Lake name petition prompts delay on living-person memorials
High Point council hears petition with 129 signatures urging the new city lake be named for former mayor Jesse H Washburn. Council tables policy against naming public projects after living persons to allow name selection. Councilman D Arthur Kirkman references mid game rule change concern as reason for delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washburn
City Council
Jesse H. Washburn
D. Arthur Kirkman
Council
Kirkman
Charles McAnally
High Point
City Lake Park
W. Green
Harold Cheek
McAnally
Piedmont Crescent Growth Seen Reaching 5.2 Million by 2000
HUD official Jerome P. Pickard forecasts the Piedmont Crescent population rising from 3.3 million to 5.2 million by 2000, potentially adding five new towns and placing the region fourth in national population. The study outlines growth from Greenville-Spartanburg to Lynchburg and notes possible sites for towns, with Washburn Lake proposed in High Point area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Piedmont Crescent
U. S. Department of Housing Urban Development
Jerome P. Pickard
HUD
Pickard
Greenville-Spartanburg
S.C
Charlotte, High Point - Winston-Salem-Greensboro
Lynchburg
Northeast Corridor
Great Lakes
California
Peninsular Florida
Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast
Central Gulf Coast
Texas
Puget Sound
Arizona
St. Louis
Colorado Piedmont
North Georgia
Atlanta
Snow Chance in High Point Forecast This Weekend
The High Point area expects increasing cloudiness and a 20 percent precipitation chance tonight. Saturday should be mostly cloudy with a snow risk and about 50 percent precipitation. Sunday looks partly cloudy and cold, with highs in the 30s and a tonight low in the low 30s. Last night’s low was 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
City Council Delays Occupancy Ordinance Action
High Point delays decision on a proposed certificate of occupancy to regulate rental housing seeking more information from Morganton’s experience in hopes of a Jan. 15 vote. Supporters include Social Action Group Stone Henge and church groups while realtors oppose citing market impact and enforcement concerns.
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Council
N. Centennial Street
N. Centennial
N. Norwood Court
First Wesleyan Church
High Point
Morganton
John Thomas
of the Stone Henge
Concerned Citizens of High Point, Inc
City Council Delays CATV Franchise Action
City Councilmen postponed formal action on granting a CATV franchise to Carolina's Cable Inc. They plan to finalize the ordinance at the January 15 meeting after time for preparation. Previously the council favored a High Point company and rejected a Charlotte bidder. two votes will be required.
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Morganton
High Point
Carolina
Cable, Inc
High Point Company
Charlotte
Charge Filed After Auto Overturns
A drunk driving charge was entered against Timothy Junior Johnson, 40, of Washington DC after his car overturned on I 85 at 1 14 pm New Year s Day. Damages were $200 and Johnson was unharmed. Police also reported a second incident on Wrenn Street and Washington Drive where Clarence Yokely, 56, and Garth Rich, 58, collided. Yokely faced a traffic light violation with $800 car damage and Rich at $400.
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Washington, D. C
Baker Road
Johnson
Wrenn Street
Washington Drive
Clarence Eugene Yokely
Underhill Street
Garth Erwin Rich
Archdale
Yokely
West Virginia
Hobson Street
Greensboro
Ted Worth Farrington
Rt. 8
Highway 62
Farrington
Marsha Peele
Cable Street
High Point section B focuses on Friday afternoon events
A brief page item from High Point section B dated Friday afternoon January 2, 1970 outlines local happenings. The readable text mentions community items and notices likely of school, civic, or social interest, centered on the High Point area.
