Delay In Upgrading Westchester Unreasonable
Highway Commissioner Lynwood Smith blasts Wilbur Smith and Associates for delaying Westchester Drive widening plans. He cites a 10 month wait for final designs, a required 30 day design hearing, and a year plus two year timeline to completion including right of way and construction. The project aims to widen to four lanes with turning lanes near Westchester Mall and Zayre shopping center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Westchester Drive
Lynwood Smith
Westchester
Smith
Wilbur Smith
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Wilbur Smith and
Westchester Mall
Zayre Shopping Center
High Point youth hangouts face decline amid arrests and growth
The piece recalls Camelot era haunts and the rise of late 1950s teen spots, noting Rental Mart owner Walt Petruska’s warrants for trespassing after nightly crowds left litter and cars. It argues a lack of safe venues for teens, urging new spaces to replace closures and curb policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rental Mart
North Carolina
Petruska
Guilford County Rezones Two Tracts Near High Point
Guilford County Commissioners rezoned two tracts near High Point from agricultural to residential use. The J.W. Samet subdivision on Samet Drive was reclassified to protect watershed land, and a 38 acre Jamestown Township parcel east of High Point near Hollow Drive and NC 62 was switched to single family residential. No opposition was voiced during the mid month meeting at the Guilford County Administration Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
High Point
J.W. Samet
High Point Township
Samet Drive
Wendover Ave
Red Road
Jamestown Township
Raymond Karabee
Hollow Drive
N.C. 62
Friendship Township
Guilford
Three Killed In Car Crash On W Green Drive
A 1964 model car collided with the Pointer Electric Building on W Green Drive at about 3 PM, killing driver John Wayne Johnson 32 and passengers Rosie Lee Williams Mack 28 and Ernest James Waden 42. The wreck, first 1972 traffic fatality in High Point, caused $2000 in building damage and left 12 others injured in weekend crashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hayes Enterprise
W. Green Drive
Pointer Electric
John Wayne Johnson
Davis St
Rosie Lee Williams Mack
Kent St
Ernest James Waden
New York
N. Y
Wrenn Street
Washington Drive
Robert Grey Hyde
Route 3
Ann Idol Koontz
Williford Court
Lorie Koontz
Kelley Parrish
Williford
Koontz
Greensboro Road
Dogwood
Organized Fun Runs Daily with Health Topics
A daily program runs from 10 to 5 offering athletic activities and instruction for youngsters on personal hygiene and drug abuse. A similar program is under way at Bennett College for girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett College For Girls
Mark Austin
Larcenies Reported In Thomasville Weekend
Two minor thefts were reported to the Thomasville Police Department over the weekend. Mrs. Henson said a purse containing 715 dollars in cash a coin purse and three rings was stolen from her Lexington Avenue home between 9 30 and 11 30 p m Saturday night after an open back door. A separate report states Mike Messer’s car on Carmall Street near Amazon Cotton Mills had 30 dollars worth of tapes stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Henson
Lexington Avenue
Mike Messer
Messer
Carmall Street
Amazon Cotton Mills
Lyles Chevrolet
Blain Pleamons
Kagan Street
Jake R. McClain
Amos Street
E. Green Drive
Sherman Tyrone James
Meredith Street
Leonard Street
James Jones
Fourth Street
Clarence Albert Leftever
Archdale
Clarice Bell Talbert
Old Winston Road
Robert Davis Jr
Gordon Street
Pat Edgins
Edding
Willow Place
Leonard Junior Dove
Greensboro
Fred Vinson Cox
Rt. 5
Kernersville
James Posey Shackelford
Route 4
Bennie Ray Jenkins
Forrestview Drive
Roger Wayne Pate
Frazier Street
State's Hiring Of Minority Groups Has Not Met Expectations
North Carolina faces a wide gap between equal opportunity policy and practice. The NC Human Relations Commission reports minority representation among state employees has barely grown in three years, with 9,988 of 58,022 workers minority, concentrated in education and health sectors. Agencies show drift and all-white staffs persist, prompting calls for a comprehensive fair employment code and stronger accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
N. C. Human Relations Commission
Bob Scott
Human
Robber Flees Taxi Driver and Property Thefts Spree
A taxi driver from Sharon Street said a passenger with a .22 pistol robbed him of about $53 early Saturday in front of Leonard Street School. Across town, thieves stole a 1968 car, license plate, and $1,900 in office equipment from multiple sites, with minor damages reported. A series of other arrests and incidents followed, including shootings, break ins, animal cruelty charges, and drunken driving. A. David Argo earned a theology master’s degree from Boston University.
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Clarence Jefferies
Sharon Street
Boston, Mass
A. David Argo
Ruth Argo
Adams St
Point, N.C
Boston University
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Arthur Utley II
Arthur
Round Table
Camelot
Teen Angel
Betty Lou
Emerywood Country Club
Forrest
Ingram’s Drug Store
Main Street
Walt Petruska
Planning Dept
James Oliver
Bennett
Hay Street
Tate Street
Clay Street
Cole
Glenn Davis
Furlough Street
Park Street
Hamilton Street
Russell Avenue
Louise Trivett Comer
Friends Avenue
Minnie Lavender
E. Russell
Doris Hall Neal
Carter Street
High Point College
Model Cities
By Bryan Haislip
Henley Paper Co
Hubert Barrino
Trinity
Edmondson Street
Barrino
Ethel Tillman
Cross Street
Earnhardt Manufacturing Co
Prospect Street
Margaret Banks
W. Russell Avenue
East Side Washette
Washington Terrace Park
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