Swapping Kids Solution for Teenage Troubles
Washington columnist ART BUCHWALD discusses a provocative plan by a Mr Drowning to swap teenagers between families. The idea: when a teen can't stand home, exchange with another family’s teen to create two peaceful households. The piece satirically explores perceived home-life friction and the social dynamics among parents and youths.
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Washington
Drowning
Ronnie
Phillip Dutton
Phillip
Duttons
Phil
Maria
Kathy Parrish
Ellen
Parrishes
Steven
County Tables Rezoning Request Delayed For Growth Study
Guilford County Commissioners tabled six point six seven acre rezoning near Western Electric Guilford Center to study growth needs before approving a move from agricultural to planned business. Days Inns proposes a 1.25 million motel and service station.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County Commissioners Today
Western Electric Co
Guilford Center
F. P. Bodenheimer
Bodenheimer
Mount Hope Church Road
I-85
Western Electric
Days Inns of America
Plans Developing for Center in South High Point
High Point builder J. B. White moves to develop a 70 acre shopping center industrial complex just outside the city on S Main Street. Annexation hearings are set for April 17 with favorable council comments but formal action awaits the hearing. Rezone requests must go through the Planning and Zoning Commission before final council action.
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Forrest Cates
High Point
J. B. White
South High Point
White
S. Main Street
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Planning Commission
Council
Commission
City Planning Department
Fairfield Plaza
Norman G. Lamet
Herman W. Bernard
Herbert J. Ragan Jr
Prisoner Slashes Wrists After Bus Hijack Arrest
Donald Ray Henderson 26 of Atlanta injured himself in Davidson County jail after hijacking a Continental Trailways bus on Feb 6 near Salisbury. He was treated then sent to North Carolina Central Prison for April Superior Court. Separate robberies at Holiday Inn and Lexington State Bank yielded about $1,100. no arrests.
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Here
Davidson County
Donald Ray Henderson
Atlanta
Lexington Memorial Hospital
N. C. Central Prison
Raleigh
Superior Court
Henderson
Continental Trailways
Florida
Salisbury
Spruce Street Baptist Church
Lexington State Bank
First Avenue
Law On Public Housing May Have Reverse Effect
Public housing policy under the Brooke Amendment may raise operating subsidies strains for High Point and widen income gaps as welfare tenants face rent reductions. HUD warns North Carolina funds may fall short, urging tighter budgets or monthly subsidies to keep housing authorities solvent.
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Don Hubbard
High Point Housing Authority
Hubbard
Edward Brooke
Massachsetts
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
High Point
HUD
North Carolina
Clearing Way For Eastchester Widening Project
Widening of Highway 68 from N Main Street to near Holmes Store will begin with bridge construction and five laning. The four mile stretch to the airport aims to be completed by Aug 1 1973 according to plans by local officials.
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N. Main Street
Holmes Store
Sonny Hedgecock
James Boles
Ray Edwards
Highway 68
Eastchester Drive
Timberlake Drive
Day Care Facilities to Receive Measles Vaccines in Guilford County
Guilford County Health Dept schedules measles vaccinations for children ages 1 to 12 across 32 centers and 12 schools. Three teams of nurses and volunteers aim to immunize over 2,000 children, with 18 county sites offering the shot on Sunday March 26 from 12 30 to 3 p m at multiple locations. No charge, consent form required, vaccination record provided. The effort is a county wide service by Guilford Health Dept State Board of Health and County March of Dimes.
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Guilford County
Sarah T. Morrow
Morrow
Health Department
E. Northwood Street
Greensboro
Montheu Ave
High Point
Greensboro High School
Coun
The
Guilford County Health Dept
North Carolina State Board of Health
County March of Dimes
Urban Fiscal Crisis Deepening in North Carolina and Nation
North Carolina and national urban finance strains grow as cities face rising service demand with stagnant property tax revenue. Leigh Wilson of the N C League of Municipalities warns higher taxes loom unless federal and state aid expands. The 1971 and 1973 measures boosted city budgets through a one cent sales tax, higher gas tax shares, and a $150 million water and sewer bond. The league promotes clean water bonds and examining new revenue sources, including local income or occupation taxes and possible city county consolidation. Four Furman Dean’s List students from High Point are named Frances Ann Lamar Cheryl Dale Caudell Susan S Price and Janice E Thompson.
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Bryan Haislip
Raleigh
North
Caroina
Leigh Wilson
N.C. League of Municipalities
General Assembly
Congress
Wilson
League
H. Jack Elam III
Greensboro
Durham County
City
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Greenville
S.C
High Point
N. C
Furman University
Frances Ann Lamar
Leslie Lamar
Cheryl Dale Caudell
Ross Caudell
Susan S. Price
E. W. Price Jr
Janice E. Thompson
L. W. Thompson
Woman's Editor Wins Wendler Award at NC Press Women Meet
The North Carolina Press Women spring institute in Chapel Hill honored The Enterprise editor, Mrs. Wendler, with a third place in feature writing. Sarah Nixon of Mount Holly was named president with Ramona Harrill and Edith Low as vice presidents, Rose Yelton as secretary, and Rosalie Trotman as treasurer.
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Adelaide Wendler
The
Enterprise
North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill
the Press
Sarah Nixon
Mount Holly
Ramona Harrill
Rutherford County News
Edith Low
Charlotte News
Rose Yelton
Asheville
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Art Buchwald
Los Angeles Times
Robert Shaw
U.S. 421
Canoe Road
Deep River Township
Fabristeel Corp
Lexington
Mark Stabler
Davidson County Sheriff's Dept
Stabler
Dorothea Dix Hospital
Holiday Inn
High Point Enterprise
Eastchester
Colfax
Allen Jay
Jamestown
Guilford
Rena Bullock
Nathanael Greene
Summerfield
Rankin
Monticello
McLeansville
Gibsonville
Hillside Recreation Center
Wunc-Tv
Furman
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