County Buys High Point Share of City-County Building for 1 Million
Guilford County completes a 1 million purchase of High Point's 53 percent stake in the City-County Building. City leaders plan a new city hall with projected costs rising beyond 2.2 million including bond options. The county will own full title by August 1971 while city offices remain on site until a new hall is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford County
Robert Davis
Paul Clapp
Hamilton Street
High Point Getdache Enterprise Section
Afternoon edition brief notes from High Point dated Monday June 1, 1970 cover local happenings and community items in the Enterprise Section B.
PSST! Opponents push Soviet plot claim against SST
The PSST group led by Hadley V. Baxendale argues the supersonic transport is a Communist plot aided by CIA data on Russian sonic booms. They warn of deafness and fear the program would rely on government funding, diminishing private initiative and prestige.
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Washington
PSST
Hadley V. Baxendale
George
Russia
Radio Free Europe
Voice of America
Moscow
Baxendale
General Electric
Boeing
Nixon
United States
Tape-Player Thefts Reported In Local Burglaries
Two thefts reported Sunday include a Cheraw man James Morrison losing a tape player and five tapes from his car valued at 100 dollars. A Meredith Street resident lost a tape player worth about 70 dollars in a Saturday night break in. Police also report a house burglary where Andrew Jordan lost an automatic pistol and 55 dollars.
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James Morrison
Cheraw
S.C
Morrison
Ranzie Miller
Meredith Street
Andrew Jordan
Elm Street
Jordan
William Donnell Jarrell
Newton Street
Henry Alson Hill
Ragan Street
Hill
Frances Stevens
Leland Archie
Daniel Brooks
Ellerbe Young
Nick Hunt
Taylor
Tony Lee McAmis
E. Commerce Street
Psychoanalyst Calls Marriage an Illusion on TV
Dr. Silvio Franti, author of Against Marriage, told a French TV audience that only the parent child bond matters. He said marriage is a hallucination when asked if it is an illusion.
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Paris
Wns
Silvio Franti
Etienne Lalou
Dr. Franti
Only 2 More To Go
Two more days of school remain as Tomlinson School students prepare for the end of term. Helen Jordan parks her bike while classmates Douglas Cline Patricia Cline Cindy Muse Angela Land and June Patterson gather near the wall awaiting the penultimate bell.
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Helen Jordan
Douglas Cline
Patricia Cline
Cindy Muse
Angela Land
June Patterson
Tomlinson School
Planning Council To Meet in High Point
The first full membership meeting of High Point's Community Planning Council is set for 4 p m Tuesday at One YWCA. The council aims to coordinate resources among private and public agencies for effective planning and problem solving. Fred Swartzberg chairs the group alongside deputy Frank Wood and secretary Mrs Bill Collins.
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High Point
Community Planning Council
YWCA
Fred Swartzberg
Frank Wood
Bill Collins
Bob Bain
Jack Campbell
Collier Ellis
Jake Froelich
Robert Gayle
Charles Hayworth
Paul Ingle
W. D. Lee
O. H. Leake
George Lyles
Holt McPherson
Walter Moore
Howard Pancoast
Jim Spence
Vince Spracklin
John Stanton
Ben Wolverton
Kirkman Resigns After 20 Years with Thomasville Police
Maj. Jack D. Kirkman 46 resigns from the Thomasville Police Department after two decades of service beginning as a patrolman in 1950. He rose through ranks to lieutenant captain and, after 1968 reorganization, became the department’s lone major. He cited no reason for leaving but said he has other plans. Chief Shore called him a capable, devoted officer.
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Thomasville
Jack D. Kirkman
Paul M. Shore
Kirkman
Police Department
Shore
Residents oppose closing of unpaved Davidson road near Hish Point
Lexington residents filed objections with Davidson County Commissioners against removing the road from the state secondary road system. Attorney Eugene Snyder said an engineer found the petition to close exaggerated and a public hearing was not advertised.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Hish Point
Eugene Snyder
Highway Department
Two Men Seriously Injured In 1-Car Crash Saturday Night
Two men remain in intensive care at High Point Memorial Hospital after a one car crash on Gordon Street Saturday night. Driver Eugene Turner 20 was in good condition and passenger Melvin Rainey 17 was in fair condition. Police say Turner drove at high speed losing control and hitting a utility pole, with $2,000 damage. No charges filed.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Gordon Street
Eugene Lore Turner
Brockett Street
Melvin Rainey
Whiteoak Street
Turner
Odessa Wright
Sherrod Avenue
Wright
Montheu
Richard Wray White
Glenwick Avenue
Willard Curtis Myers Jr
Dallas Street
Greensboro
Myers
Council Plans to Order Removal of Condemned Buildings
City council will take formal action Thursday to order removal of three condemned properties at 229 Landsdowne Street owned by Selina Ferriter 2406 Dorris Street owned by Perry Levinery and 1504 West Avenue heirs of Nettie Foster. Public hearings were set on water sewer and street projects.
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Council
Landsdowne St
Selina Ferriter
Dorris St
Perry Levinery
West Ave
Nettie Foster
Mocular Industries
Brentwood Street
Springfield Oaks, Inc
Ernest Street
N. R. Andrews
Andrews Acres
Hall Street
County Board of Commissioners
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Getdache
Art Buchwald
Commie
The
Washington Post Co
Planning Council
Earl Congdon
United Community Services
Hardy Prather
C. Ben Smith
Art Richardson
Davidson Road
Grady Love
Love
Ophelia Mildred Harris
Daniel Brooks Apts
Montheu Avenue
N. Hamilton Street
Westwood Avenue
Locke Street
Thomas Alexander Daugherty
Charlotte
Daugherty
Joseph Frank Snider
Florham Drive
Westwood
Charles Edward Morris
Cedron Avenue
Fairview Street
Loflin Street
Ronald Neely
W. Green
S. Elm Street
Carl Philyaw
Trinity Avenue
Philyaw
Dalad Williard Hutchinson
Kivett Drive
Esther Frances Whittington
Anderson Place
Ulysses Rogers Jr
E. Green Drive
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