Jury Rules Defendant In Rape Case Incompetent
A Superior Court jury found William Kearns mentally incompetent in a rape case and ordered commitment to Hood State Hospital in Golds Hassell. Kearns was arrested on Tate Street last March for raping an eight year old girl. police said the child told her mother who alerted authorities. Defense witness Dr. John W. Turner testified the defendant could not cooperate in mounting a defense.
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Hood State Hospital
Golds- Hassell
William Kearns
Tate Street
Edward Post
John W. Turner
Turner
Kearns
Goldsboro
Post
Walter E. Johnston Jr
Aston-Salem
Johnston
Willie Smith
Smith
Lucendia
Teens Nabbed in Evening Theft Ring Run by Teenagers
Police arrested two teenage suspects, George C. Branscom 17 and Willie Arthur Shirley 16, after a theft spree at Lexington and Centennial. They faced counts of larceny and receiving for stealing hubcaps and a carpenter’s power saw from local vehicles. The case includes multiple other local arrests and court actions from this session.
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George C. Branscom
Centennial Avenue
Willie Arthur Shirley
E. Lexington Avenue
Lexington
Centeneich
Shower Outlook: Warmer, Humid Skies Ahead
Clouds gather with a weatherman predicting about 89 degrees. Tonight’s low expected, with a slight warm change Friday as skies turn partly cloudy and humid. Thursday highs near 9 degrees, five days show scattered showers totaling about one third inch. seasonal temperatures near normal.
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Indi
North Carolina Breeders Named to American Angus Association
Jack Rochelle of High Point elected to membership at St Joseph Missouri in the American Angus Association. He joins four purebred Aberdeen Angus breeders in North Carolina named to membership during the past month.
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Jack Rochelle
High Point
St. Joseph
North Carolina
Suburban Area Paper Drive Set Sunday
Archdale Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9899 will hold a scrap paper drive Sunday. Trucks will canvass Archdale Allen Jay Trinity Bakertown Burton Street Extension and Fairmont Park. Residents should place tightly bundled scrap by 1 p.m. Special pickups by calling 21703 before 1 p.m. Sunday. No drive within city limits due to a prior Jaycees pickup in late June.
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Archdale Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Archdale
Allen Jay
Trinity
Bakertown
Burton Street
Fairmont Park
Jaycees
City Budget Nears Final Approval Amid Temporary Adjournment
Council adjourned until 2 p.m. to avoid a special session as unofficial late night meetings continue. Budget estimates total 5,479,563 with no tax rate change from 1.20 per 100, and about 2.2 million in bonds planned for water, sewer, and capital items including a new pool circulation system.
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T. E. Hinson
Hinson
City Lake Park
Police List Three Auto Accidents
Police report three minor city crashes yesterday. Probation officer Jack Stewart said his foot slipped on the clutch and his car hit the rear of another vehicle on N Wrenn Street around 10 am. A second crash involved a red light failure blamed for the other car at Montlieu and the Jones vehicle rear ended by Davis and Seward in a southbound three-car pileup on S Main. Davis cited for following too closely.
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Jack Stewart
Sunset Drive
N. Wrenn Street
Stewart
Hedrick
Route 2
Thomasville
Montlieu
Hicks
S. Main
Robert D. Davis Jr
Hillcrest Drive
David E. Jones
Ardale Drive
Jones Auto
Lowell S. Seward
Trinity
Seward
Jones
Davis
Singers Plan Ladies Night at Civic Center
Thom asville High Point SPEBSQSA chapter will hold a ladies night this Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Civic Center. About half of the members come from Thomasville and half from High Point. regular meetings occur at the Civic Center.
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Thomasville
Civic Center
High Point
Spebsqsa
Society For Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Access Delayed on Montlieu Avenue School and City Projects
The council delayed the Montlieu Avenue School access decision noting rights of way. Council filled vacancies with Rankin and Rozzelle. A first phase for water and sewer work was approved with bids to open Sept 4 and work to start in October. Projects include Ensley Creek outfall and raw water pumping station upgrades to 12 million gallons daily. A zoning change at E Green and White Oak Streets to industrial was approved. Lions Club bleacher purchase for a city park was authorized. A city lot sale on E Lexington Avenue was confirmed and a tree damage compensation of 50 was noted for Paul I Chesson.
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Montlieu Avenue
Rankin
T. C. E. Rozzelle
High Point
Council
HPC Holds Summer Exams at High Point College
Final examinations for the first summer session are completed and registration for the second session opens tomorrow at 8 a.m. Classes begin Friday at 7 30 a.m. The curriculum spans biology through religion and aims to aid entering students who start in June or July and to help current students graduate sooner. Courses also offer teachers credit for renewing or raising certificates.
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High Point College
Harold Conrad
Milk Plants Win A Grade in Local Health Check
The local health department reports that all milk processing plants serving High Point received Grade A in regular inspection. Top grades go to Borden Co, Clover Hill Farms, Coble, Guilford Dairy, Lindale, and Sealtest. All 152 dairy farmers must maintain Grade A to sell milk to processors.
