City budget eyes Dumpster fees and power rate hikes
The council debates funding from Dempster Dumpster fees and a 7 percent power-rate increase aligned with Duke Power rates. Mayor Bencini questions fairness of dumpster charges while critic Roy Culler proposes one free pickup weekly for about 200 customers. Officials target $21 million budget and timely adoption by July 28.
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Forrest Cates
Harold Cheek
Bill Bencini
Cheek
Bencini
Roy Culler
Duke Power Company
N. C. Utilities Commission
High Point Power System
Renewal Of Effort Is Asked By High Point Board
Irvin Black Jr. became chairman of the High Point Human Relations Commission and urged renewed effort to meet goals of better housing and job opportunities. He cited a landlord overcharge case and hinted at a water billing dispute unresolved by the City Council. Council liaison Joe Patterson pledged council support and a future Model Cities tour and monthly meetings. The council also appointed Robert Marks to the Library Board, replacing Mrs. Jack Rochelle.
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Forrest Cates
High Point Human Relations Commission
John Haworth
Irvin Black Jr
Joe Patterson
Black
Commission
Haworth
Robert Marks
Jack Rochelle
May to May furniture plant sales show boost across South
May 1971 activity in Southern furniture plants rose with 27.9 percent higher sales than May 1970 while shipments and production also advanced. Payrolls climbed 4.8 percent from May 1970, and unfilled orders in 14 states grew 34.2 percent year over year.
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JIM Hawkins Enterprise
South
Southern Furniture Manufacturers
Assa
SFMA
Two Are Hurt In City Wrecks
Two people sustained minor injuries in separate city crashes Thursday. David White, 29, was a passenger in a collision on Brentwood Street between a Wilson and a Gregory driven car. Beatrice Harris, 23, was hurt when Harold Ervin's vehicle ran off Fairview Street into a fence and Ervin was charged with failure to speed to avoid the accident.
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David White
Camden Street
John L. Wilson
EB. Commerce Street
Harold Kenneth Gregory
Davis Avenue
Brentwood Street
Kivett Drive
White
Wilson
Beatrice Harris
Harold Kenny Ervin
Ward Street
Fairview Street
Taylor Street
Ervin
City Auto Tag Boost Is Killed
Raleigh AP reports the House voted 58 40 to kill a bill raising city auto tag fees from 1 to 2 dollars. The measure had passed second reading 54 41 earlier. sponsor Rep Herschel Harkins said funds would support off street parking. Opponent Rep J B Vogler called it a nuisance tax.
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Raleigh
Herschel Harkins
D-Buncombe
Harkins
Theft Reported in Thomasville at 112 Cannon St
Police investigated a break in at Mrs. Todd's Thomasville home on Cannon Street. Entry was gained through a side window screen. Missing items included change comprising nine Kennedy half dollars and pennies.
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Thomasville
Cannon St
Todd
John Sylvester Brummett
Bethel Avenue
Old Thomasville Road
Purcell
Purcell Supply Co
N. Elm Street
J. ©. Strickland Jr
Washington Terrace Park
Recreation
Donald Wayne McManus
Phillip L. Matthews
Rt. 1
Jamestown
Robbie Lee McDonald
Daniel Brooks
Three of four robbers jailed in June 19 Kaye Service Station theft
High Point Police arrested Vicki Adams Bean 21 and Ernest Sands Jr. 20 of Thomasville and a juvenile in the June 19 Kaye Service Station robbery on English Road. A fourth suspect, a High Point woman, remains at large. The group allegedly struck attendant James Edwards, taking 47 dollars cash, two oil cases and three packs of cigarettes.
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Kaye
English Road
High Point
Vicki Adams Bean
Ernest Samuel Sands Jr
Rt. 6
Thomasville
James Edwards
Edwards
Alex Drakulakos
Hawthorne Street
Drakulakos
Eagle House
N. Main Street
Lexington Avenue
June 1971 Building Permits Highlight Inspections Report
Freeman Hill reports June 1971 building permits total value 2,121,297, second only to April's 4 million and below last June's 3.0 million. The month saw 66 single family units plus a six unit apartment building valued at 975,582, with 9 business-improvement permits totaling about 1.0 million. A year earlier housing permits totaled 2.6 million from 29 permits and business permits 289,300 from 16. See Building on 12-B.
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Freeman Hill
Hill
Candidacy Talk Fizzles For Raleigh Politician People
In Raleigh the talk of pending candidacies for governor, senator, and other offices is pervasive yet often meets reluctance. Officials like Sen. Herman Moore and Secretary Thad Eure note candidacy is self driven, not urged by friends, and many would be hopefuls misread encouragement as support. A lighthearted glimpse shows family chatter and chores trump political plans as a candidacy never gets off the ground.
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Raleigh
U.S
Thad Eure
Eure
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Duke
Debt Service
Ad Valorem
General Gov't
High Point Enterprise
Monthieu Ave
Art Richardson
J. B. Vogler
Dmecklenburg
House
Sen
Herman Moore
Mecklenburg
Moore
Tom Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Teresa
Cleaners
Zesely
Mary Allen
Bryan
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