Whitener Proposes Split Within GOP in High Point
A three way split emerges in the High Point Republican scene as A G Whitener and Conservative Republicans for Tax Reduction push to elect their candidates to the City Council. Whitener vows a tax cut platform and urges conservative Democrats to join the Republican push.
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Toner
A. G. Whitener
Cans
Whitener
Republican Party
Council
Jean Smith
Ansel Beck
J. T. McGhee
Philosphy
North Carolina
Charlie Jonas
Barry Goldwater
Democratic Party
Republicans Unveil Eight-Point Platform for High Point Elections
High Point Republicans released an eight point platform for city elections while noting several major issues were omitted due to internal disagreement. The document calls for greater local self government, a decade long budget study, paving all unpaved streets in stages, faster completion of the Thoroughfare Plan, and immediate construction of a new water reservoir.
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High Point Republicans
High Point
Republican Party
Woman Slashed In Centennial Avenue Home
Mrs. Vernie T. Branscomb 43 of Centennial Avenue was found battered by knife wounds in her bathroom at 12:20 p.m. Police said she was treated at High Point Memorial Hospital and a bloodstained note was found at the scene as investigators pursue the case.
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Vernie T. Branscomb
Centennial Avenue
High Point Memorial Hospital
Branscomb
Three Car Wreck Leaves Four Hurt in Junction Crash
At the junction of Highway 62 and Freeman Mill Road a three car collision wounded four people. Charles Copple, Duncan Warner Jr., and Ruby West were hospitalized. Warner faced reckless driving charges and West a speeding offense. Warner had a prior intoxicated driving arrest.
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Highway Patrol
Highway 62
Freeman Mill Road
Ruby West
Highland Avenue
Jerry Wayne West
Charles Austin Copple
Burlington
Duncan Talmage Warner Jr
Lincoln
Copple
Warner
West
Guilford Names Carl G. Johnson New County Manager
Carl G. Johnson, 42, a Towa native, was appointed Guilford County Manager effective May 6 after resigning as Washtenaw County Michigan administrator. Johnson, current Washtenaw chief, will earn 15000 annually with scheduled raises, succeeding Harry Weatherly who left Feb. 17. He arrived for a commissioners meeting and was chosen unanimously from over a dozen applicants. Johnson has led Washtenaw since 1955 and has held multiple county admin roles in Michigan and a wartime Air Transport Command navigator. He is married with two children and active in Rotary and the Ann Arbor United Fund.
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Greensboro
Towa
Guilford
Carl G. Johnson
Washtenaw County
Mich
Harry Weatherly
Mecklenburg
Johnson
Weatherly
Percy Sears
W. C. Smith
Smith
Ann Arbor
Washtenaw
The
National Assn. of
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wayne State University
Detroit
Wayne County
Oakland County
Air Transport Command
Mary Ruth O'Bryan
Kentucky
Garden Club Meeting At 1201 Day St Home
Mrs Bessie Haltom hosted the Blue Iris Garden Club at her 1201 Day Street home. President Mrs Annis Turner presided as the venue blossomed with seasonal flowers. Hattie Boulware won the hospitality prize. refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held at Mrs Lola Hart 210 Beach Street.
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Bessie Haltom
Blue Iris Garden Club
Day St
Annis Turner
Hattie Boulware
Lola Hart
Beach St
Art Student Receives White House Letter
Audrey Simmons, Emma Blair third grader, earned a White House letter after sending a crayon drawing of the president. The eight year old wowed classmates as she shared the message from Special Assistant Ralph A. Bunyan praising her friendliness and artwork.
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Audrey Simmons
Emma Blair
White House
Audrey
Washington
Singer Fidelity to Move Three Plants to High Point
Singer Fidelity Inc plans to relocate its three hosiery plants from Philadelphia to High Point starting March 26, with 15 acres near Five Points for a modern one story air conditioned plant employing about 300 people by year end. The move will phase in over three months, shifting assembly research engineering parts and service departments plus sales and executive offices. The firm cites better access to the South and global operations in hosiery machinery and electronics.
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Theodore T. Toole Jr
Singer-Fidelity, Inc
Singer Fidelity
Philadelphia
High Point
Toole
Singer-Fidelity
Ralph Miller
Alderman
N. Hamilton Street
Singer Manufacturing Co
Donald P. Kircher
Plaintiffs Finish Hose Patent Case
Plaintiffs wrapped up their hosiery patent trial in Winston-Salem on day 20 of the proceedings. Defense planned to open its case this afternoon as the judge weighed evidence about correspondence tied to a hosiery toe closure seamer trimming device.
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Winston-Salem
L. Richardson Preyer
T. Lynwood Smith
Smith
Adams-Millis Sales Top $15 Million
Adams-Millis Corp reports 1962 sales of 15,837,697 with net earnings of 405,133 and dividends of 546,354. Millis cites reduced demand and margins in control panels as the main earnings drop and forecasts improvement in 1963 from magnetic tape and a new OEM program.
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Adams-Millis Corp
J. H. Millis
Millis
Adams-Millis (Europe) Inc
Mild Weather Forecast Clears After Rain
The forecast for High Point predicts a move from showers to sunny skies. Temperatures should rise from a low around 47 to a mid sixty high near 65, with a warm 75 expected as the day progresses and a 45 degree night ahead.
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High Point
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High Point Republican Party
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GOP
Lowan
Commission
Dale Montgomery
Rotary, International
Ann Arbor United Fund
Methodist Church
Ralph A. Bunyan
High Point Enterprise
Singer-Fidelity Inc
Singer
New York
Rockefeller Plaza Drive
Broadway
Company Vice
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Anw Yrar
Vhipci
Segacy
Eugene D. O'Boyle
Peter A. Mahler
Paul Haas
Alfred Ehritz
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