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High Point
County Health Department
Borden Co
Clover Hill Farms
Coble
Guilford Dairy
Lindale
Sealtest
Neal Beard Becomes General Partner at Lewis Firm
Greensboro native E Neilson Beard Jr joins McDaniel Lewis & Co. as a general partner after joining the firm in March. Beard previously worked four and a half years with a New York Stock Exchange member and earned Dartmouth College and UNC accounting graduate work. The firm’s other general partners are Marshall I Johnson McDaniel Lewis and Edward R Lowry.
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Greensboro
Marshall I. Johnson
McDaniel Lewis & Co
E. Neilson Beard Jr
Beard
Lewis
New York Stock Exchange
Dartmouth College
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Johnson and Beard
McDaniel Lewis
Edward R. Lowry
Robert Philpott Becomes Lexington School Board Chair
Robert Philpott, a Lexington furniture maker, is named chair of the City School Board, succeeding retiring Dr. J C Leonard. Conrad Hinson is named vice chairman with Bill Wilson as secretary and Brantley Leonard as treasurer.
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Lexington
J. Robert Philpott
J. C. Leonard
Conrad Hinson
Bill Wilson
Brantley Leonard
Schools TV Plan Pushed by North Carolina Districts
Educational television reaching 14 NC cities awaits Ford Foundation approval. Dean Pruette of High Point chairs the executive committee. local budgets totaling 105000 have been sent to the foundation. Four points Greensboro Statesville and Iredell County schools expect an hour of daily programming via WSOC TV Charlotte with four teachers sought.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Ford Foundation
Dean B. Pruette
High Point
Pruette
Greensborourg
Statesville
Iresetl
Wsoc-Tv
Charles W. Phillips
Woman's College
Judge Modifies Dental Law Injunction in North Carolina Case
Judge Walter E Crissman today modified and continued an order restraining the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners and others from enforcing provisions of a new dental law until a legal test can be made. The injunction allows En rique Deliz Sanchez to repair dental appliances without a dentist order so long as he performs only mechanical work on inert materials and has no direct contact with patients.
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Walter E. Crissman
N. C. Board of Dental Examiners
Enrique Deliz Sanchez
Sule Ceneane
North Carolina
North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners
George B. Patton
Horace Kornegay
Guilford County
High Point Man Hurt In Fatal Truck Crash
Dorus Otto Bess, 45, of Kings Mountain was killed in a crash between his car and a trailer truck at an intersection. His son Philip and two truck occupants, Leon Alfred of High Point and W C Tally of Winston-Salem, were injured. Alfred faces involuntary manslaughter charges as police say the truck ran a red light.
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Kings Mountain
N.C
Dorus Otto Bess
Bess
Philip
Leon Alfr
High Point
W. C. Tally
Winston-Salem
Alfred
Tally
Hugh A. Logan Jr
Logan
Public Works Director Dean Reinstated After 31 Day Suspension
The High Point Civil Service Commission upheld the 31 day suspension of George Dean, Public Works Director, for unethical practices. Dean will be reinstated as head of the department at the end of his suspension on July 31. The panel criticized off duty contracting and improper disposal of cement, urging reforms in the department and noting the city manager’s role in suspensions.
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
High Point Civil Service Commission Today
Public Works
George Dean
Dean
Public Works Department
Vidlence
Kernersville
Peele
T. EB. Hinson
Hubert Bryant
Harry Williamson
Jess Washburn
Sheraton Hotel
Hinson
Summer furniture and rug market closes with mixed turnout
Attendance rose to 5036 by noon on the final day of the summer market while buyer registrations reached 128 in the morning. Over 3000 stores were represented as the event drew to a close with ongoing cost cutting noted in reports.
Price Cuts Predicted for Gasoline Across Grades
Reports suggest further gasoline price reductions with regular gas at about 24.9 cents per gallon and higher octane ranging from 27.9 to 35.9 cents. Extra premium quoted with a two cent variance. high test could reach 259. Authorities cite an independent spokesman.
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Sede Vv
City Court Judge Taken To Hospital In Greensboro
Judge Byron Haworth of Municipal Court was admitted to Wesley Long Hospital after complications from illness. Special Judge D. C. MacRae will preside in his absence, with cases rescheduled to the criminal jury term starting August 27.
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Byron Haworth
Municipal Court
Wesley Long Hospital
Greensboro
Marvin Nash
D. C. MacRae
Haworth
Nash
Fire under porch extinguished at 804 Mobile Street
Firefighters put out a small trash fire under the back porch of 804 Mobile St last night. No damage reported and the alarm came in at 8 32 p m.
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Mobile St
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Young Branscom
Edna D. Wilhite
Oakland Avenue
J. L. Blake
Meadowbrook Street
Charles Devine
Arlington Street
Jackson
Lenoir
Presswell
Mendenhall
Aud Suddeth
Cherokee
Murphy
Maple Street
Douglas Goins
Leila R. Bullis
Maple St
Claude W. French
Lucendia Borders
E. Washington Street
James Rogers
E. High Street
William A. Vaden
Lawrence Moffitt
Hilltop Street
Joe Lewis Murphy
Roy Hudspeth
High Point Enterprise
Porter Ray James
Marine Corps
Raleigh M. James
Porter C. James
Jamestown Road
Ensley Creek
Eclies Conall
Aaiesere
Perry Street
Mechanicsville
HPC
Neal Beard
Lewis Firm
Robert Philpott
Lexington School
Commission
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