Record Rainfall and Sunlight Deficit Plague Piedmont
The Greensboro High Point Airport reports 5.1 inches of abnormal precipitation since Jan 1 1962 with January sunshine obscured 64 percent of daylight. February sun was hidden 57 percent of time as moisture stays high and evaporation declines. Forecast calls for mixed skies, rain, and warmer temps with variable conditions through Wednesday.
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Enterprise
Wiiter
Greensboro High Point
Piedmont
Kivett Drive
City High Tops February Bank Debit Gains in District
City High led the Fifth Federal Reserve District in February bank debits along with Winston-Salem Washington and High Point. For January and February the nine-city NC aggregate totals show High Point at 85.183 million for February, up 21 percent from 1961, with a year to date 175.347 million.
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Winston-Salem
Washington
D. C
High Point
Federal Reserve District
North Carolina
Winston - Salem
Charlotte
Kinston
Wilson
Hickory
Durham
Asheville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
First Aid Planners To Meet In High Point
Thirteen Piedmont Red Cross chapters will send reps to a 7 p.m. meeting at the YWCA in High Point. Attendees include leaders from Alamance Davie Reidsville Rowan Stokes Surry Yadkin Randolph Mayodan Madison Leaksville Draper Winston Salem and Greensboro Guilford. Speakers are Jack Evans and Gwen O Neal. Topics cover first aid program development and expanding water safety training.
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Piedmont
American Red Cross
High Point
YWCA
Alamance
Davie
Reidsville
Rowan
Stokes
Surry
Yadkin
Randolph
Mayodan-Madison
Leaksville-Spray-Draper
Winston - Salem
Greensboro- Guilford
Jack Evans
Red Cross
North Carolina
Gwen O'Neal
Winston-Salem
Thieves Rifle Drink Machine at Jamestown Service
Guilford County sheriff's deputies report a tire tool opened a drink machine at Lawrence Gulf Service in Jamestown over the weekend. About $20 in change was stolen and $50 in damage was listed. Deputies continue the investigation.
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Lawrence
MIG Lessons for Nationalist Pilots in Taiwan
Chinese Nationalist air force pilots will attend special classes in Taipei to learn to fly the Russian built MIG 15. The training aims to improve battle tactics against the Communists after Liu Cheng sze defected to Formosa last week, according to Nationalist sources disclosed Saturday.
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Taipei
Formosa
Liu Chengsze
Evangelist Dr Perry Webb Calls Sinners to Honest Confession
Dr Perry Webb opened a revival at Emerywood Baptist Church with a sermon on Psalm 51 arguing that all sins are sins against God. He urged three acts for honesty: mercy, confession, and cleansing, and criticized churches for counting crowds instead of souls. He preached on the New Birth from John 3.
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Perry Webb
Emerywood Baptist Church
Webb
David
God
Texas
Dr. Webb
High Point
Major Adds to $1.8 Million in Building Permits
Building inspector records last week show $1,808,808 in permits the largest in over a year. Two new structures rise for Alderman Studios off Lloyd Avenue and Kirkman Park School, plus ground breaking for High Point Savings and Trust Co. at its site. Alderman project valued at $862,320 aims for July 4 completion with 135,000 square feet. Kirkman Park School contracts total $393,888 with 14 classrooms and multipurpose facilities.
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Alderman Studios
Kirkman Park
High Point Savings and Trust Co
Lloyd Avenue
John Ramsey and Associates
Salisbury
N. C. Monroe Construction Co
Greensboro
Ray Street
Guy Crampton
R. K. Stewart and Son
High Point
High Point Savings and Trust
Old Wesley Memorial Methodist
N.main
Leon Schute
R. K. Stewart
Wachovia Bank and Trust
E. Washington Street
High Point Chemical and Manufacturing Co.Inc
Taylor
Fred de Lappe
West Point
C. M. Bodenheimer
Johnson
Lindale Dairy
E. Lexington
Weekend Offenses Parade Across City Blotter
Police blotter reports numerous weekend offenses including drunken driving violations prohibition law breaches and concealed weapons. Several defendants posted bonds ranging from 50 to 300 dollars with trials set in Municipal Court in March and April.
