State reforms shift focus to community youth rehab
North Carolina's juvenile corrections overhaul aims to move status offenders from training schools to community based rehabilitation. About 200 programs operate statewide, with Youth Outreach in Randolph County and Exodus House facing state grant prospects, while concerns arise over local capacity and potential reversal of gains at the Board of Youth Development as departments shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
General Assembly
Randolph County
High Point Model Cities
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Watson
Youth Unlimited
Exodus House
Watson
Board of Youth Development
Dept. of Corrections
Dept. of Human Resources
Timberlake
Guilford County
Guilford Technical Institute and
Elder Care Convalescent Service of
Greensboro
W.W. Bishop
Elder Care Service
Fourth of July no-brainers and things that didn't happen
A humorous, rambling diary style piece recounts a week post Fourth of July with a string of small, mostly harmless misfortunes and non-events. The narrator notes no firecracker mishaps, avoided rain, vexing car ashtray incidents, few garden potatoes, two Walt Disney movies avoided, pants shopping quirks, and lack of broccoli or celebrity TV appearances, ending with a reflection on people focusing on what they didn’t do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thad
Walt Disney
John Wayne
Doris Day
Chipmunk Day Featured in Local Oddity
Photographer Sonny Hedgecock spotted a chipmunk at 801 W. Ray Street near the B. C. Fowler residence. The tiny creature prowled for food on a hot muggy summer day, with no plan for any commemorative event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Chipmunk
Sonny Hedgecock
B. C. Fowler
W. Ray Street
Furniture Market Upswing Boosts High Point Industry
The High Point summer furniture market opens as the industry reports a slow steady Recovery from the late 1970s slump. Silver Craft Furniture Co. plant manager Darrell Pierce cites new orders from West Coast accounts and improved showroom traffic after the April market. Workers recalled to full schedules, higher priced lines hold steady, and optimism grows with the market improving since spring. State Employment Security Commission also notes a brighter outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Darrell Pierce
Silver Craft Furniture Co
High Point
Pierce
Silver Craft
California
West Coast
SilverCraft
Jack Campbell
Schoonbeck Co
Campbell
North Carolina music festival shown at High Point library
A festival style tribute to American music features the North Carolina film Red White and Bluegrass shown at 1 3 and 7 p m in the High Point Public Library community room. Library records and tapes are on display with an open house from 1 to 4 p m and 6 30 to 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heartland America
High Point Public Library
North Carolina
Tourists Flood North Carolina Resorts This 4th of July
Rising gasoline prices did not deter thousands of visitors from flocking to North Carolina mountains and beaches over the holiday weekend. Officials report one of the busiest Fourth of July periods in years as motel rooms fill and tourists pour into Asheville Wrightsville Beach and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert H. Reid
Associated Press
North Carolina
Vickie Nix
Wrightsville Beach
All My Children sparks soap opera debate and nostalgia
A reader vents about hour long soaps extending plots with flashbacks and melodrama. She recalls enjoying the half hour version and notes broader watching habits, including students and workers shaping schedules around the show. The piece touches viewer attachment and even production staff reactions before closing with a weather forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff
Ericka
Mary
Sunday Rates and Service Terms in New Letterhead
Fragmentary text shows subscription pricing and terms, mentions Sunday edition pricing, monthly and yearly rates, and a notice about Associated Press reproduction rights. Also references entering second class mail at a post office, and advertising representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Focal News
AP News
Pett
Kinsaigh
Wet Point
Seceng
Portage
High Point Enterprise, Inc
eSrtin
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Edgar Timberlake
Forrest
HICH
W. A. Hollar
State Employment Security Commission
Oakview Recreation Center
Parks and Recreation Dept
Astor Dowdy Towers
Tommy Shoaf
Central High School
Harvey Allen
Marie Archer
Lynneth Binkley
Judy Callahan
Jimmy Crawford
Arnold Crouch
Gwen Dodson
Phylliss Faidley
Bill Hillard
Rebecca Keever
Joan McElfresh
Joy McKinnon
Norma Parham
Betty Wall
L. G. Wilson
Jan Nibbelink
Quaker Lane
National Guard
Asheville
Jerry VeHaun
Buncombe County
New York
Eileen Fulton
Lisa Hughes
Bob
Kenneth Harvey
Doug Martin
Search For Tomorrow
Friendship Weatherman
By Faye Marks
High Point Enterprise
N.C
Butte
Coles
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