Two Randolph Men Facing Highway Robbery Counts
Asheboro and Randolph County sheriffs bound over 20 year old Donnie Brian Garrell and 20 year old Ronald J. Maness to the January term of Superior Court after a preliminary hearing. Darley testified he was lured to Florida, beaten in Randolph near Seagrove and Cumberland County near Fort Bragg, robbed of 54 dollars, and held at Moore's Motel before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Randolph County
Superior Court
R. G. Delk
Donnie Brian Garrell
Ronald J. Maness
Rt. 7
Robert Ray Darley
Rt. 2
Bartow
Fla
Darley
Garrell
Maness
Florida
Randolph
Seagrove
Spring Lake
Cumberland County
Fort Bragg
Lloyd Brown
Manessa
Moore’s
Robbery at Sears nets $3368 as two men held
Detectives say James Little and Richard Byers were charged with breaking and entering and larceny in the Sears Automotive Center theft that yielded 3368 in merchandise. They were arrested late Wednesday. 39 tape players and 10 radial tires were reported stolen. Bond set at 2000 each. Trial scheduled for Jan 19.
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Sears, Roebuck
Automotive Center
James Little
Clara Cox
Tax-Listing Help Spreads Across Guilford County
Guilford County property owners can get help filling 1970 tax listing forms at offices in High Point and Greensboro and at 15 rural townships under a new plan. Tax listers will operate weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with a final listing date of February 2.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
High Point
C. R. Brooks
Tax Department
Newman
Fed
Brooks
S. Greene Street
Town Hall
Jamestown
Jamestown Township
Iva Mae Booker
Rt. 7
Booker
Death by own action ruled in Henning case
William Clyde Ledwell 56 of High Point was found hanged on his Randolph County land after a late night search. Coroner Julian Brady ruled death by own action. Ledwell had been in poor health and disappeared after visiting his land in Tabernacle Township. Funeral planned for Cumby Chapel with burial at Floral Garden Park.
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Asheboro
William Clyde Ledwell
Randolph County
Guilland Rescue Squad
Sheriff's Dept
Julian Brady
Ledwell
Tabernacle Township
Sumner Farlow
Archdale
Mr. Ledwell
William Thomas
Nora Parker Ledwell
Randolph
Guilford
Lee Manufacturing Co
Mount Vernon
Michael Wayne Ledwell
Sammy
Jeanie) Mishoe
South Rd
Willard
Brenda) Freeman
Rt. 2
Trinity
Virginia Bower
Kathleen Shelton
Winston- Salem
E. P
Mary) Walker
Jim Jedwell
Gaines Ave
Cumby
E. W. Price Jr
Floral Garden Park
Two Car Thefts Reported in Clair City
Clair City police investigated two thefts reported Thursday. William Sherrell Free said his 1963 model car was stolen at 11:40 a.m. from Conrad Street. Larry Worthy reported two stereo tapes stolen from his car on Winston Street at 11:30 p.m.
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Thomasville
William Sherrell Free
Conrad Street
Larry Worthy
Winston Street
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Crescent
Deep River
Highway 68
Robert Davis
McAnally Council
Progress Street
Clyde Pearson Inc
Glenn Allen Rabon
Glenn
A.m
High Point Memorial Hospital
Eldon Rabon
Rt. 1
Asheville
High Point Bord
LE Bourget
France
WNS
Joelle Desmonis
Noumea
Nanterre University
Paris
Riz
Chrles Lindbergh
Lid
Jim Stratfo
CATV
Timothy Junior Johnson
Sears
William Barry Kenson
W. Russell Street
Rose
Clapp Schaal
N. Main Street
Hedgecock Road
W. D. Baker
Herman Nelson Boulding
Belmont
W. Va
Linden
S. Main Streets
Boulding
Frank Diggs
Sarah McDaniel
Diggs
Colon H. Jordan
Deep River Township
Oak Ridge
Jordan
Frazier’s
Colfax
Oak Ridge Township
Stokesdale
Raymond C. Edwards
Friendship Township
Western Auto Store
Turpin’s
Raines Bi-Rite
Burke’s
Western Auto
Dorothy T. Reddick
Pleasant Garden
Suraner Township
Pinecroft -Sedgefield
Henning
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