New Traffic Lights Bring Change on Jamestown Main Street
Jamestown installs six new traffic signal heads at the Guilford College Road intersection, a safety project by the state DOT. Mayor Hall says traffic backs up twice daily and the new system, linking Main Street and Guilford College Road, improves flow and safety at the busy junction near the S curve.
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Jim Hawkins
Jamestown
Guilford College Road
High Point
Greensboro
Dept. of Transportation
Harold Hall
Main Street
Hall
Dept. of Tran
Sportation
Vance Barham
Barham
City Learns Steps Necessary To Meet Demand For Jobs
High Point faces more diverse high paying jobs and fewer low paying roles. A 1970s economic study forecasts non manufacturing jobs rising 57 percent to 40 460 by 2000 while manufacturing grows about 30 percent and overall employment reaches 70 000.
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High Point
Piedmont
Southeast
Hammer, Siler, George Associates
T.C.U
F.I.R.E
Protester Demonstrates Alone Outside New ABC Store
Ralph Shelton of High Point a cloth cutter said he acted on personal conviction not as a group member during a Monday protest in front of the ABC store at the National Furniture Market Building on S Main Street. He belongs to Green Street Baptist Church led by Dr. E W Price Jr a noted liquor store opponent. he had no plans for support and said he works 4 to 10 a.m.
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Ralph Shelton
High Point
ABC
National Furniture Market
S. Main Street
Shelton
Green Street Baptist Church
E. W. Price Jr
Big Ditch to Undergo Environmental Impact Study
Moore Gardner and Associates will conduct an environmental impact study for the planned Big Ditch drainage project in the Southside area. The study aims to decide whether to cover the exposed channel, with costs not to exceed 17000 dollars and completion within 60 days of contract signing.
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Moore, Gardner and Associates
Big Ditch
Cecil Brown
Federal
High Pointers Chase Kidnapper in Downtown Chase
A man kidnapped the wife and daughter of a prominent businessman, then was chased by High Point citizens Monday afternoon. Frank Lambeth and Howard McCurry, WMFR radio staff, chased the suspect from the Perpetual Savings and Loan to Gatewood Avenue and Elm Street, where a Walker's Body Shop employee tackled him. the women were unharmed.
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High Point
Frank Lambeth
Howard McCurry
WMFR
Perpetual Savings and Loan
N. Main Street
Laura L. Grimes
Hubert Leonard
Northwestern Bank
Thomasville
Lambeth
McCurry
Church Avenue
Walker
Grimes
Bobbie C. Leonard
Agencies Help Potential Child Abusers In High Point
Local agencies led by the Dept. of Social Services Protective Services and CAPS in Greensboro coordinate help for at risk families. Social workers assign ongoing cases, offer referrals to Urban Ministry and housing resources, and may seek legal custody if a child is at risk. Programs include parent aides, homemaker services, Parents Anonymous, and community education via a speakers bureau and civic groups. The Friends of Children and Youth push PA chapters, AGAPE parenting courses, and continued public outreach through Family Life Council and YWCA.
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High Point
Dept. of Social Services’ Protective Services
DSS
Jo Ann Newman
Protective Services Unit
Ms. Newman
Child Abuse Prevention Service
CAPS
Greensboro
Newman
Friends of Children and Youth
High Point PA
Family Life Council
YWCA
Guilford Technical Institute
AGAPE
Thomas Gordon
Dorothy Corkille Briggs
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Forrest Cates
Enterprise City
Carol Wilson Utley
Enterprise
Parents Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous
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