Taxicab Rate Cut Slated After City Talks
White patrons would pay less for long rides as Mayor Carson Stout and taxi operators reach a rate agreement. Red Bird Cab Co. approves 10 cents per half mile after the first mile with a 50 cent initial mile, under a new five year permit plan and revised ordinance. The council tentatively approves the ordinance and sets conditions for Negro and white firms, cab inspections, driver screening, and fleet sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Stout
Stout
Red Bird Cab Co
Red Bird
Blue Bird
Yellow Top
Council
Yellow Top Company
United Cab Co
United
Miss America Maria Fletcher Hosts Buyers at High Point Showroom
Asheville beauty, Miss America Maria Beale Fletcher, aids National Upholstery Co. at the Southern Furniture Exposition, pins boutonnieres, poses for photos, and chats with buyers between lines. She arrived after fog disrupted her flight, plans to remain in High Point through tomorrow, then head to Sanford for another pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Beale Fletcher
Asheville
National
Maria
High Point
Friendship Airport
Peggy O'Neal
St. Paul
Thomasville
Jacksonville
Fla
Miami
Peggy
Key Biscayne
Billy Graham
Jack Paar
Mr. Graham
Mr. Paar
Ledford PTA To Hear About Guidance Work
Ledford High School guidance program summary will be presented at the January Ledford PTA meeting. Miss Jane Tester guidance consultant will speak, with officers and committee chairmen meeting first at 7 p.m. A social hour with refreshments follows in the school cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Ledford High School
PTA
Jane Tester
Ledford
Warmer Sky Promises Clear Weather for Piedmont
A dry forecast shows a clear sky tomorrow with a partly clear Thursday. Temperatures hover with a possible small fall on Thursday as lows dip to the mid 20s and highs approach 50.
Prayer for TODAY by Paul S. Wright
A devotional prayer asserts that times are in God’s hand and asks for grace to meet unforeseen events without anxiety. It invokes strength through Christ and asks the Spirit to sustain in strenuous days, attributed to Paul S. Wright of Portland Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Paul S. Wright
Portland
Ore
First Presbyterian Church
Suit Filed in Guilford Court Over Highway Wreck
Charles M. Osborne Jr. of Guilford County sues Joe Henry Miller of Davidson County in Guilford Superior Court seeking 27250 for personal injuries plus 500 for medical expenses and 750 for loss of work from a October 26 1961 traffic accident on Highway 64 near Lexington alleging Miller negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Superior Court
Charles M. Osborne Jr
Guilford County
Joe Henry Miller
Davidson County
Osborne
Miller
Highway 64
Lexington
Kernersville Firm Entered By Thieves
Kernersville detectives probe a break in at Grubbs Motor Co discovered yesterday. The safe was drilled and over $1800 in cash stolen along with wrist watches jewelry and two revolvers. The entry may have been made through a side door that appears to have been locked from the inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
Grubbs Motor Co
James Hennings
Court Dismisses Robbery Charge Against Robert Franklin
A robbery charge against 35 year old Robert Franklin of Meredith Street was dismissed in Municipal Court. Franklin had been accused of attacking a man near E Washington Street, stealing $35, and was later held on vagrancy and drunkenness counts. Other defendants faced road sentence terms for assaults, larcenies and trespass with notices of judgment continuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Franklin
Meredith Street
Franklin
Lawrence Brown
E. Wash
Byron Haworth
Greensboro
James David Hunt
Rt. 1
Kernersville
Hunt
Old Master Stain Co
Myrtle Nichols White
Pegram Road
Franklin R. Marsh
Eugene Street
Steven Doyle Hudson
Haworth
High Point to Pick New Police Chief From Within
City Manager Harold Cheek asks Civil Service Commission to hold promotional exams for a new High Point police chief to replace C C Stoker who retired after 30 years. Written and oral tests on Feb 5 and Feb 12 with a five candidate eligible list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Harold Cheek
Civil Service Commission
C. C. Stoker
Cheek
Teague
Stoker
Dee
Police Department
Aliens Urged to File Address Reports by January 31
Lewis Dale Barton of the Immigration and Naturalization Service asked aliens in Washington DC Virginia and North Carolina who have not filed alien address report forms to do so by January 31 at a nearby INS office or post office. The law requires noncitizens excluding diplomats and some temporary workers to report addresses each January. Parents must file for aliens under 14 and penalties for violations are severe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Dale Barton
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington
D. C
Virginia
North Carolina
Immigration and Naturalization Service Office
United Nations
Barton
Post
Fire destroys Industrial Pipe Welding Co building near High Point
A late night blaze damaged the Industrial Pipe Welding Co structure at the junction of the superhighway and Baker Road. Fire officials believe the office may have started the fire. investigators continue probing the cause. Owners H G Kivett and F W Frazier reported no fire insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Industrial Pipe Welding Co
Baker Road
H.G. Kivett
Archdale
F. W. Frazier
McPherson Named To Bank's Board
Holt McPherson editor of The Enterprise was named a member of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company board after the directors meeting. Roscoe Adams announced gains and a favorable outlook for 1962 as executives discussed deposits loans and earnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McPherson
Holt McPherson
Enterprise
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Tors
Roscoe Adams
Richard B. Menius
Richard G. Page Jr
Trust Department
Wachovia
Adams
Two Drivers Face Booze Charges
Two High Point residents were charged with driving under the influence. Marie Gertrude Taylor was stopped on N Main and posted 300 bond for Municipal Court January 24. David Henry Williams was cited after a stop on E Washington and posted 300 bond for January 24. Douglas Laney faced two offenses after a reckless stop on Fifth Street and no valid license, with a 100 bond for Municipal Court January 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Marie Gertrude Taylor
Boulevard
N. Main Street
David Henry Williams
Day Street
E. Washington Street
Williams
Douglas Player Laney
Fifth Street
Laney
AFSC Opposes Civil Defense Activity As Life Values Stand
The American Friends Service Committee regional panel denounces current civil defense work, saying it threatens life and moral values. It cites peace as the only shelter and argues nuclear war deterrence becomes more likely and moral collapse could follow from preparedness efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Friends Service Committee
United Nations
Poet Nash Delivers Humorous Talk to Executives Club
Ogden Nash addressed the High Point Executives Club during the winter meeting, presenting humor as resisting world forces. He cited his grandchild balancing on a roof as a metaphor and recalled his ancestor Abner Nash, a former royal governor of North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wachovia
Southeast
McPherson
High Point College
Southern Furniture News
Journalism Foundation of North Carolina
American Council On Education For Journalism
Amerywood Country Club
North Carolina
Citizens Committee For Better
Rotary Natives Club
Pres- International
North Carolina Press Assn
Nash
High Point Chamber
Commerce
Execu
Board of
Public Tives Club
Cleo Dawson
Methodist Church
Ogden Nash
Abner Nash
High Point Executives Club
Executives Club
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Kirkman Park
By Robert Marks
Ashe
Ledford Pta
Dick Kostka
Southern Retail Furniture Assn
Claude Lawson
Joanna Furniture Co
Paul Stanfill
Woodruffs, Inc
Kostka
SRFA
Idea
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise
Arlee Hough
Huff
Cross Street
Johnnie McDonald
Hough
Spencer Cullins
E. High Street
Enterprise City Editor
Commission
AFSC
Suburbia
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