Books for vacation readers from a political era
A Washington roundup lists nonfiction titles with political figures and humor. Spiro Agnew's My Friends in the Press, Rockefeller and Lindsay pranks, Reagan on taxes, and even a risqué guide The Sensuous Telephone are highlighted. Prices and publishing quirks noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Southern Strategy Press
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Lindsay
Rockefeller
Rocky
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Los Angles Times
District Court Finishes With Active Sentences For Eight
Eight persons received active sentences in district court on Friday including a two year term. Van Beasley of N Centennial Avenue had a suspended sentence from 1969 activated by Judge Kenneth Carrington for DUI and assault with a deadly weapon with probation noted as violated. Danny Lee Lawrence of Thomasville drew six months for driving with a suspended license, while six others got 20 day terms for public drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Beasley
N. Centennial Avenue
Kenneth Carrington
Beasley
Danny Lee Lawrence
Thomasville
George Washingen Collins
Wise Street
Willie James Quick
Cross Street
Fred Johnson
Leroy Cotton Jr
Willow Place
McCade Cleveland
Downing Street
Swain Dorsett
Nathan Hunt Drive
Dorsett
Mary Archie
Clara Cox Apartments
Kenneth Kitchen
Clinard Street
Civitan Club Holds Closest To the Pin Contest
The High Point Plank Road Civitan Club hosted a Closest To the Pin event at Pinetree Golf Club to raise funds for underprivileged children through the YMCA. Civinettes from Andrews High School assisted the Civitans. The Dunn family plans a reunion on Sunday, June 27 at Lloyd Dunn's home on Apglemesh Drive in Louisville NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Plank Road Civitan Club
Pinetree Golf Club
Y.M.C
Andrews High School
Civitans
Charlie Johnson Dunn
Lloyd Dunn
Apglemesh Drive
Louisville
N.C
Eight Divorces Granted This Week in District Court
During a civil session of the district court at least eight divorces were granted. Cases include Rosa Lee Johnson Davis and Ernest Davis. Patricia A Burton and Harry Glenn Burton. G Robert Scronce and Juanita Sigman Scronce. Ella Will Lee and Willie James Lee. Sylvia Turner Bowers and Jimmy Delano Bowers. James L Dilldine and Marie Dilldine. Patricia Gail Rich and Dwight Thomas Rich. Tony Leonard and Janet Page Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Lee Johnson Davis
Ernest Davis
Patricia A. Burton
Harry Glenn Burton
G. Robert Scronce
Juanita Sigman Scronce
Ella Will Lee
Willie James Lee
Sylvia Turner Bowers
Jimmy Delano Bowers
James L. Dilldine
Marie
Dilldine
Patricia Gail Rich
Dwight Thomas Rich
Tony Leonard
Janet Page Leonard
Four Drivers Face Assault and DUI Charges in High Point
High Point police filed charges against Derk Mendenhall 17 and James Wood 19 for reckless driving after Friday incidents. Billy Phillips 33 faces DUI while Guy Hedrick 40 is charged with trespassing and assault with a gun. Police report thefts including a tape player from a 1968 car, a lawnmower on Steele Street, and $17 taken from a jacket at Triangle Billiards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Derk Freemont Mendenhall
James Craig Wood
Thomasville
Billy Gene Phillips
Trinity Avenue
Guy Martin Hedrick
Oakview Road
Wayne Jeannot
YMCA
Steele Street
Ruby Templeton
Ralph Nings
Triangle Billiards
Drowning at Quarry Near Asheboro On No Swimming Property
Frank Little 25 of 207 Burns St Asheboro died Friday night when he jumped from a low bank into deep water at Superior Stone Co Rock Quarry on Spero Road. Witnesses said he struggled as a companion tried to help. Rescue Squad recovered the body from 30 feet of water around 11 p.m. Death ruled drowning. area posted no swimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Superior Stone Co
Spero Road
Randolph County
Lloyd Brown
Frank Little
Burns St
Brown
Little
Ash-Rand
No Hike In School Taxes Kept By Guilford County
Guilford County keeps the 84 cent county tax rate for the next year while school district rates for three systems remain at 1971 levels. Per pupil current expense funds set at 60.25 dollars, up from 56.63, balancing the 1971 72 budget without an overall tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
Board of County Commission
High Point
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Commission
Dale Montgomery
Richard Maxwell
Maxwell
Guilford County Tax Finds $1.5 Million in Unassessed Property
A Guilford County unit with five staff in Greensboro and two in High Point has recovered 1.488 million dollars in additional revenue from under assessed property. Notable payments include Sears Roebuck and Company totaling 842 050.69 with 8 139.77 to High Point and 410 429 to Greensboro. Audits cover 127 firms including Zayres Colonial Stores and Woolworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
C. R. Brooks
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Brooks
High Point
Sears
N.C
Associated Press
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Peace By Nuclear Terror Is Cited In Far East View
John Farrior of the State Department told Kiwanians that the Far East could gain a prolonged peace through nuclear terror if it yields a stable balance. He described Chinese and Japanese perspectives, their border tensions, and the United States aims to avoid domination while fostering peaceful progress in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far East
John Farrior
State Department
China
Japan
United States
Russia
Farrior
Orient
Siberia
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Arrior
Ankara
Turkey
Central Treaty Organization
Stacey Farrior
Presbyterian
Helmstetler family reunion gathers in Lexington
The Helmstetler family reunion runs through June 27 on Helmstetler Road in Lexington with 100 to 150 relatives expected. Attendees will travel from up to 10 states including California and New Mexico and the Dakotas. A picnic at the family homestead will close the event on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helmstetler
Helmstetler Road
Lexington
California
New Mexico
Dakotas
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Art Buchwald
Camp Pioneer
Duane Corneilson
Dwight Corneilson
John Hackney
Danny Gardner
Lisa O'Dear
Art Richardson
Kitchen
Elizabeth Ann Davis
Edsel Street
Grant
Donnie Batton
Welcome
Mary A. Tyson
Penn Street
Civitan Club
Dunn
Marion Friffin
Randolph
County Tax Department
Zayre’s Stores
Colonial Stores
W. T. Grant Stores
Southwestern Radio
Eckerd Drug Company
F. W. Woolworth Company
K-Mart
Thomas and Howard
Berks Company
Pee
Helmstetler Reunion
High Point Enterprise
Church Avenue
Aunggy
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