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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1972
Page
11
Police chief Laurie Pritchett asks High Point City Council to adopt a Mecklenburg style ordinance restricting massage parlors. The measure requires licenses, character proof, health certificates, and patient records with doctor prescribed treatments limited to specific body parts and up to ten sessions.
A head on collision between a car and a tractor trailer on U S 421 west of North Wilkesboro killed three Asheboro men. Edward Hedrick III 19 William Stevenson 20 and John Stevenson 21 died. A fourth passenger Clayton Woodie 20 was injured. Truck driver Ralph Noles of Arkansas also was hurt. Investigators said the brake failure on the downhill section caused the crash. All four were ASU students. Funeral plans were not complete.
The NCMHA evaluation names John B. Umstead Hospital at Butner as the best of North Carolina’s four mental hospitals amid ongoing funding and staffing challenges. While praised for adolescent and alcoholic programs and patient engagement, the report faults staffing ratios and old facilities, noting the need for more money after only 4.6 million of a requested 32 million was appropriated.
Fifteen Mason Way residents packed a planning board meeting to oppose a planned apartment complex funded by a $1 million HUD mortgage. They fear low quality construction, neighborhood deterioration, and overcrowded schools, while city officials consider options to halt zoning and construction if needed.
Guilford County Planning Board will hear three zoning change requests in Jamestown Township and nearby areas from agricultural to single family residential. The board will also consider a Richardson Corp. rezoning near Deep River Township from heavy industrial and agricultural to light industrial and planned industrial construction. municipal extrapolation on two miles of ET zoning and a Rica Fork inquiry into mobile home restrictions were discussed. Hutchens named one of six Jim Gardner campaign co chairs in Raleigh.
A new edition of booklets showing streets throughout High Point is available at the Chamber of Commerce on N Main Street. Cal von Rice said the guides were prepared by the Chamber and Red Bird Cab Co with data from the Planning and Engineering Department. The up to date 1972 edition lists streets alphabetically with starting points.
Voters face two bond questions in High Point: 5.6 million for the electric system and 350 thousand for converting city hall into a civic center. Early turnout was light but rising. polls stay open 7 30 p m with about 15 percent participation expected.
The commission will review Brinson Diesel Sales Westchester Drive property zoning from residential to business. The Church of God of Prophecy seeks Business A-5 zoning on Greensboro Road property between Spencer Street and Hampton Drive. Leonard Shaffer requests rezoning Tise Main Street between Scott and Parris avenues to Business A-5. A street name change for Gaines Court to Springoak Court is on the agenda. Two group developments, retirement complex for First Wesleyan Church on Centennial Street and W. E. Vaughn property on Hendrix Street, are also scheduled. Meeting at City-County Building 7 30 p m.
Daniel Christopher Quick, 18, Boulevard resident, refused to move from in front of the police narcotics office on the first floor of the City-County Building. He is charged with interfering with ingress and egress, held on $100 bond, with trial set for March 17. Police logged the incident at 11:05 p.m. Monday. Also noted were two purse thefts, one recovered, involving Carla Atkinson and Mattie Royals.
Burlington Industries unveils High Point site for plastics furniture line through Artemide Burlington, formed with Ernesto Gismondi of Milan. New designs include lamps and lighting via injection molded plastics, fiberglass reinforced plastics, and extrusion profiles. Cecil Gurganus named production manager. startup date and staffing remain undecided.
The Denton Town Council fills the vacancy by appointing Ames Sexton to the seat left when mayor pro tem Donald Morris became mayor after Jerry Carlton resigned as mayor.
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