Chinchilla Firm Set to Open in High Point
Chinchilla Assn. of America will open at 2902 N Main St High Point with Bill E Dietzel as head. The venture plans chinchilla breeding fur garments for wholesale and retail markets employing six staff rising to eleven, following a major purchase of 3000 chinchillas in Nebraska.
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High Point
N. Main St
Chinchilla Assn. of America
Bill E. Dietzel
Hurley Chinchilla Ranch
Dietzel
Nebraska
Chinchilla Assn. of
America
Thieves Loot J. W. Samet Residence on Edgedale Drive
Thieves looted the J W Samet home last night totaling about 2000 dollars. They entered through a window and ransacked filing cabinets and dressers while the house was vacant for about three hours. A safe valued at 100 dollars containing two pistols and titles was carried away. a mink coat valued at 1750 dollars was also stolen. In other police activity John Davis, 48, Mount Place, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and held on 200 dollars bond.
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J. W. Samet
Edgedale Drive
Samet
John Davis
Mount Place
Earl Norfleet Phillips Professorship at High Point College
High Point College announced the Earl Norfleet Phillips Professorship in Business to strengthen the business administration and economics school. Earl N. Phillips, a leading local businessman, funds the chair through the Endowment Fund chaired by Charles E. Hayworth. President Wendell M. Patton will seek trustee approval at the spring meeting to name the professorship after Mr Phillips.
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High Point College
Earl N. Phillips
High Point
Charles E. Hayworth
Wendell M. Patton
Dennis H. Cooke
Patton
Earl Norfleet Phillips
Gardner Names Hutchens Campaign Manager for Governor Bid
John G. Hutchens of High Point will manage the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Congressman James Gardner of Rocky Mount. Gardner announced in Raleigh that Hutchens will lead the effort, with a statewide airplane tour planned and a formal committee already formed. The move signals a strong High Point role in the 1968 GOP primary battle as John L. Stickley also seeks the nomination.
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John G. Hutchens
High Point
James Gardner
Gardner
Rocky Mount
Congress
Raleigh
Hutchens
Greensboro-High Point
Winston-Salem
Sheraton Hotel
Jim Gardner
Big Bear Super Markets, Inc
High Point Republican Party
John L. Stickley
Charlotte
Stickley
How Does High Point Stack Up As A City
Wachovia Bank study uses 1960 census data to compare High Point with North Carolina cities. It notes low density for its size, 18.1 percent nonwhite, youth and elderly shares, births and deaths, education level, manufacturing dominance, and relative housing costs.
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High Point
North Carolina
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Wilmington
Wilson
Fayetteville
Asheville
County managers search tightens as Guilford plans moves
Guilford County Commissioners pressed ahead with a broader search for a new county manager after agreeing to one more contact with prior candidates. They noted several new applications and hope for a strong candidate with urban county, water sewer, and planning expertise. They also set a Feb 5 public hearing on Cedarwood joining the Pinecroft Sedgefield Fire District and a Jan 15 meeting with Modern Garbage Co over service complaints. A $92,000 sewer line for Western Guilford High School was scheduled to start by March for fall completion.
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Greensboro
Guilford
Dale Montgomery
Carl Johnson
R. N. Linville
Cedarwood
Jamestown
Pinecroft-Sedgefield
David Lee
Pinecroft- Sedgefield
Guilford High School
George Rottman
Planning toward shared Guilford line and government center
Rottman urged proceeding with planning for a new line serving Guilford School and nearby Guilford College areas while Montgomery called the school line the most urgent. Commissioners reviewed a center plaza concept near the courthouse, approved selling about 21 acres at Battleground Park to the city for trading for city land near the courts site, noted the FHA building on Ashe Street is for sale or lease, and heard Cox request relief from government center planning to focus on Planning De.
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Rottman
Guilford School
Guilford College
Montgomery
Courts
Battleground Park
Courts Building
Federal Housing Administration
Ashe Street
Governmental Center
Cox
Wet Weather Persists In High Point Area Forecast
Weatherman at Friendship reports ongoing wet and cold conditions for the High Point region. Expect cloudy skies with occasional rain drizzle and fog through Thursday, a 40 percent chance of measurable precipitation, and a Friday mix of partly cloudy skies. Today's high near 40 with overnight low in the 30s.
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Friendship
High Point
Why Weathermen Miss Snow Forecasts in NC
State climatologist Albert V. Hardy explains the challenge of predicting snow when warm moist air meets cold air. He notes that precipitation timing, atmospheric layers, and data delays from radiosondes complicate forecasts and affect aviation safety and regional climate studies.
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High Point
North Carolina State University
Department of Geosciences
Albert V. Hardy
United States Department of Commerce
NCSU
Hardy
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Rose’s
J. C. Penney Co
Thalheimer’s
Jerry Parrish
Chinchilla
Robert Marks
Enterprise
House of Representatives
Davidson College
Law School
University of North Carolina
John Hutchens
High Point Enterprise
Department of Commerce
High Pont Ministerial Alliance
Delbert Byrum
Edgar Jones
Clyde Tucker
W. S. Teachey
L. M. Thompson
Thompson
Welfare Board
Durham County
Greensboro High Point
Hatteras
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