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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1970
Page
9
City council reviews condominium plans on Brentwood Street with developer Ike Galenti of Modular Industries of Atlanta. He outlines screening, Tudor style variations, and a possible 180 unit build with 120 units contingent on market demand.
Firemen answered 58 calls between Saturday morning and 7:30 a.m. today. Most were frozen water pipes in homes and businesses, with a few fires put out. No severe damage reported. two fires on Saturday afternoon and one at 12:57 a.m. Sunday were extinguished.
A fatal crash on Interstate 85 east of High Point killed two women and a man, residents of Thomasville, as a car collided with a tractor-trailer. The victims were not yet identified, and the car bore a license tag registered to Russell James Howard Jr. of Thomasville.
Jan 15 is the deadline for nominations for two High Point Jaycees awards. The UE Distinguished Service Award honors the Outstanding Young Man of the Year, age 21 to 35, with the winner announced Jan 29 at a banquet with Jim Ollis as speaker. The Outstanding Young Educator of the Year nominations must be submitted by Jan 15 with written qualifications. The February winner will be announced after a fatal crash marred by a hearse collision and multiple deaths on a highway near a grade crossing. Russell Morris of Winchester was not seriously hurt. Bodies were identified at High Point Memorial Hospital as authorities cleared the scene with tow trucks and cutting torches.
In January 1969 William Moore Williams, about 40, of Thomasville, was arrested on a murder charge in the death of his wife Marie McCoy Williams, about 35. Deputy Jesse R. Cecil and SBI officers Henry Poole and Ed Webster made the arrest around 10 30 a m after reviving the nearly year old investigation.
Guilford County deputies hold Ray Joyner 43 in the local jail on a murder charge for the shotgun death of Rayford Alexander 68 of the Florence community. The suspect was arrested after a Sunday noon search following an argument prior to the shooting.
Snow and ice blanket City Lake with most surface covered in ice. A lone No Swimming sign peeks above the ice, appearing out of place. More snow fell overnight shaping driveways around Piedmont. Warmer weather expected this afternoon. forecasters predict a pause in snow for several days.
High Point area awoke to a two inch snowfall that closed schools and mobilized city and state snow crews. The storm followed bitter cold and brought widespread disruption with several counties considering reopenings as skies clear. Temperatures are expected to rise slowly with a gradual end to the cold spell.
Local section previews Monday afternoon content from High Point Enterprise dated January 12 1970. Section B items cover brief local updates with community notices and short features.
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