Landfill Fire Extinguished in Land and Nearby Incidents
Firefighters were called to the city landfill on Riverdale Road at 10 38 a.m. and 2 05 p.m. to extinguish fires beneath the surface. The blaze, likely trash igniting in the new pulverizer, rekindled after dump. Additional calls reported a transformer explosion on Pine Valley Drive at Oakview Road and small fires near the transformer. Fire crews also checked a chair blaze at 818 Fairview St and wired-malfunction alarm at 716 Asheboro St with a later false alarm at Mangum St and Lake Ave.
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Riverdale Road
Pine Valley Drive
Oakview Road
Asheboro St
Mangum Street
Lake Avenue
Drivers Hurt In Collision Near High Point
The state highway patrol reported two drivers were injured in a Thursday wreck about 5 45 p m on Highway 311 one mile north of High Point. Willie Lee Brown 33 of Horneytown Road and Alvin Epperson Lynch 34 of Kernersville were hurt. Lynch was listed in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital and charged with drunken driving. Damages were $2000 for the 1972 car and $500 for the 1964 car.
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Jewell Palmer Howington
Oakwood Court
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Howington
Commerce
William W
Mary Howington
High Point
Thomasville
Police Dept
Lexington
Calvary Assembly Church of God
Annie Lois Ginn
Madeline Cherry
Wilda Embler
Janie Nance
Reidsville
William D. Howington
Archdale
Charles Howington
Adams St
C. C. Roberts
Mount Holly
Willie King
Eton College
Theodore Howington
Sechrest Chapel
Daniel R. Duncan
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest
Gerry L. Goins
Gerry Lee Goins
Mount Airy
N. H. Hicks JR
Nereus Hurdis Hicks Jr
149Th St. N. E
Miami
Fla
Miami Hospital
Mr. Hicks
Nereus Hurdis
Fannie Hayes Hicks
High Point Friends Meeting
Mildred Daniel Hicks
Carol Jo Smith
Miami, Fla
Richard Hicks
North Miami Beach
James
Josephine) Mosteller
Fairlane Dr
Grady
The
State Highway Patrol
Highway 311
Willie Lee Brown
Horneytown Road
Alvin Epperson Lynch
Kernersville
Lynch
Always Some Place To Go In Virginia
Virginia facts show public recreation acres totaling about two million across state parks national forests a national park and other protected areas. The state offers 20 parks many scenic routes a seashore seashore and extensive outdoor facilities including golf courses trails ski areas rinks and campsites with thousands of miles of shoreline and streams for fishing and hiking.
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Richmond
State of
Virginia
Ombudsman Views Politics as Public Service in North Carolina
RALEIGH The governor’s ombudsman Fred M Gallagher says he serves the public, not the Republican administration, and his work for Holfhouser aims to improve government. He cites 4000 contacts last year and a policy of recording cases to influence agencies and public attitudes. Gallagher says the reward is changing state government and making bureaucrats serve the people of North Carolina.
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Raleigh
James E. Holfhouser
Fred M
Butch) Gallagher
Holfhouser
Gallagher
Ombudsman
Charlotte
North Carolina
School bond plan eyed for Shadybrook area schools
November passed referendum funds a junior high for Shadybrook and renovations of Jonson Street Oak Hill and Oak View elementary schools. If cuts occur the junior high may be postponed. Dr Pruette resists budget revision until requested data arrives. Board seeks detailed current expense breakdown and secretaries salaries. A committee of Eva Stewart Dot Kearns and E L Dyer to study gifted program.
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Shadybrook
Jonson Street
Oak Hill
Oak View
Pruette
James Chestnut
A. Laurin Welborn
Eva Stewart
Dot Kearns
E. L. Dyer
District Democrats To Hold Convention in Greensboro
Six District Democrats meet at Ren L Smith High School Greensboro to pick three delegates for the national mini convention in Kansas City December. Incumbent chair Jenny Parker appears unopposed. keynote speaker is U S Rep Richardson Preyer. Delegates: Guilford 148 Alamance 39 Rockingham 33. NC total 45 for mini convention.
