Drug Warehouse Robbed By Pair
Two armed men in ski masks robbed the Main Drug Warehouse on Surrett Drive after 5 p.m. Friday. One employee was tied up and another forced to the rear as the men ransacked the office and warehouse, then fled with Blizzard’s car and $52. Police described the suspects as white in their early 20s, one with a revolver and the other with an automatic pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrett Drive
Hig Point
Harold Blizzard
Blizeard
Blizzard
Arnold Edward Pitoniak
Sunset Drive
Rotary Drive
Woodland Avenue
Francis H. Davis
Redding Street
Lane Nicholas Lipscomb
Colonial Drive
S. Main Street
Timothy J. Hutchinson
Robinhood Road
Blair Park
Julius Howard King
Lex
Man Sentenced In Manslaughter Case For Byrd No Contest Plea
George Wesley Byrd aged 58 of Lindsay Street received 7 to 10 years in prison after a no contest plea to voluntary manslaughter. Superior Court Judge Harvey Lupton sentenced Byrd in Winston-Salem for a charge arising from a February 1 shooting at a rooming house where Byrd and a victim, Harvey M. Black of Lindsay Street, argued amid gunfire. The case followed an initial murder charge after Black died in hospital, with Byrd previously arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.
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George Wesley Byrd
Lindsay Street
Superior Court
Harvey Lupton
Winston- Salem
Byrd
Harvey M. Black
Lindsay Sr
Cook
Residents Become Citizens in Greensboro Naturalization
Nine foreign-born residents from High Point and Kernersville joined 54 area newcomers in taking the oath of citizenship Friday at U.S. Middle District Court in Greensboro. Chief Judge Eugene A. Gordon presided, listing countries including Greece, Italy, Vietnam, Turkey, Germany, Colombia, and Korea among the origins of those sworn in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Kernersville Area
U.S. Middle District Court
Greensboro
Eugene A. Gordon
Piedmont
North Carolina
John Emanuel Antoniou
Greece
Vasiliki Rizos
Gabriele Francesco Marinelli
Italy
Nikolaos Andreas Vakakis
Kim Underwood
South Vietnam
Kernersville
Sakir Ozdogan
Turkey
Annegrete Boldens
Germany
Cecilia Cortes Davenport
Colombia
Chun
Cha Earnhardt
Korea
State Publication Canceled Amid Budget Pressures
In Raleigh the Department of Human Resources canceled People magazine a free, widely circulated internal publication after a failed $2 subscription drive. Officers say the move reflects broader cuts, as officials report highway speeds creep past 60 mph with trucks frequently passing by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
People
Dept. of Human Resources
David T. Flaherty
Alexander
Sunday Subscription Rates and Delivery Notice
Sunday only price 18.20 9.10 4.55 81.50. Mell subscription in North Carolina. The Associated Press provides material for reproduction of local news printed in this newspaper and AP dispatches. Second class mail at the Post Office High Point. March rates. Carriers and distributors are independent contractors. The High Point Enterprise, Inc. not responsible for advance payment. Contact local carrier for home delivery rate. Jard-Griffith Company National Advertising Representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
High Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
jard-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Patrol Car Wrecks Killing One in High Point Area
A late Friday crash on Kivett Drive near Drake Road east of I 85 left Mike Perdue 18 dead and three others injured. Richard Chilton 17 and Gary Curtis 16 were taken to Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro with serious and stable conditions, while patrolman Douglas Owenby 24 of High Point was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital. The patrol car reportedly pursued a violator, then swerved into the oncoming lane, colliding with Perdue’s Mustang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Perdue
Rt. 8
Greensboro
Perdue
Richard Chilton
Gary Curtis
Rt. 1
Douglas Owenby
North Point Avenue
High Point
Owenby
High Point Memorial Hospital
Chilton
Curtis
Moses Cone Hospital
Kivett Drive
Drake Road
I-85
G.F. Conrad
Conrad
Robert Jeffery Snipes
Rt. 2
Trinity
S. Main Street
E. Green Drive
Larry Charles Bond
Sophia
Firefighter Injured Fighting Willow Place Blaze
Firefighter W G Allred was taken to High Point Memorial Hospital for smoke and heat inhalation suffered while battling a basement fire at a home occupied by Eliza Peguese. The blaze caused both content and building damage and was reportedly started by vapors from a five gallon can of flammable liquid ignited by a gas furnace flame. The department later responded to a malfunctioning fluorescent ballast at the High Point YMCA pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.G. Allred
High Point Memorial, Hospital
Willow Place
Allred
Eliza Peguese
High Point Ymca
Superintendent Day at Governor's School Planned
North Carolina superintendents from across the state will attend Superintendents Day at the Governor's School of North Carolina in Winston-Salem. Governor's School students will host and guide the visitors through classes and discussions about the gifted program, followed by lunch. Jerome Melton will speak and Vincent Colombo will join the group as Governor's School Board chair and Cleveland County Schools superintendent.
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Winston-Salem
Governor’s School of
North Carolina
Jerome Melton
Assistec
Vincent Colombo
Governor's School Board
Governor's
Cleveland Coumty Schools
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Rebecca Dixon Hatcher
Springfield
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Westwood Avenue
Roy Gentry
Horneytown Road
Russell Avenue
Wrenn Street
Margaret Williams
High Point City Lake
Long Street
Sonny Hedgecock
Mark
Austin
Victim of Economy
Jacob F. Alexander
J. D. Johnson
David Johnson
Keith McCullum
Pete Biggs
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