Reservoir Clearances Slated for 3 Billion Gallon Project
Land clearing for a new three billion gallon reservoir is planned to begin this summer. City Manager Harold Cheek says the council will meet in a special session to approve spillway dam elevation as engineers determine the dam height. The reservoir north of Eastchester Drive will flood about 632 acres with Deep River as the main source, at an estimated cost of $3 million funded by long term bonds.
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Forrest Cates
Harold Cheek
Eastchester Drive
Deep River
Cheek
City Lake
Wilbur Smith and Associates
Smith
Three-city metro area formed in Piedmont by SMSA ruling
Greensboro High Point and Winston-Salem win a federal reclassification creating a three county SMSA with Randolph and Yadkin included. TheTriad leaps into the nations top 100 metropolitan areas, boosting attention for retail, industry, and culture.
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Joe Brown
Greensboro
High Point
Winston - Salem
U.S
Charlotte
Guilford
Forsyth
Greensboro High Point
Winston-Salem
Meade Willis
Piedmont Crescent
Willis
I. Paul
Firemen Hampered by Traffic as Southern Railway Blaze Rages
Large fire along the Southern Railway cut at the big ditch burned north bank from Hamilton Street eastward near coal piles of City Fuel Co. Firemen fought flames for hours while thousands of motorists caused traffic jams. Officials said winds dried vegetation and led to cancellation of all burning permits until conditions improve.
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Southern Railway
Hamilton Street
City Fuel Co
Fire Department
T. G. Shelton
Toll Now 224 in N C Highway Deaths This Year
The Associated Press reports nine weekend highway deaths raise North Carolina’s 1967 toll to 224, 21 fewer than the year-ago period. Victims include Hershal Holder near Fontana, Eulis Horne near Vander, Ernest Branch near Winston-Salem, Mary Sue McClain near Raleigh, Edward Oxendine near Red Springs, Jacob Black in Lenoir, and others from Fayetteville to Hickory, with Warren See on Page 7B.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Hershal H. Holder
Robinsville
Graham County
N.C
Fontana
Eulis Horne
Fayetteville
Vander
Cumberland County
Salisbury
Ernest M. Branch
Winston-Salem
Mary Sue McClain
Raleigh
Edward Oxendine
Shannon
Robeson County
Red Springs
Jacob A. Black
Lenoir
Paul Jefferson Jr
Ft. Bragg
Terry Lee Nelson
Hickory
James Everett Aldridge
Daniel Moore Allison Jr. buried in Sylva funeral
Sylva North Carolina Daniel Moore Allison Sr. a first cousin of Gov. Dan Moore and a Jackson County Democratic leader was buried after funeral services at Sylva First Methodist Church. He died at his Sylva home Saturday night at age 62.
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Sylva
N. C
Daniel Moore Allison Sr
Dan Moore
Jackson County
Sylva First Methodist Church
Allison
Warm Period Nearing End Forecast Shifts To Cooler Tuesday
The Friendship weatherman says springlike warmth is ending with tonight cloudy skies and scattered showers. Tuesday will be cloudy and windy with a cooler afternoon and night, followed by variable clouds and cold weather midweek.
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Friendship Weatherman
Commissioners Approve Downtown Government Center Plan
Guilford County Commissioners unanimously approved the recommendations to retain the courthouse and plan a single administrative building for both county and city use. The panel directed the architects to draft the program, with Eduardo Catalano of Boston as designer, and hoped to present the center to the public this year.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Commissioners Today
Carl Johnson
George Aull
Eduardo Catalano
Boston
Mass
Willard Gourley
Action County
Hugh Ross
Ross
Guilford Technical Institute
New Phone Numbers In Operation In Jamestown Area
About 1 700 telephones in the Jamestown area must dial with new numbers after North State Telephone Co cut over its East Central office on Main Street Jamestown. The new prefix for numbers from East Central is 454 and about 400 business phones on the High Point Exchange are also affected. The change accompanies rotary switching upgrades and lime colored directories are advised. No numbers called through Archdale and Thomasville exchanges changed.
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Jamestown
North State Telephone Co
East Central
Main Street
High Point Exchange
Archdale
Thomasville
Solicitor Morrison backs Hughes reappointment in Thomasville
Thomasville news reports Fred Morrison Jr. supports Judge L Roy Hughes for a second two year term on Recorder's Court. Morrison, nominated by the Thomasville Bar Association to replace Hughes, says Hughes is fair and tries to seek the truth despite controversy. Morrison and Hughes are active church and legal community leaders.
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Bob Burchette
Thomasville
Recorder’s Court
L. Roy Hughes
Fred Morrison Jr
Thomasville Bar Assn
Hughes
Bar Association
Carliss T. Kennedy
Morrison
See Morrison
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