Citizens Group Forms to Combat High Point Slums
A group of High Point residents formed to press City Hall for leadership to wipe out the southwest quad slums. Neighbors described rat infested shacks, sewer-filled yards, unsafe wiring, and rent burdens while fearing eviction for complaining. Detective Lt. Leak outlined city housing standards.
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High Point
City Camal
Fairviewed
Irving Hamilton
Wachovia Bank
Johnnie Sanders
Hulda St
Don Forney
Aientane
Liberityrtunity
Borhood Center
Forney
O. H. Leak
Bus a Commie plan proposed by Art Buchwald
Newspaper columnist Art Buchwald proposed a Bus a Commie plan to aid anti-communist efforts. He joked each town would receive one communist as a target, claimed Hoover ignored him, and critiqued Nixon’s 1968 campaign, speaking to the High Point Executives Club.
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Commie
Art Buchwald
High Point Executives Club
Buchwald
Cam Sp. Buchwald
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Coble Seeks House Seat in Guilford Race
Howard Coble, 36, Greensboro area candidate and assistant counsel, runs for State House. Republicans face two vacancies. Democrats have none. Other Republicans seeking nomination include Robert Odell Payne David W Adams and Roger Gibson. Coble resides in the Alamance Church community on Route 10 Greensboro. He backs creation of the measure mentioned.
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Howard Coble
House of Representatives
Coble
Guilford
Robert Odell Payne
David W. Adams
Roger Gibson
Alamance Church
Rt. 10
Greensboro
Manhunt Ends With Arrest After Southern Veneer Robbery
After a bold robbery at Southern Veneer Co in Thomasville yesterday an intense manhunt followed. Bloodhounds aided the search as highway patrolmen captured two suspects James Curtis Armstrong of High Point and Roy Lee Hedrick.
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Trinity
Southern Veneer Co
Thomasville
Prison Dept
James Curtis Armstrong
High Point
Roy Lee Hedrick
Jerry Parrish
Rain Likely to End Tonight With Cooler Air
Rain began last night and is expected to end tonight at Friendship. Temperatures fall to about 40 with a 40 percent chance of rain tonight and 10 percent Wednesday. Thursday looks generally fair and cool. Last night’s low was 48 and today's high around the mid 60s with tomorrow’s near 50s. Airport rainfall in the last 24 hours reached .61 inches.
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Friendship
Tmorrow
High Point Section B Tuesday Afternoon March 12 1968
The page itemized local news and notices from High Point with brief briefs and notices for Tuesday afternoon. Local events, classifieds, and community updates are listed in concise items typical of the era.
Dalton Sr. longtime High Point civic leader dies at 66
P Hunter Dalton Sr. longtime High Point businessman and civic figure died Monday at High Point Memorial Hospital at age 66. He was president of Snow Lumber Co. and had held numerous local and state posts including director at Piedmont Associated Industries and trustee roles. Funeral from First Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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P. Hunter Dalton Sr
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Snow Lumber Co
Dalton
Rockford Rd
Frances E. Dalton
P. Hunter Dalton Jr
Hillcrest Dr
H. H. King
Win
Ston-Salem
First Presbyterian Church
E. Kirk Allen Jr
Floral Garden Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Con
William Spencer
Anne Webb Dalton
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Frances Ennis of
Dunn
Mr. Dalton
R. F. Dalton
Security Development
Dalton, Armentrout and Dalton
Piedmont
Design Foundation
North Carolina State University
Presbyterian
City Pledges Aid To Mall Developer
City Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a special session to assist David Royster Jr of Shelby in advancing his Westchester Plaza Shopping Center on West Chester Drive. The project includes Thalhimer's first phase and later Roses Belk Be...
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
David Royster Jr
Shelby
Royster
Westchester Drive
William Colonna
Thalhimers Department Store
Roses
Belk-Beck
J. C. Penney
Charles Thalhimer
Thalhimers
Thalhimer
Westchester Plaza
Planning Commission
Haley Inn Park
E. Lexington Avenue
Tanyard Oaks
Planning Department
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Citizens Group
Art Richardson
Reader’s Digest
New York
Paris
New York Herald Tribune
Washington
Long
Illinois
Hunter Dalton Sr
Hunter
City
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