Lexington
Stephen Rothwell
Baltimore
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Here
Young Rothwell
Davidson County
Tony Rothwell
Martha Rothwell
Rothwell
Highway Patrol
Miss Rothwell
Atlanta
Davidson Funeral Home
Newspaperman H W Kendall Dies at 70 in Greensboro
H W Slim Kendall a renowned Greensboro Daily News editor died after a long career in North Carolina journalism. He served as editor until 1965 and continued writing Tar Heel Talk columns for multiple papers. Funeral services were held at Starmount Presbyterian Church with graveside rites at Sunset Cemetery in Shelby.
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Greensboro
H. W
Slim) Kendall
Starmount Presbyterian Church
Sunset Cemetery
Shelby
Kendall
Greensboro Daily News
Daily News
Mayor Plans New Path for Federal Program in High Point
Mayor Robert Davis announced High Point will resubmit a revised application to the federal Housing and Urban Development Agency to rejoin the Model Cities Program. He said Davidson County zoning prospects were discussed with county officials as the city weighs extraterritorial zoning to cover land near the boundary. Council debated zoning extensions into Davidson and noted possible timing as county groundwork advances.
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High Point
Myor
Robert Davis
Joint
Federal Housing and Urban Development Agency
Davis
HUD
Pollag
Davidson County
Davidson
Thomasville
Chestnut Street
Curtis Smithdeal
Knox Walker
Walker
Guilford
Randolph
Forsyth
Harold Craven
Driver Killed in Wet Pavement Crash near Kinston
Keith Ted Garris 26 of Ayden Rt. 2 died when his car skidded on wet pavement on U.S. 258 near Kinston and struck another vehicle. The other driver was injured, authorities said.
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Kinston
N. C
Keith Ted Garris
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