New Death Law For N C Seen
Raleigh AP reports after the Supreme Court struck down North Carolina’s death penalty, reactions split. Civil Liberties Union head George Gardner opposes capital punishment but praises the ruling that spared 117 slated for execution. lawmakers and candidates debate a new law and a possible special session. The decision affects 11? death row inmates as guards note cautious calm amid uncertainty.
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North Carolina
Supreme Court
North Carolina Civil Liberties Union
George Gardner
High Court
Gardner
Russia
Nazi Germany
Coy Privette
Jim Holfhouser
Holfhouser
David Flaherty
Carl Stewart
Dgaston
George Wood
Lewis Powell
Ludy Waxton
James Tyrone Woodson
Shirley Whittington Butler
Dunn
Blatherie Carroll
Waxton
Lumberton
Joe Freeman Britt
Scotland
Robeson
John Ed Davenport
D-Nash
General Assembly
Obituaries: James Wesley Woodruff Bertha Grubb Yarbrough Cross
Obituaries note James Wesley Woodruff 58 of 711 Commerce Ave funeral Monday 11 am Memorial United Methodist Church burial Carolina Biblical Garden body remains Hairlip Funeral Home Sunday 7 8 pm Died Thursday night at High Point Memorial Hospital Bertha Koontz Grubb 77 of Linwood RL 1 funeral 2 pm Sunday Yadkin Baptist Church burial Smith Grove Baptist Church Cemetery body moved from Piedmont Funeral Home to home 11 am today George Avery Yarbrough 53 of Darragh Street Pittsburgh PA funeral 4 30 pm Sunday Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel burial Forest Hill Memorial Park family 7 9 pm tonight died Thursday in Pittsburgh former Davidson County resident Annie Yarbrough Cross 76 of 403 Cotton Grove Rd Lexington died Friday 115 pm in Lexington Memorial Hospital born Davidson County daughter of Newbern and Dora Walton Yarbrough widow of Jessie Elton Cross retired Wenona Cotton Mills member Second Presbyterian Survivors all of Lexington daughters Margaret Owens Mont Nance brothers Bill and Tim Yarbrough sisters Ethel Hartley Gulie Koontz Valle Michael Martha Simpson Nancy Leonard Piedmont Funeral Home awaiting arrangements
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J. W. Woodru
James Wesley Woodruff
Commerce Ave
Memorial United Methodist Church
Belvin J Jessup
Carolina Biblical Garden
Hairlip Funeral Home
Mr. Woodruff
High Point Memorial Hospital
G. A. Yarbrough
Lexington
George Avery Yarbrough
Darragh Street
Pittsburgh
Piedmont Funeral Home
Doyle Bowers
Forest Hill Memorial Park
J. E. Cross
Annie Yarbrough Cross
Cotton Grove Rd
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Davidson County
Newbern
Dora Walton Yarbrough
Jessie Elton Cross
Wenona Cotton Mills
Second Presbyterian Church
Margaret Owens
Mont Nance
Burglary and theft rounds up High Point incidents
Police report multiple burglaries and thefts across High Point. Sweets Amoca Service and a laundromat saw flashlights, tires, and change stolen. several residents reported radios and pocketbooks taken from cars and homes. Local arrests included a mix of larceny and alcohol offenses.
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Greensburg Road
High Point
Emery Wood
W Lexington Avenue
Claude Thomas Guyver
N Centennial Street
Aubrey Strother
Accused in Burglary Cases Waive Hearings
Alvis R. James and Betty S. MecMasters, both charged with first degree burglary, waived preliminary hearings before Judge Walter Clark and were bound over to Superior Court. Henrietta B. Robinson was found guilty of attempted forgery and given a two year suspended sentence with probation and restitution. Additional cases include convictions for issuing worthless checks, assault with a deadly weapon, and various vehicular and drug offenses with suspended sentences and fines. Several state dismissals occurred in weapon, larceny, and drunken driving charges.
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Alvis R. James
Thomasville
Betty S. MecMasters
Asheboro
Walter Clark
Henrietta B. Robinson
Graves Avenue
Ms. Robinson
Aaron S. Hedrick
Cedron Drive
Gordon Long
English Road
Clark
Eugene Marsh
Barker Avenue
Marsh
Roger Dale Isaacs
Rt. 1
Sophia
Lillie Little
Cable Street
Thomas Fred Sanders
Maryland
Danny Thomas Stillwell
Tank Avenue
Kenneth Ray Neeves
Grace Street
Neeves Barry Joe Bolen
Woodbine Street
Ronald Hayes
Ward Avenue
Hayes
Ray Owens
Archdale
Evelyn Gill
Clara Cox Homes
Philip Lee Tysinger
Mill Avenue
Tysinger
Guilford County Board Sets Hearings On Taxes
Greensboro The Guilford County Board of Commissioners will meet July 20 21 and 22 for three days in High Point at the City-County Building and in Greensboro at the courthouse. The cut off for hearing requests is July 6 with reasons in writing. The hearings follow a 30 percent downvaluation of land in downtown Greensboro and High Point, which may deter some property owners.
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Guilford
Tax Dept. Das
High Point
Brooks
Board of Equalization
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Linwood
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I. V. Nelson
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Guilford County Agricultural Center
Clover Drive
Sternberger Motor Corp
Sf Linden Avenue
Lili Rhodes
Winslow Street
E Green Drive
Kath Hodge
New Street
High Point Coal and Ice Co
Betty Kennedy
Playground Street
Courtesy Road
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Martha Hartzell
Anderson Place
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Hoskins Street
Tommy Junior Lawson
Winston- Salem
Alaene Willson
High Point Enterprise
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Academy Street
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Greenview Terrace
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