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Greensboro
Kansas City
Ren. L. Smith High School
Charles Powell
Alamance County
Joe Brown
Herbert Burton
Kim Smith
Cliff Mitchell
Guilford County
Alamance
Guilford
Rockingham
Jenny Parker
Jane Patterson
U. S
Richardson Preyer
Trict
North Carolina
Ben Utley
N. C
U. S. House of Representatives
Blood Drive Lowers Age Limit and Aims Higher Pints
Red Cross reports the age limit for donation is now 17 with parental consent. Local chapter cut bloodmobile visits from 41 to 35 yearly but seeks 140 to 145 pints per stop, vs 125 previously. High Point and Thomasville residents boosted last year’s totals amid strong industrial support. A Monday drive at WNOS radio station led by Bob Smith aims to inform the public.
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High Point
Thomasville
WNOS
Bob Smith
Home Damaged in Thomasville
Officers report vandals caused about 650 dollars of damage to a College Street house in Thomasville on Thursday. Owner Charles Truell says wiring was ripped out during remodeling. investigation shows 45 dollars in sheetrock and 25 dollars in window damage.
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Thomasville
College Street
Chair City
Charles Truell
Reed Street
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Herbie Goins
Patricia Goins Forrest
Supply
David Goins
Becky
Cathy Goins
Eller Goins
Grant Goins
Moody Funeral Home
R. D. Craven
Asheboro
Roger Dale Craven
Randleman
Moses Cone Hospital
George W. Craven
Shirley Cox
Bertha Dixon
Omar Craven
Coleridge
Ridge Funeral Home
Harold Cox
Earl Sibbett
Mt. Lebanon Church
Blondie Stewart
Blondie C. Stewart
S. Salisbury St
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Richmond County
Dacotah Cotton Mills
Piedmont Funeral Home
Carlee Tucker Troy
Carlee Mullinix Tucker
Route 1
Montgomery Memorial Hospital
Uwharrie United Methodist Church
Pugh Troy Funeral Home
Annie Moore
Statesville
Annie Ellenize Moore
Rt. 4
Mooresville
Lawrence Hospital
Harry A. Moore
Tom Moore
Kenneth Moore
Riverside
Calif
Louis Moore
Roland
Robert Moore
Conover
Frank Brawley
Thurman Huff
Walter Davis
Gastonia
Peggy Harrington
Olin United Methodist Church
Donald Routh
John W. Kale
Olin
Buneh Funeral Home
James H. Laws
Longmont
Colo
Denver
Gaston County
Sherman
Blanche Epps Laws
Colorado
Dorcus Clinard Laws
James Laws Jr
Bryant
Scott Laws
David
Judy) Turner
Clover
8.C
Herman
Lena) Little
Roy
Wanna) Dayvoult
Carroll Laws
Taylorsville
E. A.-Armfield
Earl Allison
Jack) Armfield
Frontier Ave
Spartanburg
D.C
Mountain View
Mr. Armfield
Jamestown
Earl Vinson
Jesse Causey Armfield
Dorothy Bencini
Flowers Bakery
Providence Wesleyan Church
Dorothy B. Armfield
Jackie Parker
Lindsay St
Louise Mueller
Marguarite Godsey
San Antonio
Texas
Harold Armfield
Colonial Dr
C. Glenn Powell
Oakwood Cemetery
Sechrest Funeral Home
Lindsay
Mills Ashebord
Henry
Mills
Parks St
Randolph Hospital
First Baptist Church
North Parks Street
Minnie Chaney Mills
Patricia Goodwin
J. A. Mills
Concord
Paul Waddell
Norfolk
0. T
Camby, Mortuary
Chestnut Dr
Myrtle F Davis Robbins
Nora Peters Tomlinson
Apm
Glenola Baylist
Lexington Ave
Sharon Stevenley
First United Atvodist Church
Jewell Palmer
Howington Ham
Jack
Armfield
Secrew Chapel
Nereus
Pe A.m
Fairview St
Ombudsman's View
Bill Noblitt
Haizlip Funeral
Home, Inc
Fourth Street
Church Street
RED Cross
English Road
N. Main St
West End
Glenn's Sewing Machine Co., Inc
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