High Point Heads List For Integration Grants
High Point leaders reported the city school system tops North Carolina in pending integration grant funding. The district seeks $500000 for 1974 75 with programs in reading math home school coordinators and social studies curriculum changes. The panel noted 85 total points and a favorable minority non minority balance, but funding shifts could alter rank.
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Platets
Surratt
High Point
North Carolina
Atlanta
Energy lines and rumors in Washington during gas crisis
A Los Angeles Times piece recalls a Washington gas line where crowds heard conflicting radio reports about Iran’s Shah, Nixon statements, and impending rationing. The scene weaves bets on price shifts, refinery allocations, and a suggestion that William Simon could solve the energy crisis, amid tensions and hopeful false starts.
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Hotlé
Tady
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Amoco
Royal Dutch Shell
Nixon
Exxon
William Simon
Iran
Green Drive to be blocked for 72 hours for utility work
Traffic Engineering Dept announced a 72 hour closure of E Green Drive between Hamilton and Main Streets starting Monday morning for underground electrical line installation serving Wrenn Street. The south left lane will stay open, but drivers should detour to avoid bottlenecks during construction.
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E. Green Drive
Hamilton
Main Streets
Wrenn Street
E. Green
Fewer Legislators Seek Re election In NC Arena
In Raleigh a higher turnover in legislative races emerges as summer committee meetings strain lawmakers. About 19 percent won’t seek re election with 10 Senate and 22 House members not running. Senate turnover sits near 25 percent, driven by annual session pressures. A proposal links robbery payback to work release earnings for victims. Senate seeks wider anthem use in sports events to bolster national heritage. A change allows lawyers to serve on county boards in Alamance and Iredell with party lines clarified.
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General Assembly
Senate
House
Gordon P. Allen
Salisbury
Robert V. Somers
Somers
R-Rowan
Shooting Death Probed at Stockton Upholstery Co
High Point police investigated a shooting at Stockton Upholstery Co on Hamilton Street where a woman, secretary to owner Joseph Stockton, was found fatally shot in the chest. The woman’s name was withheld pending kin notification. An autopsy was planned. Police noted powder burns and a pistol nearby.
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Stockton Upholstery Co
Hamilton
Joseph Stockton
Stockton
Phillip Alonzo
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
High Point
N.C
Associated Press
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AP News
Post Office
All, Cartiers
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Citywide Spring Cleanup Set By Wards
Beginning Monday Public Works Dept and Chamber of Commerce announce the annual citywide cleanup. Ward 2 will start, with curbside pickup by 7 am on the ward’s first day. Residents should place trash in trash cans or bundles, keep items neat, and ensure each street is collected once.
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High Point
Public Works Dept
Chamber of Commerce
North Main Street
Motorist Injuries Reported In Street Collisions
Glenn James Martin, 18, of West Kearns Avenue was slightly injured Thursday when his car struck a utility pole on Coltrane Street near Maine Street after claiming brake failure and swerving to avoid a truck. Jennell Ward Moore, of Marion Court, was slightly injured in a separate crash on East Commerce Avenue at Walnut Street involving Warren Vinnelle Smith, 64, of Greensboro. Moore was charged with failure to yield the right of way. Officials note upcoming trash pickup routes and dates for city wards beginning March 18 in Ward 4, April 1 in Ward 3, and the final week in Ward 1.
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W. Kearns Avenue
Coltrane Street
S. Maine Street
Martin
Jennell
Ward Moore
Marion Court
Warren Vinnelle Smith
Greensboro
E. Commerce Avenue
Walnut Street
Moore
Ward 4
S. Main Street
South Main Street
Ward 1
North Main Street
Streaking display prompts Baptist sermon in High Point
About 250 people witnessed college students streak on campus at High Point College early today. Baptist ministers on Main Street denounced the act as sin and urged believers to turn to Jesus. Pastors from 15 area churches planned a prayerful follow up at the old Southern station, circulating letters to state officials protesting streaking and seeking help to prevent it.
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High Point College
Main Street
Phi Beta Kappa
Baptist
Old Southern
Midtown
High Point
Ray Vaughn
Neighborhood Baptist
Amos Mashburn
Landmark Baptist
Vaughn
Jesus Christ
Southern Baptist Convention
William Staton
Robert Morgan
All-City Orchestra Concert Set For Sunday
Eighty-one musicians from High Point City School’s five secondary schools will present their second annual All-City Orchestra Concert Sunday at 3 p.m. in Central High School auditorium. Conducted by E Barry Ruth, Central High’s orchestra director, with assistants Elizabeth Fouts of Andrews High and David Carter of Central High.
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Central High School
E. Barry Ruth
Elizabeth Fouts
Andrews High School
David Carter
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