Mental Health Staff Voice Complaints in Guilford County
Guilford County staff speakers told the Area Mental Health Advisory Board of fear and resistance to changes at the Mental Health Dept. A 46-person petition urged the resignation of Area Mental Health Director Fontana. Board offered no formal action as managers discussed recommendations and ongoing delays in reform.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Area Mental Health Advisory Board
Donald Fontana
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Board of County Commissioners
Fontana
Pete Wohlwen
Petent
Katherine Hux
Greensboro Mental Health Assn
Bert Lore
Kathy Hoffman
Witherspoon
Lois Stanley
High Point Mental Health Assn
Advisory Board
High Point seeks $6 million in $3.4 million CD funds
The High Point City Council faces fitting 6 million dollars in Community Development requests into 3.4 million dollars of funds for 1977 78. The Citizens Advisory Council proposed 22 projects including Southside Urban Renewal housing demolition utilities and street work along with Washington Drive rehabilitation studies and crime prevention measures.
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Lee Mortimer
High Point City
Citizens’ Advisory Council
CAC
Southside
Washington Drive
Faulty Fuse Triggers Citywide Power Outage
A defective fuse cut power to several Cloisters and Heritage Woods buildings in the northeast, lasting from 9:55 p.m. to 11:47 p.m. Utilities Director Bill Williams said extreme cold increased demand and that a burned-out fuse caused the outage. A separate Monday afternoon outage hit northwest sections when a tree limb struck a power line.
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Cloisters
Heritage Woods
City Utilities
Bill Williams
Williams
HRC Drops Civil Service Poll Idea In High Point
The High Point Human Relations Commission announced it will not conduct a poll of city employees on abolishing civil service. The decision, voted on unanimously at a Saturday meeting, cites lack of jurisdiction and notes the HRC's role is solving individual and community problems rather than interagency disputes.
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High Point Human Relations Commission
Civil Service
HRC
Government Neglect Began Exposing Public to Toxins
Frank Sizemore III, a former EPA lawyer, told a High Point College audience that years of government inaction and industry deception left Americans exposed to dangerous chemicals. He cited tests run by industry scientists, EPA resignations in protest, and the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbons in fatty tissue and foods, urging public awareness and stronger government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Frank Sizemore III
Environmental Protection Agency
High Point
Sizemore
Washington, D.C
Chemical Industry
EPA
Jeffrey Howard
William Reukauf
Hopewell
South
Jimmy Carter
The House That Jack Frost Built
Five local Eskimos named Julie Tester Andy Smith Chris Tester David Thompson and Brown Councill live in the Tester yard igloo on Westminster Drive in the area.
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Julie Tester
Andy Smith
Chris Tester
David Thompson
Brown Councill
Tester
Westminster Drive
Third Suspect Arrested in Tolbert Murder Case
Asheboro deputies report the arrest of Travis Junior Davis in four warrants for accessory before the fact of armed robbery and murder along with conspiracy. The case ties to $13 000 stolen during the Dec 30 shooting of used car dealer Marvin Floyd Tolbert. Davis previously faced a charge for offering money to an SBI agent to kill Pete Moody and had two bombs found at his home.
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Don Wrenn
Ashebord
Marvin Floyd Tolbert
Carl Moore
Travis Junior Davis
Route 6
Davis
SBI
Pete Moody
Asheboro
Tolbert
Robert Dean Davis
Randolph County
Texas
Tep Conroy Wright
California
Wright
Sharon
Robert Davis
Permission Sought For Condominium Units In High Point
Don Gilstrap seeks city approval to start a 40 unit townhouse condominium complex south of Northpoint Avenue near Kirkwood Street in High Point The project would be the first new development since 1974 when apartment vacancies rose sharply and slowed growth City planners note vacancy rates have since slipped and demand for apartments has risen again
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Ing
Don Gilstrap
Northpoint Avenue
Kirkwood Street
Gilwood North
Gilstrap
High Point
Carson Marsh Jr
City Planning Dept
Thomasville Honors Two Officers With Funeral Arrangements
Police announce an honor guard for the funerals of Robert Crawford and Dennis Spinnett, killed in a Saturday shooting. A 30 day mourning period is proclaimed, businesses close 2 to 3 pm Wednesday, and both services take place at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home Chapel.
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Thomasville
Robert Crawford
Dennis Spinnett
Don Truell
Dalton Myers
Myers
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
Crawford
Mike Wilkinson
van E. Brinkley
Holly Hills
Liberty Drive
Spinnett
Brinkley
Floral Garden Park
High Point
Dale Spinnett
Oaklawn Ave
Winston-Salem
Mills Home
Baptist Children’s Homes
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Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Wohlwen
High Point Enterprise
High Point Housing Authority
Housing Authority
Belvin Jessup
Washington Drive Group
Roy Culler
Robert Beatty
S. Main Street
Commerce Avenue
North State Telephone Co
HRC Civil Service
Jack
Frost
Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
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