Eleven Injuries Reported In Multiple High Point Wrecks
Eleven people were injured in a series of wrecks on High Point streets today and Friday, most injuries described as minor. The incidents include a 12:30 a.m. collision on Gordon Road near Brockett Street involving Dale Angelo Ingram and three passengers, a 1:20 a.m. crash on I-85 at S Main Street involving John William Jordan and Teddy R Burgin, and a two-vehicle crash on W Green Drive at Vail Street injuring Velma Barnhill and others.
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Dale Angelo Ingram
Cedron Avenue
Aim
Gordon Road
Brockett Street
Ronnie Russell
Daniel Brooks Apts
Kenneth Strange
Andy Chisem
Henley Street
Steven Mitchell Christopher
Wayside Drive
John William Jordan
Moffitt’ Street
Teddy R. Burgin
Ridgeway Drive
S. Main Street
Velma Barnhill
Passeng
Juanita
Brown
Lee
W. Green
Vail Street
May Stephenson
Hilltop Street
Jesse Harmon Littlejohn
Truck Spills Paper On Highway
THOMASVILLE The tractor-trailer driver Archie Lindy Fann 21 of High Point was briefly hospitalized with lacerations after his load of 30 000 pounds of paper spilled on the road when the truck overturned on Salem and Doak streets. Littlejohn charged with failure to yield the right of way. Other Friday crashes on Westchester Chestnut Kivett and N Main streets injured multiple people including Sharon Denny 12 and Eula Celeste Young with charges pending for safety violations.
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Thomasville
Archie Lindy Fann
Longdale Street
High Point
Community General Hospital
Salem
Doak Streets
Littlejohn
Sharon Denny
Fred Eugene Denny
Pine Valley Drive
David Clarence Ward
S. Main Street
Westchester Drive
Chestnut Street
Eula Celeste Young
Greensboro
Eddie Coleman Jr
Elwood Street
Kivett Drive
N. Main Street
Coleman
Cyclist Gallman Injured In Street Crash On W Ray Street
John Oren Gallman III an 18 year old from Willenbar Terrace was slightly injured when his motorcycle struck the curb in the 800 block of West Ray Street at about 3 28 PM Friday. He told police he looked away from the road causing the crash and was thrown from the bike.
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John Oren Gallman III
Willenbar Terrace
Gallman
W. Ray Street
Commission To Report On Projects
Guilford County Commissioners will report on activities at a Wednesday meeting after accepting an invitation from two High Point Chamber of Commerce committees, the State and Local Legislation Committee and the Coffee Club Committee. The 10 a.m. session at the Chamber building on N Main Street will discuss plans for a new building housing local health and social service operations.
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Guilford County
High Point Chamber of Commerce
State and Local Legislation
Coffee Club Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Nmain Street
Depts. of Health
The
Social Service
Patrol Launches Speed Drive On Interstate Highways
Guilford County patrols start a 55 mph campaign on 1 40 and 1 85 with double driving by two marked cars to show the limit. Sgt. R G Potts says operation began Friday and may continue Sunday with statewide start Monday at 6 am on interstates to enforce speeds and curb a recent rise in drivers over 55. In a seven day period 165 motorists in Guilford were stopped for speeds from 65 to 105 mph.
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Guilford County
R. G. Potts
Guilford Patrol Office
North Carolina
Potts
Youth Killed In Car Crash Near Henderson Kerr Lake
Henderson reports a teen named Leonard Moody Hicks of Rt. 6 Henderson died when the car he rode in crashed into trees six miles north of Henderson near Kerr Lake. The driver and two other teen passengers were hospitalized.
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Henderson
Leonard Moody Hicks
Rt. 6
Kerr Lake
Six Men Short Holes In Ranks Cited By Chief
Police Chief Laurie Pritchett says manpower shortages hinder the department. With 144 authorized sworn officers, six vacancies and six in academy leave the field strength at 78 instead of 90. The force has seen 42 resignations in 19 months, including a prior theft ring dismissals in 1972.
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Howard Hayes
Laurie Pritchett
Pritchett
Police Academy
North Carolina Governor Uses Budget Strings To Push Policies
Governor Holfhouser launches 12 major policy guidelines to shape 1975 budgets. He aims to align department requests with his priorities, using publicity and the budget process to pressure Democratic agency heads and set a pattern for future administrations. Continuous monitoring ties these areas to budgeting and legislative action.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
James E. Holfhouser
General Assembly
Holfhouser
Tar Heel
Safeway one price plan draws mixed grocery crowd
A Los Angeles Times 1974 piece reports Safeway's plan to stamp a single price on each item and hold it on shelves, stirring debate. Milton Wallach criticizes the idea, likening shopping to a Las Vegas gamble and recounting anecdotes of managers stamping rising prices, race winnings, and odd pricing practices. He warns the policy could push shoppers back to stocks, calling shopping a numbers game.
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Washington
Safeway Stores
Milton Wallach
Safeway
Las Vegas
Wallach
IBM
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State Highway Patrol
Earle Whitener
I-85
Fron Baker Road
Guilford Avenue
Dorothy Mae Robinson
Roosevelt Robinson
Gatlin Street
Frank Chapman Jr
Northgate Apartments
Mark Austin
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Corsier
Ofl
AP News
Post Office
Mlc
Ward-Griffith Company
Yadonal Advertising
Sonny Hedgecock
Patrol
Jones
Aqueduct
Los Angeles Times
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