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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
11
The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions with a high in the low 60s in the High Point area today. A cold front brings clear skies and a low in the upper 30s tonight followed by a partly cloudy, cooler Wednesday with a high near 50 and no precipitation through Wednesday.
Elton Edwards a Guilford County Democrat announced his intention to seek a State Senate seat for the Randolph Guilford district. The district includes Randolph and Guilford counties with vacancies on the Democratic House ticket and a March 22 filing deadline for the Senate. Edwards is a UNC Law graduate of 1948.
City officials discuss forming a special committee to study adding 600 public housing units in the southwestern area. If approved by federal authorities and funded, the Housing Authority may proceed, with five years projected for completion. Existing program includes 266 occupied units and 96 more under construction in the Fast Central Urban Renewal area.
Councilman Carson Stout moved to have Mayor Robert Davis write to the commission expressing city concern about delays in parking facilities. The Urban Renewal Commission has acquired all property for the Parking Plaza. revenue bonds for the lots are to be issued, while owners seek leases.
The U S Supreme Court refused to hear a Hanes Hosiery Division appeal involving the Textile Workers Union of America. The case concerns a National Labor Relations Board election for about 4 000 employees eligible to vote on union representation.
In Raleigh AP report Democrat says it is wholesome for young people to be in politics and that this program can bring a number of them into an active role.
Thomasville seeks to run electrical inspections in the one mile zone to enforce building codes but Davidson County commissioners deny the request. City inspector James Miller says this will hinder enforcement and allow uninspected housing, while the county insists it will continue free electrical inspections. He notes the county has one inspector for all projects and school inspections, and Thomasville would have aided the county by taking on more inspections.
Mark Short of Greensboro declares a bid for a third term in the North Carolina State House. He is among four Democrats in the race, with Republican Robert C. Payne of McLeansville also running. Short seeks higher pay for school personnel and law enforcement and holds a UNC Chapel Hill education as a businessman and attorney married to Dorothy Mangum with one daughter.
Piedmont North Carolina Baptists heard Monday that accreditation of the state convention could be threatened by future attacks on a college president, professor or administrator from the convention floor. They were directed to observe rules established by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Sp 4 Carlie McCormick of 600 Hulda Street returns from a year in the Army Engineers in Vietnam. He is greeted by his brother Joe as his parents Mr. and Mrs. Russell McCormick look on. Photo by Dick Sweim.
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