Mass arrests at Kennedy Center for Culture Demonstration
Police rounded up 3500 demonstrators in Washington to protest location of the symphony and block traffic near the Watergate complex. Detainees faced crowded, inadequate facilities at the Kennedy Center with limited food and drinks. some innocents were among those held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Watergate
Jerry Wilson
Constitution Hall
State Department
Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Kennedy Center
Red Cross
American Civil Liberties Union
Meyer Davis’ Orchestra
Wilson
High Point Enterprise Saturday Edition Item
June 5 1971 issue brief from High Point Enterprise with local news coverage and notices in a single Saturday edition.
County to Seek 2.8 Million Bond for New Jail in 1973
County officials warn Greensboro’s two aging jails fail state standards and crowd with inmates. A $2.8 million bond request, to be voted June 8, would fund a 360‑bed multi story jail at Sycamore and Eugene with separate facilities for women and youths, plus a transit tunnel to the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
Greensboro
Paul Gibson
Gibson
City Hall
Sycamore and
Eugene Streets
Sheriff's Department
Robert Earnhart
Earnhart
Bond Vote Seen Key To Budget
Guilford County faces a tight budget as a 30 million dollar bond plan hinges on Tuesdays election. If six issues fail, school and jail bonds could raise the tax rate by about 20 cents and halt new waste disposal and water or sewer projects. County Manager John Witherspoon warned the 1971 72 budget awaits election results while revaluation and social service costs strain reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Guilford Technical Institute
Railroads face financial crunch as Kiwanis hearing hears plans
Charles R. Ford of Norfolk and Western told High Point Kiwanis the railroads need $36 billion by 1980 to modernize. He blamed management labor and government for the crisis while noting ASTRO favors mixed regulation and transportation reform. Ford argued railroads will still haul heavy freight, but question remains who pays taxes or funds government operation. Local guests and new Kiwanis members were announced at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Ford
High Point Kiwanis Club
Ford
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Winston-Salem
America
Times
Penn Central
ASTRO
America's Sound Transportation Review Organization
Sloan D. Gibson
N.C
Associated Press
High Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Ward Griffith Company
National Advertiing
Preparations Under Way for Western NC United Methodist Meeting
Preparations are under way across 44 western North Carolina counties by United Methodists for their annual meeting June 9 13 at Lake Junaluska. The Western North Carolina Conference with 243000 members meets yearly to pass on legislation approve 1971 72 programs and move clergy to other churches. Bishop Karl G Hunt Jr of Charlotte will head his seventh annual meeting.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
United Methodists
Lake Junaluska
Western North Carolina
Karl G. Hunt Jr
Larcenies Reported To Police
Police logged six minor complaints on Friday including three petite larcenies. Victims named Ernest Eggers, Janie Adair, and Billy Hall reporting thefts of radio and cash, motorcycle helmets, and a tape player. Several arrests followed including Betty Daugherty for shoplifting and Jerome Jacobs on a Virginia fugitive warrant. Others faced charges of intoxication, weapons, and resisting or obstructing officers.
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Ernest Eggers
Kivett Drive
Janie Adair
Hampton
Carter Street
Billy Hall
Flint Street
Betty W. Daugherty
Rt. 6
Thomasville
Zayre
Jerome Jacobs
Robinhood Road
Jacobs
Virginia
H. G. Bruton
English Road
Edward Davis
Tomlinson Street
Wyman Taylor
N. Main Street
Daisey McKenrick
Clara Cox
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Art Buchwald
Peter Duchin
Los Angeles Times
Sheraton Hotel
Salvation Army
Priscilla Hinson
Salvaton
Nora Mae Davis
Rocky Mount
Paul Herzog
George W. O’brien
Salisbury
J. A. Yost
Winston- Salem
Yost
Jim Stratford
High Point Enterprise
Bedlam
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Washington Street
Downing Street
Clifton Craig
Craig
Leonard
Mental Health Dept
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