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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1972
Page
9
January reads like spring as temperatures rise, prompting relaxed goofing around captured by Sonny Hedgecock. The scene shows mild conditions inviting outdoor activity despite the season.
The Vets and the Drys favoring retention of Sunday beer bans clash on the city council amid a 4 to 4 split. Council members weigh revised state law that curbs city bans and requires re enactment to exclude brown bagging licensees.
Section B of the High Point Enterprise published on Monday January 24 1972 features local news briefs calendars and community notices with a compact card sized layout.
Schoolmates and friends of Roy Lee Coble, 16, badly injured in a Dec. 29 crash involving a car and motorcycle, start a fund drive to ease his family's burden. Roy F. Naylor and wife at 214 Westridge Dr. will receive contributions. Coble remains unconscious in intensive care at High Point Memorial Hospital with hospital costs already surpassing $3,500 not including physicians' fees.
Four young men face assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of assault on a police officer with a firearm after a Feb. 10, 1971 gun battle during an eviction at a Black Panther headquarters. Defendants are Larry Medley Bradford Lilley George Dewitt and Randolph Jennings. Medley wounded and Lt. Shaw Cooke critically hurt.
Police reported at least five major thefts over the weekend as suspects struck multiple sites including the Cavalier Motor Lodge where three men allegedly took two televisions and two bedspreads valued at 680 dollars. Other incidents involved a mink jacket stolen from Collier-Ellis and Co. and several cars recovered after being stolen. A series of arrests followed for larceny assault and DUI among others. A Marine officer will address the High Point chapter Friday at the Sheraton Hotel.
High Point board tabled the idea of a public relations director ombudsman amid opposition from Superintendent Dr. Dean B. Pruette. Pruette argued the position would undermine leadership and urged staffing changes to ease his workload. The board plans to consider a staff review program and proposals for hiring PR roles at later meetings.
Bids for the first stage of widening N C 68 between High Point and Friendship Airport are to be opened by the State Highway Commission Tuesday. The 4.7 mile section from N Main Street in High Point to near Deep River Church will create a five lane urban highway at an estimated cost of 2 million dollars. The project will extend beyond this section with two additional segments planned to connect to I 40 and rejoin the current N C 68 alignment. No bid date for the other sections or public hearings on the third section have been set.
Six District V finalists including a Jamestown youth were named for the Morehead Awards to study at the University of North Carolina. Finalists and two alternates were chosen from 19 nominees and four counties after interviews in Greensboro.
In Charlotte and Raleigh Humphrey faced rough start with a dead battery and a stuck door on arrival. He defended his stance, attacked Nixon, and urged labor and minority outreach while noting high unemployment among youths.
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