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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1966
Page
7
Jim and Oswald discuss the origins and use of the deep sea finesse in bridge. They examine a hand where two successive finesses target diamonds to exploit favorable breaks, outlining steps and safety plays against various four to one splits.
High Point police halted an in progress break in at Lester's Jewelry on South Main Street. Russell D. Hill was arrested after a patrolman found him at the storefront with a sock on his hand. Ten watches valued at 924.70 were recovered and identified by owner Lester Morgan.
Davidson County Board of Education awarded contracts totaling 369,572 for four school construction projects. Low bids from A. L. Jarrell and Sons, Acme, Central Electric, Buchanan Plumbing, Gray Construction Co., and Wye Electrical cover cafeterias, classrooms, and utilities at Churchland Wallburg Tyre and Southmont schools with work expected to finish by spring.
Guilford County Commission to finalize a proposed 16.322 million dollar budget for 1966 67 at a 9 a.m. courthouse meeting. The plan keeps the 79 cent per 100 valuation tax rate but raises total outlay by about 422 thousand dollars.
Peter Frank Lin Lydens, 35, resigning Thomasville city manager, is chosen unanimously as Gastonia city manager at an annual salary of 15750. The Grand Rapids native, 6-foot-6, will assume duties in September, bringing prior government service in Mount Airy and Winston-Salem.
Thomasville recreation commission approves development of Amazon Park on land leased by Amazon Cotton mill. Clinton Ingram outlines park features including lighting, picnic shelters, tennis courts, and play areas. July attendance at seven playgrounds reached 9,544 and swimming pools 11,382 through July 17.
The document notes Aaron Burr was not vice president during his treason trial but he held that office when he fatally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel. It emphasizes Burr's differing public roles across events.
The Gastonia Public Health Department operates a 24 hour Radiation Surveillance Network station since 1956 monitoring atmospheric radiation. A vacuum pump and Geiger counter measure radiation from air and rainfall with daily data sent to Washington. The program tracks nationwide radiation levels and would alert Civil Defense if dangerous releases occur.
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