Unemployment Rises in High Point December 1976
December 1976 High Point unemployment reached 5.8 percent, up from 5.6 in November, with 1,964 jobseekers and 31,730 employed. Guilford County up to 5.5 percent. six county Piedmont Triad SMSA at 5.4 percent, all six counties showing year over year gains in employment.
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High Point
William Hollar
Local Employment Security Commission Office
Hollar
Guilford County
Piedmont Triad Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
Smsa
Stokes
Some Have It Some Don’t Fowl Compare Welfare vs Plenty
Two fowl pictures illustrate wealth disparity. Ducks arrive as newcomers in need of water and grain, fed by High Point residents. A guinea on a Davidson County farm shows abundance with a fat tummy and ample food amid plenty.
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High Point
Davidson County
City official touts Mobil Toter garbage system in High Point
City Manager Cy Brooks introduces Public Works Director Carl Wills as he explains the Mobil Toter cart system adopted to save money. The program provides each home an 80 gallon cart picked up curbside twice weekly, with 24 city locations already converting and full city rollout planned by July.
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Carl Wills
High Point Kiwanis Club
Cy Brooks
High Point
Wills
Public Works Dept
Greensboro
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
United States
Albemarle
Garner
North Carolin
Hampton
Tax Listing Deadline Nears in Guilford County
Greensboro and High Point residents have one business day left to list personal property for 1977 taxes. Monday is the final day to file without a 10 percent penalty, with mail submissions allowed to the Tax Department. High Point office stays open until 5:30 p.m and Greensboro until 5 p.m. The year emphasizes personal property as the department expands records of real estate.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Tax Dept
Monda Officies
High Point
Tax Pt
West End Shooting Kills Man and Wounds Three
A Friday West End violence spree left James Edward Lewis dead and three others injured after a gun and knife confrontation near English Road and West Point Avenue. Randy Grindstaff faces murder charges as police probe related robberies and a shotgun assault on Preston McDuffie and a package store holdup by three black men.
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Braxton Younts
English Road
West Point Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
Jimmy Isaac Lewis
Cox Avenue
Thomasville
Charles Edward Lewis
Billy Joe Grindstaff
Lewises
Grindstaff
High Point
Randy Lee Grindstaff
Billy
Randy
West End
John Grindstaff
N. Centennial- Kivett Drive
Randy Grindstaff
Taomancile
Richard Wayne Sturdevent
Hobbs Avenue
Raymond Franklin Carlton
Ingram Street
Larry Levon Grainger
Rt. 1
Jerry Randall Mills
Preston Junior
McDuffie
Sharon Street
S. Centennial Street
Doris J. Austin
Hank’s
High Point Enterprise Item on Page Two A
A fragment from the January 29 1977 High Point Enterprise notes a Saturday afternoon item on page 2A with brief local content and unnamed details.
Lexington Man Slays Two and Kills Self
A Lexington man shot and killed his wife and mother-in-law then killed himself Friday morning. Victims are Judy Dwiggens Wilson 31 and Lucille Coach Dwiggens Hall 52. The shooter, John Wayne Wilson 32, died by shotgun blast after firing at his father-in-law Ernest Hall who escaped. Autopsies planned in Chapel Hill. Wilson's relatives and survivors listed.
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Lexington
Inlaw
Davie County
John Wayne Wilson
Route 4
Judy Dwiggens Wilson
Hunt Street
Lucille Coach Dwiggens Hall
Hall Street
Wilson
Ernest Hall
Hall
Chapel Hill
Mr. Wilson
Florence County
S.C
Herbert
Dorothy Hilbourne Wilson
Pilot
Donna Kay Wilson
John Wayne Wilson Jr
Dorothy Ann Wilson
Raleigh
Carolyn Jenkins
Cerrogordo
Billy Mack Wilson
Edgard G. Wilson
Evergreen
Ronald Dale Wilson
Nathan Earl Wilson
Piedmont Funeral Home
Train Hits Auto Near Randolph Street in Thomasville
Two people were slightly injured when their car moved into a slow moving train near Randolph Street and Julian Avenue. Carrie Garland, 64, and her husband Alex Garland, 75, were treated and released after the collision caused $1,800 damage.
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Thomasville
Randolph Street
Julian Avenue
Carrie Caroline Garland
Liberty Arms Apts
Garland
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High Point Enterprise
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High Enterprise
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
AP News
Post Office
Shesek Das
Ciagarette
Art Rict
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