High Point Progress Reflected in Parks and Furniture Market Growth
The High Point budget for parks and recreation rose from 90 044.84 in 1949 50 to 274 275.00 in 1961 62 as city planning expands to meet changing leisure needs. The department employs 23 full time 5 year round and 112 seasonal workers with over eighty projects since 1950. The Southern Furniture and Rug Market thrives with multiple ten story additions and ongoing expansion. Civic pride drives welcoming visitors and private industry supports surrounding facilities.
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High Point
Taxpayer Burns Down Old House in Massachusetts
In Lanesboro Massachusetts Martin C Reilly a tavern keeper set fire to a 200 year old 18 room house after learning its tax assessment jumped from 1200 to 8600 during a reevaluation. The building on a 280 acre plot is thought to have belonged to humorist Josh Billings. Reilly owned it since 1948 and used it for storage. Volunteer firemen stood by.
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Lanesboro
Mass
Martin C. Reilly
Reilly
Massachusetts
Josh Billings
Kids Get Break On Trolleys
Washingtons two streetcar routes will shut down early Sunday but on Saturday and until 2 a.m. Sunday youngsters with an adult ride free. A D C Transit Co spokesman called it a nice gesture noting many kids may not get the chance to ride. Fire department had issued a permit to Reilly.
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Washington
D.C. Transit Co
Clare man bets wife, friends on eight day woods survival
Sandra Wedal joined 14 friends in a $10 each wager that Tony Wedal could survive eight days in a tent with dehydrated food and no shelter but the woods by Lake Beebe in Clare. A doctor reported Wedal in good health at the halfway point as dogged work and wood chopping keep him warm.
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Clare, Mich
Sandra Wedal
Tony Wedal
J. R. Gerson
Lake Beebe
Wedal
Clare
Courtney Bauer
Vedal
Bauer
Cape Canaveral Kids Disappointed by Orbital Shot Postponement
Cape Canaveral students from Edgewood Junior High Cocoa Beach Elementary and Cocoa Beach Elementary react to the postponement of Lt. Col. John Glenn's orbital flight. Teachers and principals, including James Lee and Robert Fritz, oversee countdowns while students study flight data and await a Saturday launch.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn
Cape Kids
James FE. Lee
Edgewood Junior High School
Glenn
Cocoa Beach
Diane Proshan
Astronaut Glenn
Robert Fritz
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Trailways Package Express
Union Bus
Lindsay Street
N. C
Fabric Sale
Navy
Ayn
Cocoatary
Beach Elementary
Cape
Roger Maris
Edgewood
Edgewood School
Merritt Island
Madelyn Buran
Wachovia
John Green
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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