City considers vertical sidewalk canopies in downtown
The planning commission recommended city council revise ordinances to permit vertical canopies supported by pillars on downtown sidewalks. Current rules allow cantilevered canopies covering 60 percent. proposed rule would require sidewalks at least 14 feet wide, with Main Street cited as 14 feet wide by planning director William Colonna amid widespread discussion.
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Planning Commission
Wright
Main Street
William Colonna
Redevelopment Commission
City Planning Associates
Colonna
Brim Joins Duke Executive Committee and City Canopy Debate
Greensboro attorney Kenneth M. Brim, a ten year Duke University trustee, elected to the board's executive committee replacing Amos R. Kearns who resigned from that post. J Welch Harris named to the building and grounds committee as part of board reorganization. Separately, city planners review urban renewal summaries ahead of a July public hearing, while discussions focus on canopy zoning and parking arrangements Downtown.
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Kenneth M. Brim
Greensboro
Duke University Board of Trustees
Brim
Amos R. Kearns
High Point
B. S. Womble
Kearns
J. Welch Harris
Center for Birth Defect Treatment Opening in Chapel Hill
The Guilford County Chapter of the National Foundation announces a Special Treatment Center for children with birth defects to open next October at the University of North Carolina Medical College in Chapel Hill. It will admit patients on outpatient or inpatient basis and is sponsored by the National Foundation.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Medical College
Guilford County
National Foundation
The
North Carolina
Foundation
United States
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Medical School
Rocha Approved As Premier Ends Brazilian Crisis
Brazil's Parliament votes 215 to 58 to approve Francisco Brochado de Rocha as prime minister, ending a two week government crisis marked by riots that left 11 dead. He is a Rio Grande do Sul official and the third nominee of President Joao Goulart.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Francisco Brochado de Rocha
Joao Goulart
Rocha
Rio Grande Do Sul
Goulart
Tancredo Neves
New Tenant Has Problems At Kennedy Estate Sublease
Mrs. Paul Entenman of New York City sublets Glen Ora estate in Middleburg Virginia from President and Mrs Kennedy. She gains the house grounds pool and guest house but inherits security restrictions meant to protect the president and government property. She must identify herself on arrival and departure and for any guest.
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Middleburg
Paul Entenman
New York City
Glen Ora
Kennedy
Entenman
Hunt Country
Virginia
Kennedys
Boy Injured When Struck By Auto
A 17 year old boy, Del Ray Wilson of Anderson Street, was hit by a car at the FE Russell Drive and Pershing Street intersection at 4 06 p m and treated at a physician's office. Mary Key Reid of Liberty Road was charged with running a stop sign and striking the bicycle. The driver said she did not see the bicycle until too late. Car damage was listed at 20 dollars to the right side. A separate 11 15 a m collision injured Cornelius James Ashworth of Radford Street when he hit a mail truck driven by Harry Carter Williams of Barker Street. No charges were filed.
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FE. Russell Drive
Pershing Street
del Ray Wilson
Anderson Street
Mary Key Reid
Liberty Road
E. Russell Street
Cornelius James Ashworth
Radford Street
Ashworth
Harry Carter Williams
Barker Street
Williams
Radford St
Ash
Speech by High Point Professor on Community Colleges
Dr. Robert Hislop head of the business administration department at High Point College spoke to the High Point American Business Club. He urged support for small community colleges noting their personal adjustments and flexible curricula that prepare students for changing business needs and praised cooperation with local business for mutual benefit.
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Robert Hislop
High Point College
High Point
Hislop
Levant Hospitalized for Chest Congestion in Hollywood
Oscar Levant, 51, hospitalized since last Thursday at Mt. Sinai, treated for chest congestion. Hospital staff had earlier declined to reveal the illness. Levant has been semi retired since his last television appearance as a comedian interviewer four years ago.
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Hollywood
Oscar Levant
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Levant
Three Drunk Driving Defendants Freed by Local Juries
Three men charged with driving while intoxicated were found not guilty after short deliberations in Municipal Court. Defendants James Poindexter Ernest Barrett and Hollis Patterson faced multiple continuances since their arrests in 1961. juries ruled there was insufficient evidence beyond a reasonable doubt. In a separate action Virgil Jenkins of the Elks Lodge faced charges for allegedly selling whisky to an undercover agent on January 7. The case involved contested membership history and testimony from the undercover agent.
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James Oliver Poindexter
Clover Drive
Ernest W. Barrett
Foust Street
Hollis Cecil Patterson
Moffitt Drive
Poindexter
Highway 68
Ernest Barrett
Patterson
Virgil Jenkins
Elks Lodge
East Street
Jenkins
John W. Langford
E. Washington Street
Rural Home Looted In Davidson County
Deputies investigated a break in at Joe Morris’s Midway School road home in Davidson County yesterday between 11 am and 2 pm. Entry used a shattered back door pane and the intruder ransacked the two story home taking two radios a fan a .22 rifle a wrist watch a record player a pair of men’s shoes a pair of earrings and $35 in cash.
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Thomasville
Davidson County Sheriff's Department
Joe Morris
Midway School Road
Alarm triggers false alarm at Masonite plant
Thomasville firemen answered an accidental alarm at Masonite Inc on Carolina Avenue. Officials said a plant worker jarred the automatic system triggering the alert.
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Thomasville
Masonite Inc
Carolina Ave
Permits Granted for Homes in Thomasville Local area
Thomasville issues five permits for property work. A $1000 repair permit was issued to Miss Bain Johnson for 318 Spring St. A Cohen Street new residence by C. W. Gilliam at $7375 is approved. An addition at 5 Hodges Dr for Julian Crawford at $450 is authorized. Repairs at 522 High St to Brokers Inc. and 126 Church St to Hazel Armstrong each receive $300 permits.
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Bain Johnson
Cohen Street
C. W. Gilliam
Julian Crawford
Hodges Dr
Brokers Inc
High St
Hazel M. Armstrong
Church St
Woman Agrees To Enter Hospital After Donation Offer
Helen Herbert a 52 year old Caucasian woman agreed to commit herself to a private hospital authorities said. She had attempted to donate 11000 to the Black Muslim movement and was released from General Hospital after carrying 41000 in cash and stocks when she offered money to help kill white people.
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Los Angeles
Helen Herbert
General Hospital
Fireman Must Lose Weight To Keep Job
Henry Potoczny a 265 pound Philadelphia firefighter was reinstated by the Civil Service Commission but must lose at least five pounds monthly for six months to remain on active duty. He is required to shed 30 pounds over the period as a condition of his reinstatement.
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Philadelphia
Henry Potoczny
Fire Department
The
Civil Service Commission
Author Gets Five Years for Drug Sale Case
Clarence Levi Cooper Jr., a 28-year-old Detroit author of The Scene, was sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of selling narcotics to a federal agent. Arrested December 1960, he wrote the novel during time at Ionia Reformatory and testified he had relapsed into addiction.
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Detroit
Clarence Levi Cooper Jr
Cooper
Ionia Reformatory
Harris Convicted in Distillery Case Over Cherry Bark Defense
Claude Jackson Harris testified he was just piddling around hunting cherry bark to treat a cold. U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson convicted the 24-year-old of working at a distillery and fermenting a mash intended for use in distilling unlawful liquor.
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Chattanooga
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REG. Gas
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