Truck Car Collision Near High Point Injures Two
A 22 year old Donald E Johnson of Geddie Avenue faces a court hearing after a two vehicle wreck with a sanitation truck owned by the City of High Point. Johnson ran a stop sign at Highland Road and W Green Street causing the crash. The sanitation truck driver Sam Harris of Mobile Street was treated for a knee injury while Johnson suffered facial abrasions. Cargo debris included hundreds of wooden legs for television sets scattered at the scene.
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Geddie Avenue
Donald E. Johnson
High Point
Johnson
Highland Road
W. Green Street
Sam Harris
Mobile Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Bible Conference Opens At Emerywood Baptist Church
The first Mid-Winter Bible Conference at Emerywood Baptist Church begins tonight at 7 30 led by Dr W A Haggai of Calvary Baptist Church Binghamton New York father of pastor Tom Haggai Lectures cover I and II Timothy Sessions run nightly through Friday with child attendance activities and an open Q A period Nursery Beginners Primaries Juniors classes led by Mrs David Lee Miss Ruth Ellis and Mrs H E Hutto. Dr Haggai a Damascus Syria native converted there via a Presbyterian missionary later came to the United States studied at Moody Calvin and Southern Baptist Seminary and has led conferences nationwide the past 15 years he serves as pastor in New York and guest lecturer at Johnson City Baptist Seminary.
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Emerywood Baptist Church
W. A. Haggai
Calvary Baptist Church
Binghamton
N. Y
Tom Haggai
David Lee
Ruth Ellis
H. E. Hutto
Damascus
Syria
United States
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Calvin College of Grand
Caution Advised Flu Nips At High Pointers But Not Epidemic
Local doctors report unusually high flu cases in High Point with non virulent strains and no city wide epidemic. Absenteeism remains normal while James town faces higher child absences and garbage crew shortages. Doctors urge bed rest fluids and fever reducers. 24 to 48 hour watch advised. Greensboro outbreak labelled epidemic by county health director though overall scene remains manageable. Drugstores see demand for antibiotics and cough syrups as chickenpox minor wave circulates among children.
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High Point
Greensboro
E. H. Ellinwood
Griffin Resigns as High Point Planning Director
Acting Planning Director Bert Winterbottom named to take over after Griffin resigns to take a Washington PR post. Winterbottom, UW Wisconsin geography graduate, joined planning staff last June. No progress on a new city manager. committee advertises several strong prospects and expects a delay. Hinson will stay on as consultant after hiring.
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Bert Winterbottom
High Point
T. E. Hinson
Winterbottom
Bob Griffin
Griffin
Washington, D. C
Hinson
Bill Colonna
University of Wisconsin
High’ S Point
Wiocer
Sae Debtibidians
Iesten
Suburban Homes Drive 1960 Market Outlook in D C
Washington reports that homes built in the last decade are forecast to dominate the 1960 residential market. High Point Realtors president Jack Green told 1,000 real estate executives at the NAERB mid winter meeting that buyers seek basements garages second bathrooms a half bath on the first floor and a dining room with such features most common in homes built since 1950. Eisenhower gave greetings at a breakfast during the session.
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Washington, D. C
Jack Green
High Point Board of Realtors
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Green
Eisenhower
3M Moves Into New Warehouse in High Point
The High Point branch of Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. relocates to a newly completed 12,000 square foot building at 2401 Brevard St. in Drake Industrial Park. W. E. King, branch office manager, announced the move from 1501 S. Main St, noting service coverage for North and South Carolina and Virginia with a wide range of 3M products.
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High Point
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
St. Paul
Two Teens Involved in Thanksgiving Eve Slaying
Trial of Billy Ladd Brown 16 and Roger Dell Wilson 15 was postponed in Superior Court due to defense counsel illness. The youths admitted shooting melon farmer M. J. Hoover as he read his evening paper at home on November 25. They claim to have stolen about $350, with $300 recovered from a burial site. Hoover died from a .22 caliber bullet to the head.
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Lindsay
Boyan
Lindsay Fritz
Protection
Horace Kornegay
M. J. Hoover
Billy Ladd Brown
Roger Dell Wilson
Richardson Preyer
Dan Whitley
Hoover
Warming Trend Continues Ahead Of Rain Thursday
Piedmont forecasts call for a continued warming trend through tonight with a low around 28 and high near 50. Temperatures will fall Thursday with rain likely, after a low of 25 overnight.
Comptroller Greets Mouse Trap Cost Five Cents
Baltimore AP reports city comptroller R. Walter Graham tracks pennies. He set a mouse trap in his office. a cleaning woman removed trap and mouse next morning. He quips he is glad to catch the quarry but wants the five cent trap reimbursed.
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Baltimore
R. Walter Graham
Graham
Grass Fires Put Out by Firemen Across Six Alarms
Firefighters answered six alarms yesterday with four grass fires. The first at 429 Tate St at 12 03 p m followed by wash of gasoline from a wreck at W Green and Highland St at 2 50 p m. Additional grass fires occurred on Centennial Ave 411 and This sell St at 3 26 and 3 55 p m. A trash fire on Flaherty St at 4 31 p m and a field fire near Triangle Lake and Baker Rd at 11 65 p m. The cause remains unknown.
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Tate St
W. Green
Highland Streets
Centennial Ave
Thissell St
Flaherty Street
Triangle Lake
Baker Road
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Highland Avenue
Janet Teague
Phillips Fescue
Conference On Bible
J. W. McGuinn
Coe
Jamestown
Kenneth Miller
George Ao
Fritz
Central
Dick Bickerton
Enterprise
Lindsay Monroe Fritz
Central Prison
Raleigh
L. Richardson Preyer
Preyer
Bogan
William Fritz
Caen
Dal Bayles
Charles Conzaga Streeton
Central Priso
Dix Hill
Prson
Judge Preyer
N. C. Department of Revenue
W. Green St
W. T. Fritz
Sonotone Hearing Center
Sheraton Hotel
High Point, N. C
Cecil
Rexall
N. Main St
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