Annexation and water rate plans eyed by High Point council
High Point officials propose a 30 acre annexation along Highway 311 near the county line and a water rate hike plus a $2 service charge as part of the FY 1977 78 budget. The council also weighs restricting caterers from parking near schools with hours and duration to avoid legal challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
High Point
Highway
Guilford County
Randolph County
Roy Culler
Knox Walker
Culler
Jack Dillard
Sandra
Direc
Farmers Market Sees Slower Trade At New Location
On a Saturday morning at the city parking area on High Avenue the Farmers Market opens with six trucks and three cars. Vendors note traffic is down since the move from the old market as about two dozen people mill about. A first time eggseller from Archdale plans to return, while others offer vegetables jams and baked goods.
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High Avenue
Farmers Market
Archdale
Tracey
Kirkman
Tracey Stephens
Fay
Grimes Park
Austin
Sheriff's Dept
Paradise Motel
I-85
Oregon
HGH POINT ENTERPRISE Monday Afternoon
Local section notes HGH Point Enterprise on a Monday afternoon in June 1971. No further readable details available in the clipped text.
City Seeks Funding for Nine Local Public Works Projects
High Point City Council moves to file an application with the U S Department of Commerce for about 444 500 in local public works funding. Projects include fire training center improvements, Harvell Park parking lot paving, and a connector street between S Wrenn and Hamilton Streets. Funds likely 430 000 to 450 000 with start within 90 days of approval and completion in one year.
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High Point
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
Harvell Park
S. Wrenn
Hamilton
Cy Brooks
Brooks
Public Works Capital Development and Investment
Waste Transfer Unit Proposal Is Criticized By Consultant
McLeansville engineer Charley L. Thompson Jr. argues the proposed Guilford County solid waste transfer station west of Greensboro is not cost effective before 2000 without compulsory collection or industrial waste. He cites a Myrtle Beach study and urges a county study to find cheaper methods.
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Greensboro
McLeansville
Guilford County
Ogden Deal
Charley L. Thompson Jr
Thompson
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Deal
Indiate
Local Man Injured In Fight At Central Prison
Caudell Spaulding a 39 year old High Point man and six inmates were injured when a knife fight broke out at Central Prison Raleigh as inmates headed to supper. Spaulding in serious condition with multiple stab wounds. he is serving a life sentence for first degree murder and 20 to 30 years for second degree murder. The guard suffered a small laceration and was treated and released.
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Central Prison
Raleigh
Caudell Spaulding
Spaulding
Sam P. Garrison
High Point to open second ABC Store this Wednesday
High Point will launch its second ABC Store at 201 W Fairfield Rd on Wednesday at 9 a.m. Paul Clapp says the Fairfield Road site and High Point Mall store will be self service, with the downtown store remaining over the counter. The Fairfield location will house a warehouse and serve as ABC headquarters for all High Point stores.
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High Point
ABC
Fairfield Rd
Paul Clapp
High Point Mall
Fairfield Road
Fairfield
ABC Board
Emaarets
NCNB
S. Main Street
Federal Warrants Sought In Chair City Abduction Case
FBI agents in Greensboro are discussing federal warrants for Eugene Austin over the abduction of 8 year old Tracey Stephens in Thomasville Davidson County North Carolina. Authorities say Austin and Lawrence Stephens may have fled the state and patrols are stepped up around the Webbs neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Speaks
Enterprise
Thomasville
Greensboro
FBI
Eugene
Gene" Austin
Davidson
Greg Kirkman
Lawrence Stephens
Modesto
Calif
Tracey Stephens
U.S
Austin
Kirkman
Stephens
Times of
Davidson Sheriff's Dept
Stephen
Ikman
Sheriff's Dept
Phyllis Webb
Webbs
Unemployment Drops in High Point May 1977
Enterprise staff report shows High Point Guilford County winter employment rose about 500 in a year as economy improves. William Hollar of the Employment Security Commission notes unemployment fell from 5.4 to 4.7 percent for May 1977.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hawkins
High Point
Guilford County
William Hollar
Employment Security Commission Office
Hollar
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James Kidd
Ernest Spell
City
Chair City
California
North Carolina
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