City Raises Its Share Of Parking Garage Costs
The city plans to increase its share of funding for a three deck parking garage from 600000 to 800000, reducing public subscriptions required to 700000. Mayor Bill Bencini said ground will not be broken until revenue bond commitments are secured and feasibility plans gain approval. W. D. Lee notes renewed merchant interest and cites a 6.5 to 7 percent non taxable yield for bond buyers.
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W. D. Lee
Lee
Bill Bencini
N. C
Bank Robbery at Five Points By Two Masked Bandits
Two young white men robbed the First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. branch at Five Points just before noon. They fled in two getaway cars, including a Mustang later abandoned, after restraining employees. Police issued a 100 mile radius alert and reported no injuries. The robbers spoke only to declare the robbery and did not access the vault.
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First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Carolina-Wiltshire
George Leverett
Leverett
Area Students Win Top Honors in AMS Business Study
David Dean Collins of Ragsdale and Sadie L. Picklesimer of Thomasville Senior High were named top students of business in seven area high schools. They received $250 scholarships at a banquet sponsored by the High Point AMS chapter and Snelling & Snelling.
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Ragsdale
Thomasville
David Dean Collins
Sadie L. Picklesimer
High Point
Administrative Management Society
AMS
Snelling & Snelling
Central
T. Wingate Andrews
Thomasville Senior High
Allen Jay
Ledford
Trinity
Sheila S. Smith
Kay Hoover
Carolyn Denise Hicks
Charles G. Kennedy
Hattie LeGrande
Glenn Myers
High Point Central
Bobby Kennedy
Dobbins Named CSC Director
J. D. Dobbins of High Point was elected director of the Central Service Corp. a savings and loan service firm. The appointment came at the annual shareholders meeting held recently in Greensboro.
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J. D. Dobbins
High Point
Central Service Corp
Type Savings and Loan Service Corporation
Dobbins
Greensboro
Three Thieves Steal Over $2000 From Mann Drug Store
Police hunt three Black men in their 20s who distracted clerks at Mann Drug Westchester Mall then stole a deposit bag with $2097. An employee chased them as they fled. Separate arrests followed for strong arm robbery auto larceny and other thefts and drunken driving charges.
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Westchester Mall
Jerry Wayne Allen
Vall Street
Allen Mortimer
Colonial Drive
Relief Drive Led by Legion Posts Aids Flood Victims
The relief effort was organized by J. T. Mann Post 87 and Roger Kirchofer Post 206 of the American Legion. A relief truck is scheduled to depart for Man, West Virginia, Sunday at 3 a.m.
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American Legion
J. T. Mann
Roger Kirchofer
Man
W. Va
Mark Austin
Eddie Brewer
Dennis Byrd
West Virginia
Ten New Members Seated On Model Cities Board
Ten new commissioners joined the High Point Model Cities Commission, filling most of the 40 member board. New appointees include Jackie Moore Hazel Starr Mary Brown Lillian Harris Lawrence Ezekial and James Belton with Belton moving to Brackett. Public agency members are A Laurin Welborn Jack Poisson John Wood and Ralph Sheppard. The session focused on orientation and the Southside urban renewal plan funding of about half a million dollars in federal funds and 250000 local funds for year one.
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High Point Model Cities Commission
Jackie Moore
Hazel Starr
Mary Brown
Lillian Harris
Lawrence Ezekial
James Belton
Belton
Southside
Brackett
Starr
Commission
A. Laurin
High Point
Wayne Pray
Redevelopment Commission
East Central
Harrison Center
UNC Names Brenda Gail Weant to Dean's List
Brenda Gail Weant of High Point is named to the University of North Carolina Dean's List for the fall semester at Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
Brenda Gail Weant
High Point
University of North Carolina
Guilford County bids opened for first solid waste unit
Bids for Guilford County first solid waste disposal unit will be opened April 14 at 11 a m in the Board of Commissioners Room. Six firms have been mailed specifications for a grinding station east of High Point with options for two more units and engineering services. Contracts expected by May 15 as part of a 1.2 million bond program.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
James Rickards
Rickards
High Point
Board of Commissioners
Riverdale
Carl Wills
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Elm Street
Biltmore Hotel
Elm and
High Streets
Main Street
High Street
High Point Enterprise
David Collins
Sadie Picklesimer
CSC
Mann
Mike Hill
Meadow Place
Chestnut Drive
Kenneth Wayne Belton
W. Willis Avenue
Charles R. Allen
Red Comer
Eastchester Drive
Green Oaks
Robert Lee Osborne
Brentwood Street
Joseph Brady
Cantering Road
Mary Driver
Parkway Avenue
High Point College Library
A. C. Pendleton
Highland Motors
Steve Starliper
Bollingbroke Road
James Williamson
Woodbury Street
William Henry West
Route 1
Willis Arthur Williams
Park Street
Model Cities Board
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