Area Employment Falls Short of Energy Crunch Rescue
Employment in the four county Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area including High Point is projected to grow by 1,400 by mid-April and 3,800 by the end of July if qualified workers are available, per an Employment Security Commission survey of Guilford Randolph Forsyth and Yadkin Counties. The report notes a February unemployment rate of 2.4 percent with 8,130 unemployed out of a 340,410 workforce, and highlights textile job losses amid shifts to other industries.
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Four County Standard
High Point
Employment Security Commission
ESC
Guilford
Randolph
Forsyth
Yadkin
HSC
Resident Reports Multiple Robberies Across City Areas
Police logged numerous incidents including three men allegedly assaulting Bobby Lee McDonald on Henley Street near The Cove at Five Points and stealing about $20, a home break in on Friddie Street with a $15 radio taken, a church break in on Brockett Street with broken glass but no reported theft, and vehicle theft of four tires valued at 350 dollars from Wann York Pontiac. Also noted were alleged drunken driving, auto larceny, possession of marijuana, and various assault and probation violations.
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Bobby Lee McDonald
Henley Street
Mary Ellen Clemmens
Friddie Street
Wann
York Pontiac
N. Main Street
Doug Martin
W. College Drive
W. College
YMCA
Passengers Hurt In Wreck On Hoskins Street
Laula M Chapman of EB College Drive and Napoleon Wall, 30, of Clara Cox, along with Thomas J. Smith, 21, of Fourth Street, were slightly injured in a two car collision on Hoskins Street near Brooks Avenue at 4 13 am. Wall was charged with drunken driving.
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Laula M. Chapman
Jamies Olin Howell Jr
Route 3
Southern Railway
West Point Avenue
Courtesy Road
Howell
Court Hearing Set In Milk Price Fuss
Charles Gilbert owner of Mother Hubbard's Cupboard at 3710 N Main St is to appear in Superior Court Wednesday for a hearing sought by the state Milk Commission. The commission seeks to stop Gilbert from selling milk below the standard retail price. He says he has had verbal warnings but the law is unconstitutional. He built his business by low prices and says he raised milk to 1.29 to cover costs. The hearing will be in Superior Court Greensboro. Two civil actions were filed Friday in the local Superior Court office. Vernon Equipment Co sues Main Street Baptist Church for goods sold April 1 1972 to April 4 1973. Linda Sue Bowen by guardian Ad Litem Robert L Bowen sues Robert B Varner and Donna K Varner.
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Charles Gilbert
Mother Hubbard
N. Main St
Superior Court
State Milk Commission
Gilbert
Commission
Milk Commission
Greensboro
the Vernon Equipment Co
Main Street Baptist Church
Linda Sue Bowen
Guardian Ad Litem
Robert L. Bowen
Robert B. Varner
Donna K. Varner
Humane Society eyes boycott of Coca-Cola sponsor link
Jamestown group of the Humane Society plans a boycott against Coca-Cola over animal use in rodeos. Guilford County members vote to target the sponsor of the Longhorn Championship Rodeo touring the area. They expect Forsyth to vote similarly as the event comes to Winston-Salem next week.
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Jamestown
Gulford
Humane Society
Coca-Cola Zoo
Guilford Society
Forsyth County Humane Society
Winston-Salem
Cause Bulk Of Accidents Accident Prone Few Assailed
Col. Charles A Speed argues a small percentage of drivers cause most wrecks and outlines a new National Driving Center in North Carolina. The center studies driver profiles, addiction and mental factors to flag high risk motorists, funded by a 1973 General Assembly appropriation and supported by medical, legal, and insurance groups.
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Bill Noblitt
Raleigh
Col
Charles A. Speed
Highway Patrol
Speed
National Driving Center
Research Triangle Park
General Assembly
N.C
North Carolina
New Jamestown Jaycees Install New Officers at Banquet
Jamestown Jaycees and Jaycettes installed Friday night at Town Hall. Ted Johnson became president with Mike Bryant as VP, Don Baker state director, Steve Owen treasurer, and Bob Lackey secretary. Ray Beshears and Gene Myrick named directors. Jimmy Young earned Key Man Award and Jerry Fuqua Outstanding Board Member. both received Exhausted Rooster Pins. Young also got a nine year service gift from Don O Briant.
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Jamestown Jaycees
Jaycettes
Jaycee
Ted Johnson
Mike Bryant
Don Baker
Steve Owen
Bob Lackey
Ray Beshears
Gene Myrick
Jimmy Young
Jerry Fuqua
Young
Fuqua
Jaycees
Don O'Briant
K Mart minor trash fire and false alarm report
Firefighters responded to multiple small incidents Friday and Saturday including sparks in a K Mart incinerator room causing a smoke event with no damage, a malicious false alarm on Russell Avenue Park Street, a truck fire on Ann Moore Circle that was out on arrival, and grass fires along the railroad tracks near English Road with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kmart Foods
Russell Avenue
Park Street
Ann Moore Circle
English Road
Nixon imposters test audience in To Tell the Truth
In a 1974 Los Angeles Times segment Gerald Ford era air, three Nixon lookalikes attempt to prove who is real Richard Milhous Nixon. Contestants answer questions on Watergate fallout and impeachment, with identities revealed as Tam McClendon, Tam Spiro Agnew, and a claimant declaring I am not a crook.
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J. Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
Congress
Richard Milhous-Nixon
Kitty
Ron Ziegler
Peggy
Hugh Scott
Dean
Middle East
Richard Milhous Nixon
Tam Sarah McClendon
Tam Spiro Agnew
Los Angeles Times
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City
Robert Chapman
Lester Jerrell
City Lake Park
Grimes Street
Parks and Recreation Dept
Family Dollar
Eastgate Shopping Center
Hubert Barrino
Woodbury Street
Beverly Ann Vanleuvan
Lakecrest Drive
Richard G. Wilmouth
Bobby Monroe Fields
W. Lexington Avenue
James Edward Schoeppner
Rt. 2
Lowell
Ohio
Tommy Jefferson Miller
Sophia
Vernon Clyde Lovette
Dartmouth
Wheeler Street
Mack Smith
Vail Street
James Otis Rogers
W. Willis Avenue
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
Okly
AP News
Post Office
High Paint Enterprise, Inc
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
Coca-Cola
Roberts
University of Michigan
New Jamestown
Jaycee State
K-Mart
Nixon
Washington
My Name
Is Richard Milhous Nixon
Name Is
Orson
National Archives
Lyndon B. Johnson
John Kennethan
House Judiciary Committee
John Dean
Watergate
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