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Sam Williams
Elizabeth Street
Garland E. Porterfield
Grace Street
Lexie White Davis
St. John Street
Porterfield
Williams
White
Davis
Raymond Herbert Dover Jr
N. Main Street
Carl Wesley Blair
Raymond M. Delappe
Delappe
Kentucky Avenue
Blair
Willie Thompson
Fourth Street
Lonnie Dalton Carteret
Clara Cox Apartments
James Odell England
Thomasville
Ronald Mackland Carter
W. Lexington Avenue
Jackson Ross
W. Green Street
England
Carter
Ross
Pearly Boone
Municiipal Court
Trinity Girl Wins Crown For Beauty
Sharon Mathis 18 of Trinity was chosen Miss Carolina Press Photographer at Pinehurst and will compete in Miss Universe. She is valedictorian, Miss Trinity, and winner of the Queen of Randolph Pageant, eligible for Miss North Carolina Pageant. Runner-up Laura Grady. third Louise Farr.
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Sharon Mathis
Pinehurst
Carolyn Melton
Carolinas Press
Trinity
Walter E. Mathis
Rt. 1, Trinity
Trinity High School
Miss Carolina Press
Sharon
Randolph
N. C
Laura Grady
Raleigh
Louise Farr
Albemarle
Miss Mathis
Charlotte
Carolinas
Mathis
Charleston
High Point weighs federal aid for new reservoir land
City officials consider applying for federal grants up to 30 percent to finance land acquisition for a Deep River watershed reservoir. If approved, the lake would be roughly twice the size of the existing one and could become a separate system with its own pumping and filtration. City Council will review the proposal in committee and a Thursday session, with planning and zoning also weighing in.
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High Point
Harold Cheek
City Planning and Zoning Commission
A. T. Schram
Lawndale Drive
Leity
Portrait of Marvin Nash Unveiled In City Court
An oil portrait of the late Clerk of Court Marvin Wesley Nash was unveiled at High Point Municipal Court. The presentation by Attorney Charles McAnally honored Nash a public official, lawyer and civic leader who served as clerk from 1943 until his death in 1957. The portrait was given to Florence Allen to hang in the clerk's office.
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Marvin Wesley Nash
High Point Municipal Court
Charles McAnally
Nash
Unity Nash Funderburk
Byron Haworth
Florence Allen
University of North Carolina
High Point
Washington
Hamlet
N. C
Greensboro Loan and Trust Co
13Th Judicial
House of Representatives
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Stewards
Jack Byerly
Silas Casey
J. W. Morgan
Police School Opens Today
The City County Building hosts the High Point Police Academy with Capt. J. D. Wade supervising a 15 hour course for training sergeants and lieutenants. It marks the first time classes are held in the new building.
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City County
High Point Police Academy
J. D. Wade
Democrats Pick New Chairman
Tom Suddarth Davidson County Court solicitor named to succeed Paul Stoner as chairman of the Davidson County Democratic Executive Committee. Stoner resigned citing ill health and will remain county attorney until a replacement is found. Suddarth was elected at Lexington meeting with Gov Terry Sanford as principal speaker.
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Lexington
Tom Suddarth
Davidson County
Paul Stoner
Democratic Executive Committee
Stoner
Suddarth
Terry Sanford
Prayer for TODAY Quiet in a Turbulent World
Prayer urging daily quiet to hear the Spirit of God within. Rol and R. De Lapp of Minneapolis Minnesota, principal of Anthony Junior High School, asks for calm through Jesus Christ.
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God
Jesus Christ
Roland R. de Lapp
Minneapolis, Minn
Anthony Junior High School
Montreal Symphony Plans Historic European Tour
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra will tour Russia Austria and France for three weeks in April and May, marking Canada's first professional orchestra to perform in Europe. The feat showcases the ensemble's international reach and cultural exchange.
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Montreal
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Russia
Austria
France
Canada
Lectures Slated For Firemen
The local fire department will hold a compulsory training course for all firemen from March 13 to April 10 as part of its ongoing education. Lecturers from the department and local industries will visit each fire station to cover equipment use fire investigation chemistry of fire natural gas hazards large scale forest fires and evacuation procedures.
Break-Ins Reported To Police
Two break-ins and a juvenile theft case are under police investigation. Irvin Johnson reported a home burglary on Grace Street with 20 shirts a transistor radio and trading stamps stolen. A break-in at K and M Used Car Lot on S Hamilton and E Green Streets involved a tire wheel and tools. Two girls aged 13 and 10 were arrested for theft at Kroger on S Main Street and given to juvenile authorities.
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Irvin Johnson
Grace Street
Johnson
K and M
S. Hamilton
E. Green
Curtis Holt Mayes
Mayes
R. D. Wells
Kroger
S. Main Street
Mammoth bones found at Warsaw construction site
A committee of experts studies bones unearthed at a Warsaw site and identifies the remains as a prehistoric mammoth.
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Warsaw
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