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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1972
Page
19
In 1857 at the Sangamon County Circuit Court the judge and Abraham Lincoln negotiate a symbolic horse trade. Lincoln accepts a setback in a courtroom wager, delivering a wooden horse to the judge after a public exchange on the Springfield street.
Burlington Industries board met at the corporate offices then toured the Raleigh Road Plant of Burlington House Furniture in Lexington and the Klopman Mills plant in Denton. Chairman Charles F. Myers Jr. led directors including J. Robert Philpott and J. B. Tollison, with both plants recently converting to double knit fabrics.
Two former drug addicts Mike Hakan of Chapel Hill and Don Apar of New York City tour North Carolina to recruit for Synanon a Santa Monica based foundation that runs a one thousand three hundred resident program. Apar notes drug abuse remains a national problem and prison sentences cannot cure the habit. Synanon founded in 1958 by Charles Dederick operates a large facility in Santa Monica with classrooms dormitories medical offices and other services.
Mohammed Ahmed Sadek, Egypts war minister, departed Moscow after a five day visit. He held most talks with Soviet defense minister Marshal Andrei A Grechko who saw him off at the airport. No details of the discussions were released. The talks were believed to be part of routine military consultations.
The Indiana Izaak Walton League urges phasing out the federal highway trust fund when its five year authorization ends, arguing automobiles worsen air quality with noise hazards and vegetation loss, and claim 80 percent of urban pollution is car related.
A Randolph County protest against High Point’s plan to zone one mile into the county was filed with the City Council. Glenn Connor of a Randolph mobile home park delivered a long statement challenging the city’s motives in crossing the county line.
City Manager Harold Cheek requests adding a psychological examination to existing tests for police applicants. Pritchett favored gear testing for new hires if Civil Service allows. The commission made no ruling but urged statewide law enforcement groups to adopt their program and get Seana Sebare involved.
High Point City Council confirms the final assessment roll for water and sewer improvements on Northpoint Avenue from Kirkwood Street to 1100 feet east. Notice published May 6 1972 and hearing held with no objections. Also announces a public hearing June 22 1972 on zoning ordinance amendment extending the extraterritorial zoning areas north of High Point.
The notice outlines a detailed proposed amendment to the city code affecting multiple streets and property lines in High Point. It sets June 1 1972 as the hearing date with specifics on assessment rolls for local improvements including Dillon Road and Granville Street.
Public hearing set for June 22 1972 at 8 30 am in the City Council Chamber to consider amendments to the zoning and building chapters and related streets and city maps. Names and addresses of residents affected by the reassignment or extension of parcels are listed.
The trustee Edward N Post will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the Guilford County Courthouse Door in Greensboro at 2 00 PM on June 28 1972 the land described as Lot No 50 Golfcrest Subdivision Guilford County North Carolina subject to all prior liens taxes and assessments A 10 percent deposit is required as evidence of good faith The sale is under a deed of trust dated April 27 1966 securing Jerry N Grainger and Amanda W Grainger and recorded in Book 2274 Page 640 in Guilford County Register of Deeds Office This notice was issued May 19 1972 by Edward Morgan Trustee Attorneys at Law MORGAN BYERLY POST HEARING High Point North Carolina
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